The Teenage Brain Woman
Understanding teenage minds and lives; how stress affects learning; how to live well with screens and social media; and the benefits of reading for pleasure. Dive into my website to book a talk, buy my unique teaching materials, explore my award-winning books or immerse yourself in fascinating human science.
The Teenage Brain Woman
Understanding teenage minds and lives; how stress affects learning; how to live well with screens and social media; and the benefits of reading for pleasure. Dive into my website to book a talk, buy my unique teaching materials, explore my award-winning books or immerse yourself in fascinating human science.
Who am I?
I’m writing about how we talk (or don’t) about death – do you want to talk?
I’m embarking on a speculative project and you might be able to help. This is not for teenagers, though they’ll very welcome to read it.
My areas of expertise
Teenage brains
and lives
Inside the fascinating teenage brain ~ I bring you the science, explanations and reassurance
Wellbeing
and beating stress
Stress management, with intriguing insights into brain bandwidth and multi-tasking ~ For all ages, for life
The reading
brain
The science of reading and the benefits of reading for pleasure and “readaxation”
Life
online
A no-nonsense expert look at the negatives and positives of life online for teenagers and adults
In action
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Articles and posts
Screens, Internet, Social Media: effects on teenage (human!) wellbeing and performance
Today I’m doing a talk for the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference Heads of 6th Form on the effects of screens and social media. I enjoy doing work for HMC because
Writers read
As some of you know, I used to spend a lot of time giving advice about how to get published and how to stay published and even how to earn
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