Featured on the Barnes & Noble Teen Blog as a YA That Gets It Right: Mental Health Edition Praise for HOW TO BE BRAVE (2015) and THE BEST POSSIBLE ANSWER (2016) St. “ Katherine leads a gender-inclusive discussion about body image that includes a focus on mass media and body dissatisfaction, along with practical tools for gaining self-esteem and positive body acceptance. Booklist noted, “Georgia’s struggles with weight and body image are also handled with care. In How to Be Brave, Georgia feels uncomfortable in her body that’s deemed “overweight” by society’s standards, and part of her storyline is that she finds confidence in her body, as it is – that losing weight does not equal being brave. Loving Your Body and Boosting Self-Esteem As a certified health and wellness coach, yoga teacher, and creative writing instructor, Katherine leads participants through a very gentle seated and standing yoga practice, focused meditation, and writing and/or drawing to create from a place of joy, rather than suffering. While of course students who are experiencing similar struggles should first and foremost be supported by professional health experts, mindful practices (like gentle movement and deep breathing) offer a holistic approach to the relationship between the body and the mind, and can encourage a state of creative “flow” that can support students of all talents and abilities. In The Best Possible Answer, Vivi struggles with anxiety and panic attacks. Mindful Practices and the Creative Process In this session, Katherine offers a variety of exercises, activities, and prompts to overcome the fear of the blank page and get the words flowing.
Hours on Snapchat or Facebook, and the subsequent regret that “I could have been writing!” We’ve all faced the debilitating experience, also known as Writer’s Block. perfect for fans of Stephanie Perkins and Rainbow Rowell.The blank page. "A love letter-brimming with heart, soul, and wit-to everyone who's ever felt left behind. Stepping out of her comfort zone never felt so scary-or necessary. And when it turns out that Skylar’s best friend is the one responsible for having her booted from Lincoln? It’s an all-out war. Worse is that Skylar wasn’t exactly truthful about how she spent summer break in Los Angeles-and her little white lie is causing her once rock-solid romance to crumble fast. Living with a group of strangers everyone thinks is lame is bad enough.
To her dismay, Skylar’s not going to rule senior year because she’s stuck in Abbot House, a tiny dorm known for, well, nothing. Skylar Hoffman’s senior year at her preppy East Coast boarding school should have been perfect:īut it’s far from it.
A girl returns to her exclusive east coast boarding school and finds that she's no longer one of the cool kids on campus in this second novel from the author of For the Record.
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