Your Amazing Teen Brain

Your teen brain is amazing! These fun and easy "brain hacks" will help you make the most of your growing mind, deal with ALL the feelings, build friendships, and face life‘s challenges with confidence. As a teen, your brain is changing—a lot! Your feelings are bigger and more intense. Friends and peers are more important than ever before. You‘re discovering who you are as a person, and what matters to you. And you‘re also starting to understand how the world works—and not all of it is sunshine and roses. If you‘re like many other teens, you may feel overwhelmed by these changes. And that‘s okay! In Your Amazing Teen Brain, you‘ll find skills grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and neuroscience to help you take advantage of your growing mind, manage difficult emotions, build better relationships, and face all the challenges of growing up—from academic pressure to social drama. You‘ll also gain a better understanding of how your brain works and why the teen years are so intense, and find real skills you can use to stay cool when emotions take over.