Nicola Morgan

Award-winning author & professional speaker

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Author, speaker, expert

Author of 100 books and an international authority on adolescent brains and stress, wellbeing, learning, the reading brain and the effects of life online on all of us. You can book me to speak or work with you, buy my popular classroom materials or find out about my books, and immerse yourself in science and fascinating insights into human behaviour.

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Adolescent brains
and lives

Explaining the changes that define teenage development: biological (sleep, emotion, peer pressure, risk-taking) and external pressures of exams,  friends, school and family. Key books: Blame My Brain - The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed and Positively Teenage.

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Wellbeing and
stress management

Bringing you evidence-based understanding of stress management, with intriguing insights into brain bandwidth and multi-tasking. For all ages, for life. Key books: Teenage Guide to Stress, Teenage Guide to Friends and Positively Teenage.

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The reading
brain

A former dyslexia expert, I’m passionate and knowledgeable about the science of reading and the different effects of our choices. My special interest is the evidence of the enormous benefits of reading for pleasure and I invented the word “readaxation”. 

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Life
online

The internet and our always-with-us devices have changed our lives, work, friendships - even sleep. I share the science - negatives and positives - for all ages. With common sense, I promise. Key book: The Teenage Guide to Life Online is out in 2018.

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“She is an excellent public-speaker”
“I would have loved to have much longer”
“the best INSET I can remember”
Staff commentsDollar Academy
"Nicola is a superb speaker. Each topic is well researched with current and relevant information for the intended audience, whether it be for students or parents."
Rosie PikeLibrarian and Festival of Literature Co-ordinator, Bishop's Stortford College
"The staff body learnt a great deal, but, perhaps even more importantly, they were forced to think and to reflect. This session changed outlooks and reshaped some of our practice. Very impressive."
Dr Matt GibsonGlenalmond College
"refreshingly free of psychobabble"
Elizabeth LangleyHead of PSE at Dollar Academy
"…genuinely the very best CPD I have ever attended – absolutely focused on the issues we are dealing with in school right now and perfect for sharing with colleagues, pupils and parents."
SCOTTISH COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS CONFERENCE
"It is really difficult to put into words how powerfully we felt your message"
Cargilfield Prep School

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Positively Teenage empowers young people with strategies and knowledge for a positive adolescence. Based on my eight principles of FLOURISH. Coming May 24 2018.

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“Nicola presented to the full teaching staff on mindset, dispositions for learning, and intellectual risk taking. We were very much captivated. Her style is straight-forward, intuitive and no-nonsense. Discussion comes quickly and fluently; she is ready to move in interesting directions as they arise. The staff body learnt a great deal, but, perhaps even more importantly, they were forced to think and to reflect. This session changed outlooks and reshaped some of our practice. Very impressive.”
Dr Matt Gibson, Glenalmond College
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Nicola's story

Most people look at me, read my books or hear me speak and think I am super-controlled, calm, healthy and confident. Most of that is a façade I’ve learned to display. With a highly-ambitious, perfectionist, over-sensitive and introvert personality, I have experience of stress-related illness, anxiety and failure to deal with pressure.

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I am an international speaker and have spoken to audiences in countries including France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Spain, Sweden, the UAE, Malaysia, Brunei, India, Indonesia and Hong Kong.

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