The Everyday Resilience Journal

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Ideal for 8 – 12 year olds, this book offers 40 clever strategies to help tweens with friendship dramas, schoolwork and their confidence. 

If you want to build resilience in your tween (aged 8 – 12), you have come to the right place. This Journal offers 40 clever strategies to help tweens with friendship dramas, schoolwork and their confidence.  Featuring easy to read strategies, journal pages and beautiful illustrations this book is ideal for both boys and girls, and has been enjoyed by over 50K families. 

Chapter titles include: 

  • Handling Friendship Stuff
  • Handling Tough Friendship Stuff,
  • Enjoying the Daily Routine,
  • Understanding Stressful Feelings,
  • Conquering Schoolwork and Homework
  • Knowing How to Contribute

It helps answer questions such as:

  • Someone is being mean to me. How can I make them stop?
  • Some of my friends are spreading rumours. What shall I do if I hear gossip?
  • I didn’t get invited to my friend’s party. How do I handle disappointments?
  • My best friend is really sad. How can I help?
  • I find maths difficult. How can I enjoy schoolwork more?

 

what does this book cover?

Page 11. If you ever wondered how to spot a five-star friend, this strategy is for you. I am going to introduce you to Dave, and you might even wish you could meet him.

Page 23. In this section I want to share four strategies to help you handle gossip like a professional. These strategies will help you reduce the drama and create happy environments that everyone can enjoy.

Page 30. Do you know how to say “no” when you need to, without being unkind? No is such an important word to practise saying.

Page 32. Do you know how to care for friends without carrying their problems home? This strategy will help you be a good friend, without losing sleep!

Page 45. This is my all-time favourite strategy that you need to know. I want to teach you how to respond to meanness by pushing back with truth.

Page 57. Have you ever had to stand alone? I’ll tell you about a time when I had to. It was a time when I had to make new friends.

Page 63. If you have ever felt disappointed because you weren’t invited to a party or because you weren’t included in a conversation. I’ve got some ideas to help you let go of disappointment and ask yourself, “What’s next?”

Page 105. Crazy banana stress-out times are a part of everyone’s lives. This strategy will help you look out for geckos when your “fire alarm” is going off.

Page 121. Shhhhhh!!! It’s a secret, so be wise with it! This strategy will help you be really wise with your private information.

Page 175. How are you contributing and showing kindness to people around you? I know some kids your age who have chosen big and small acts of kindness to change their world.

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Michelle Mitchell

Meet the Maker: Michelle Mitchell

Michelle Mitchell is an author and speaker, sought after for her compassionate and grounded advice for parenting tweens and teens.

She began as a classroom teacher but soon found a special interest in wellbeing. In 2000 she left teaching to establish a health promotion charity and psychology clinic which delivered life skills programs and psychological services to thousands of young people and their families each year.

Today she uses her experience to write and speak in schools, community events and through media. The core of her work is helping parents be the trusted, leadership presence that their growing kids needs.

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