Project You More Than 50 Ways To Calm Down Destress and Feel Great by Aubre Andrus

160 Pages
Publisher: Capstone, Switch Press
Release Date: September 1, 2017

Nonfiction, Health, Mind, Body, Spirit, Yoga, Teens, Young Adult

What a great little book. There are tips for meditation, mindfulness, and wellness. I love the tips for a staycation, visualization, and massage. This is definitely a book I will be refer to many times when I want to feel good about myself. The colors, drawings, and photos are very relaxing. Although this book is listed for teens and young adults, I recommend it to everyone. There are techniques that would benefit anyone.

This was a great read and can be helpful in your inner growth toward a better life with a wise and mature approach. It takes a lot of self-awareness and introspection into yourself and help you organize and calm your life and mind.

This is a wonderfully helpful book. It's filled with simple yoga poses, schedule tips, and how to help with stress. I feel like it would be a great resource for the teen in your life.

This is a very good book, helps with self care and just making yourself a calmer person. I really liked it because it gets rid of stress well.

A great little book that is filled with stress-less tips for teens. Perfectly designed with teen girls in mind (but equally relevant to teen boys) . Working with girls, I loved the inclusion of 'Speaking Up'.

This bright book will shed light on how to not be so stressed. I loved the bright colors, the helpful hints/tips/lots of projects to do. My beef with this book is that it focuses its messages on girls, rather than all teens. It doesn't really offer you anything you can't find on the internet and I wish it had a section that explained that sometimes, it's okay to just be stressed, too. I mean, as someone with an anxiety issue, being positive and focusing on things outside myself is very helpful -- and this book excels there -- but sometimes there's too much of a push to just be positive and get over it, rather than working through how you're feeling...and allowing oneself to feel negative feelings at all. Other than that, I'd still recommend this book for younger teens (middle school). I do think it's a charming book that would most benefit that age category.

Find your balance. Make a protein-packed smoothie to energize for a busy day. Center yourself after a stressful week by taking five minutes to write in your journal. I really enjoyed this one. It's not the kind of book that you can read in one sitting so it took me a lot longer.

This colorful self-help books for teens is packed with ideas to help de-stress, build confidence, and channel your energy into positive activities. Ideas that range from meditation and yoga to healthy recipes to craft projects and playlists give teens and young adults from middle school up lots of ideas to help them feel better about themselves and their world. The book does not have to be read linear and instead gives directions such as "If you're freaking out about tomorrow's test...page 56" and "If you're feeling drained...page 82". The colorful illustrations, inspirational quotes, and mindfulness tips make this a fun book to flip through casually and also lends itself well to closer scrutiny. The final pages of the book remind the reader that not all bouts of the blues or feelings of anxiety or insecurity can be cured with a craft project, a playlist, or a cookie recipe and gives advice on when and how to ask for help for more serious mental health issues. This is a book I will not only purchase for my 15-year-old, but will also add to my middle school library. Well done!

I was unsble to download the book because the file size ws too large,before the archive date

Project You is a self help book of sorts, mostly geared towards teenagers although I am an adult and found some very useful information inside. Even the way the book is designed and coordinated makes me feel less stressed out than when I picked it up. There are plenty of helpful tips and ideas to help someone who has anxiety or just overall stressed out. This book covers everything from yoga poses to nature journalism. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for sending me a copy! I will be buying myself a physical copy because I think this is the type of book that any sort of person should have on hand. For any parents out there with teenage kids, I highly recommend grabbing this for them. There is really something for everyone inside and whether or not you or your loved one struggles with anxiety, it’s always nice to find new ways to relax and de-stress.

This is a wonderfully helpful book. It's filled with simple yoga poses, schedule tips, and how to help with stress. Not only is this book filled with many great tips, not just for teens but for anyone, it's fun and looked amazing. It's colorful and the designs are cool. If you need a little boost or looking for something that's filled with tips than this is a book you must get!

Must say I'm generally not into Self-Help/Self-Care books but this is a must read, especially for teens/adults. I'm an advocate for "reclaiming your time", and so is this book. There is an entire section on "Speaking Up", young adults need to know it's okay to stand up for yourself. I would recommend this book to anyone, some people don't have "feel good" playlists! I also love how this book is directed at teen girls, during that middle school/high school age, we need direction on how to help them, this book will help. But as an adult, I can see myself using some of the techniques provided within the book.

Thanks to NetGalley and Capstone for the opportunity to read and review Project You by Aubre Andrus! Just reading the Table of Contents made me feel relaxed and helped me look forward to reading the book. Full of de-stressing activities to help you take care of yourself and feel at peace. Self-care and self-help tips for almost every stressor plus feng shui principles, calming recipes and activities as well as energizing and replenishing tips are found in this book, along with happy music lists categorized by decade, ideas for starting a new hobby and the importance of laughing, ideas about a gratitude journal and a worry box and a cupcake for one recipe for a single serve treat. The book also has a section that explains the benefits of exercise and sunlight and sections for ideas for 30-day challenges to tackle goals, nature journals, inspiring songs list to energize, challenging yourself to build confidence and recipes and ideas for pampering yourself. Project You gives the reader help and resources for a variety of reasons. I am buying this book for the school library. 5 stars!
*I received a complimentary arc of this book for voluntary consideration.

PROJECT YOU by Aubre Andrus will be available in our library in September. This book will likely be high interest, particularly for girls in middle school and early high school. Andrus divides the book into two major sections: Take Control and Find Your Balance. Within each, are multiple chapters with titles like "Head Outdoors", "Exude Confidence," "Create a Time Budget" and "Speak Up." There is a section on breathing and meditation, and several visualization exercises. I liked the conversational tone of the book, famous quote selections, and the many suggestions for action like simplifying your wardrobe or choosing joy through creating reminders of happy moments on slips of paper. There are tasks for creating a gratitude journal, sending a card of thanks, or establishing a vision board. Most of this is probably not really new to readers, but having it together in a concise format helps; there are even playlists of "feel good" and "pump up" songs, plus a very practical list with websites and phone numbers of where to go for help. One issue, though is the almost exclusive focus on girls (as reinforced by images, color schemes and choice of font). We know boys feel stress, too, and I wish this potentially helpful book also provided them with "More Than 50 Ways to Calm down, De-Stress, and Feel Great."

You are worth it! Take care of yourself with helpful tips from this amazing book! A must read for all.

This was very eye opening, It was a great read.
I am already trying to incorporate some if the tips in to my own life.
It is a book I would suggest to friends.
It was kind of boring but it was easy to skip around and read what you wanted.

I liked this book, some of the advise was really simple. Lots of tips/tricks applicable to very young audience. Look and feel of the book is very girly :).

Very helpful. Written in an easy to understand and enjoyable format. Interesting and workable ideas.

This book would be great for any teen. It has helpful information on how to destroys and take time for one's self. It is non-judgmental and offers a variety of techniques for both males and females. This would be a great asset to any teen to increase their personal awareness and understanding of how to spend time on themselves.

A great little self-help book aimed towards the younger crowd (14-18) full of activities, exercises, advice, prompts, crafts, playlists, and recipes that will help you relax and rejuvenate. It's laid out with fun colorful graphics, images, and fonts that make it visually pleasing as well as enjoyable to read.

I enjoyed this one a lot. Yes, this is geared more towards teenagers, but there was still a lot of good info that as an adult I can work into my everyday life. So don't let the age thing deter you from giving this one a look see.