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Excerpt: How Teens Can Become Upstanders, Not Bystanders or Frenemies
Excerpt: Three Ways to Handle Negative Thoughts and Strong Emotions
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Being You features 52 activities to help teen girls develop mindfulness, compassion, and self-acceptance, including...
formal mindfulness and meditation practices:
labeling thoughts and feelings;
a variety of breathing practices;
body scan vs. progressive relaxation; and
lovingkindness meditation (with options for traditional, secular, or faith-based phrasing).
some of the most popular activities here at Mindful Teachers, including:
Blue Red Yellow: What Do You See?
Contemplative Art Practices
Five Senses Snack
Next Time, I'll Do Better
Noticing the Five Senses: A Daily Mindfulness Log
THINK Before You Speak
and new activities, including:
Am I My Own Best Friend or Worst Frenemy?
How Can I Be an Upstander?
How Mindful Am I Online?
A Week of Kindness
When Does My Lizard Brain Turn into Godzilla?
Table of Contents
(with links to excerpts and sample activities at my author site, catharinehannay.com)
Introduction
Excerpt
Quiz 1: How Much Do I Know About Mindfulness?
Chapter 1: Mindfulness Is a Practice, Not a Perfect
Chapter 3: Stressed, Depressed, and Quite a Mess
Activity 15: Am I My Own Best Friend or Worst Frenemy?
Activity 15: Am I My Own Best Friend or Worst Frenemy?
Chapter 6: Comfortable in Your Own Skin
Activities 27 and 28: The Body Scan and Progressive Relaxation
Activities 27 and 28: The Body Scan and Progressive Relaxation
Chapter 7: THINK Before You Speak . . . or Text or Insta Anything
Activity 33: How Mindful Am I Online?
Activity 33: How Mindful Am I Online?
Chapter 10: Sharing Your Gifts With the World
Being You: A Girl's Guide to Mindfulness
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