Best Brain Ever - by Therese Huston (Paperback)

About the Book

A fun, science-backed guide for kids to unlock creativity, manage stress, and thrive with technology while mastering the secrets of a sharper, happier brain

Book Synopsis

Unleash the full potential of your brain with Best Brain Ever! This engaging guide helps kids discover the secrets to creativity, focus, friendship, stress management, and thriving in a tech-filled world. Designed as a children's version of Sharp: 14 Simple Ways to Improve Your Life with Brain Science, this book is packed with tools, tips, and myth-busting facts that even grown-ups get wrong.

• Unlock Your Potential: Discover how to embrace challenges with a growth mindset and bust common myths about your brain, like the idea of being "left-brained" or "right-brained." (Your whole brain is on your team!)
• Harness Creativity: Find out how constraints can actually make you more creative.
• Master Focus: Learn how exercise can sharpen your focus and how to manage ADHD effectively (and even turn it into a superpower).
• Build Better Connections: Strengthen your social intelligence--your ability to understand what others are feeling--and make lasting friendships.
• Find Calm: Learn stress-busting techniques that will help you feel better even during tough times.
• Thrive in a Tech-Filled World: Understand how your brain handles texting, posting, and screen time--and why it's important to take control of your tech use.

Best Brain Ever is packed with actionable tips and backed by science that's made understandable thanks to author Therese Huston. Whether you're boosting your creativity, building friendships, or navigating technology, this book will help you think sharper, feel better, and become the best version of yourself.

Start your journey to a smarter, happier brain today!

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Review Quotes

Advance praise for Best Brain Ever by Therese Huston:

". . .Best Brain Ever is an empowering and practical self-help book for confronting everyday stressors. A whimsical brain character guides this text, its presence energetic on each page. It debunks learning myths, provides neuroscience-backed research, and is motivational in naming different strategies and activities to promote growth. . . Best Brain Ever is an encouraging self-help text with a fun, joyful take on reducing stress. It makes room for creativity and nurtures focus for growing minds."

-Leanne Galvan, Foreword

"Dr. Huston makes "Best Brain Ever" simple, but not simplistic. This book is a playful starting point. It offers an accessible and actionable guide to thinking, doing, and relating in ways that connect the brain with learning and living. It can be a fascinating conversation catalyst among young adults and with grown-up adults too!"

-Junlei Li, Saul Zaentz Chair of Early Childhood Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

"Put this clever book into the hands of every eleven-year-old you know! You'll be giving them the tools to make smart, safe, confident choices once middle school starts."

-Michelle Icard, author Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen

"Best Brain Ever" is overflowing with fun, practical, science-backed activities that help kids boost their creativity, emotional intelligence, focus and stress management -- it truly has something for everyone. By explaining the brain science behind each strategy, neuroscientist Therese Huston treats tweens as mature, intelligent learners and helps them understand themselves on a deeper level. No matter what a child is working on, they'll walk away from this workbook feeling empowered, hopeful and ready to take on new challenges -- an absolute must-read

-Phyllis L. Fagell, licensed therapist, school counselor, and author of Middle School Matters: The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle School and Beyond and Middle School Superpowers: Raising Resilient Tweens in Turbulent Times.

About the Author

Therese Huston, Ph.D., is a cognitive scientist at Seattle University, where she transforms good science into great strategies. She was the founding director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Seattle University and is now a consultant for their Center for Faculty Development. She is the author of Sharp: 14 Simple Ways to Improve Your Life with Brain Science; Let's Talk: Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower; How Women Decide; and Teaching What You Don't Know and has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, TIME, The Guardian, and Harvard Business Review. Therese has led workshops and delivered presentations to Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, and universities across the globe. When she's not writing or speaking, she likes to travel to new places, mountain bike, play with numbers, spend time on her yoga mat, and bake amazing gluten-free brownies. She lives in Seattle with her husband and their Boston Terrier, who insists on being the real boss of the household.