About How to Be Your Own Hero: The Teenager’s Toolkit for Building Self-Esteem:
If you are a parent of a teen who is struggling, or you are a teen who is struggling, then keep reading. This book was written for you.
How to Be Your Own Hero was written by request. The author is a mom and a teacher who works with teens every day. This book is the product of 10 years of hard work, in the late hours of the night, after the kids had gone to bed. Alyson Reid-Larade has over 20 years of experience dealing with teens, as a high school teacher, and then as a guidance counselor. She produced this book because after using the material in class with her students, over and over again, they asked her to.
How to Be Your Own Hero deals with many teenage issues in a straightforward, non-judgmental way:
Anxiety
Self-esteem
Bullying
Relationships
Body Image
Drug and alcohol use
Emotions (Feeling sad, frustrated, angry, hopeless)
Feeling like they are not good enough, unmotivated, depressed
How to Be Your Own Hero offers solutions:
Coping skills and coping strategies (Toward and Away)
An understanding of how the teen brain reacts to stress
How to identify and deal with toxic friends
How to learn to love your body
How to be mindful of your feelings and what they are saying
Understanding that your past does not dictate who you can be in the future
What Alyson Reid-Larade has to say to teens:
You are amazing
You have incredible resilience inside of you
Inner peace and happiness lie within you
You have incredible skills, talents and strengths
You have many gifts to offer the world
The life of a teenager can be tough. But not all teens get into trouble, and the ticket to an easier ride comes down to one thing – self-esteem. How to Be Your Own Hero is a toolkit for building Self-Esteem. It is written for teens, and also the parents and educators who love them.
Even if you are a parent who has tried everything, don’t give up hope.
If you know a teen who could use a hand (or just a great toolkit for success) go ahead and click the Buy Now button. They will thank you.
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Author Bio:
Alyson Reid-Larade is a mom and an award-winning high school teacher (now guidance counselor) who has been teaching and coaching teens for over 20 years. She is also a student of the Neufeld Institute of Developmental Science, bridging Neuroscience, Psychology, and behaviour.
Her subject specialties include Science, Biology, Physical Education, Outdoor Education, and Special Education.
Alyson is passionate about helping teens, and helping parents understand their teens better. For 20 years, she has been able to reach struggling teens and help them recover from a few bad choices, or the hand that life had dealt them, and help them rebuild their resilience and self-esteem, help them feel better, and get them back on track.
Her high school students have always appreciated her style of treating them like the adults they are becoming, and they are one of the reasons she became an author. How to Be Your Own Hero – The Teenager’s Toolkit for Building Self-Esteem was written by request. It is the product of 10 years of hard work, in the late hours of the night, after her own two children had gone to bed. She produced this book because after using the material in class with her students, over and over again, they asked her to.