Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302).
Contents:
Dear reader (DON'T skip this!) -- Meet the players -- A Note for the Adults in Your Life -- Level 1. Stress Explained! -- Level 2. Your Brain & the Three Parts of Stress -- Level 3. Health in Check: Eating, Exercising and Sleeping -- Level 4. Chill-out Hacks -- Level 5. Your Bravery Plan -- Level 6. Using Brain Smarts to change brain mistakes -- Level 7. Emotional intelligence: building your emotion smarts -- Level 8. How to feel good -- Level 9. An "I got this!" attitude and identifying your strengths -- Level 10. Update your software -- Extra resources -- Acknowkledgments -- Bibliography -- About the author & illustrator.
Summary:
"Middle grade kids learn about stress and anxiety, how it manifests physiologically and cognitively, and how to keep balance and cope with stress"-- Provided by publisher. ""Smart and essential!" -Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid. "They used to tell kids to chant "sticks and stones" or "just ignore it." It didn't work. This book helps kids find the opposite approach: don't ignore it; understand it."--Tom Angleberger, Origami Yoda. Middle school can be stressful. On the outside, you can look like everything is amazing. On the inside, you may worry a lot -- about making decisions, staying on top of your schoolwork, being more independent, making friends, and keeping everyone happy. And all that is seriously stressing you out. Want to know the trick to reversing all that stress? Level-up the skills you already have and become the boss of your brain! Inside, you'll tons of strategies and methods to coach yourself through anything, so stress and worry doesn't get in the way of the things that matter the most to you and being the kid you are, including: using Chills Hacks to help you calm down when you need it the most; customizing your own formula for bravery to help you feel courageous throughout middle school; developing healthy habits when it comes to eating, sleeping, and screen-time that will last; doing what it takes to have that "can-do" attitude and working towards your goals without giving up; and controlling how you respond to stress and worry"-- Provided by publisher.
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