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Giving Youth a Voice
Self-Help Workbooks and Innovative Teaching Manuals provide youth with tools to pause, cope, and connect.
Engaging fiction gives youth a voice and challenges mental health stigma.
Teaching Kids to Pause, Cope & Connect
Lessons for Social Emotional Learning & Mindfulness
Co-Author, Kellen Glinder, MD
A mind-body guide and SEL curriculum that teaches children how to press the pause button, manage big feelings, and build meaningful connections.
“The perfect resource to teach students the skills they need to pause in the midst of frustration, to calm in the midst of chaos, and to connect with each other. This book is a must-have for every teacher.”
—Sarah Newman, AMFT, educator and founder of Mindful Kids
Mindfulness for Teen Anger
A Workbook to Overcome Anger and Aggression using DBT and MBSR Skills
Co-Author, Jason Murphy, MFT
“At last, a nonjudgmental and systematic approach for dealing with anger! This comprehensive and wise workbook offers an array of practical tools and meditations to help understand, work with, and transform our anger. It’s geared to teens but truly useful for any age.”
—Diana Winston, PhD, Director of UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center, and author of Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness
Fiction: Works in Progress
Stories That Challenge Stigma & Teach Healthy Coping
The Specials
Neurodivergent teens in a government “cure” program discover their differences are extraordinary powers — and launch a revolution against a regime of hate.
When teen artist Max Ruiz-Cohen protests gun violence, she is charged with treason and forced into Operation Clarity, a government experiment promising to “fix” neurodivergent youth. At Harmony Acres facility, Max meets other teens labeled as threats: Jeremy, who is twice exceptional — gifted and on the autism spectrum — but lonely; Fatima, a refugee convinced they implanted a tracker inside her; and Lance, Slade’s estranged grandson, whose charm hides disturbing secrets. When the trials go wrong, the teens discover the cure amplifies what it was meant to erase, turning their differences into extraordinary powers. Inspired by my professional and personal experiences, The Specials challenges mental health stigma and promotes acceptance.
A new lens on teen mental health issues. — Sinead, Age 19
Wisdom Warrior Series
This trilogy teaches mindfulness and healthy coping through an engaging story of magical realism at the Wisdom Warrior Summer Camp. The main characters learn effective strategies for coping with anxiety, overcoming judgment, and finding peaceful solutions to conflict. Join them in discovering the power of mindfulness.
Book I: Battle of Two Wolves
In 1959, a boy escapes an invasion of his Tibetan village to become the protector of a powerful ancient scroll.
Half a century later, on the other side of the world, twelve-year-old Lucas Colton boards a rickety old bus to Wisdom Warriors Camp. At camp, the unorthodox director and his quirky counselors put the kids through a series of challenges to face their toughest life problems. For Lucas, this means overcoming his paralyzing anxiety to find true friendship. He learns martial arts, mindfulness, and the unconventional wisdom of lost cultures. As camp progresses, Lucas and his friends discover there is much more at stake than surviving camp. The ancient redwood forest is inhabited by mystical forces, spirit animals, and a haunting curse.
Book II: Tyranny of the Shoulds
During the second and third weeks of Wisdom Warrior Camp, the challenges become more intense as the dark forces grow more ominous.
Zoe does everything she “should do” to please everyone in her life, except herself. But at Wisdom Warrior Camp every time she tries to be the best, she fails. Until she learns the true meaning of integrity and being true to herself.
Haley is used to getting whatever she wants. Until she learns that getting along may be more important than getting your way. At Wisdom Warrior Camp she learns the true meaning of friendship.
Book III: Cave of Ghosts
In the last week of Wisdom Warrior Camp, the four friends–Lucas, Zoe, Haley, and Lester–must face the ultimate challenge to save themselves and the camp.
Lester has suffered great loss and wants revenge. He is torn between his loyalty to his friends and getting even. The dark forces in the forest grow more tempting and powerful. The four friends must work together to survive the ultimate challenge: The Cave of Ghosts.