Humanaissance
Igniting Heart-Led Courage in Our Teens and Ourselves
Will be published approx. on 20. October 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7573-2559-5 (ISBN)
Description
Imagine the power of shifting the next generation’s focus from technology to humanity.
The loneliness, anxiety, and depression teens and parents feel urgently point to the need for change. We require a “humanaissance,” a rebirth of heart, human spirit and connection, learning, and wisdom. Just as the Renaissance brought fresh, innovative ideas about cultural and human potential—bringing enlightenment to dark times—our families need to meet today's uncertainty and divisiveness with a pathway toward wholeness and contribution. This pivot is only made possible with courage.
When nearly three out of four parents worry that their teen will struggle with mental health challenges, we need everyday tools and strategies to move from darkness into the light. In Humanaissance: Igniting Heart-led Courage in Teens and Parents in an Anxious, Tech-centric World, Jennifer S. Miller, MEd uses the science of adolescent and adult development, the heart of storytelling, and the practices of mindfulness to infuse this often intense, painful, and anxiety-ridden time of life with agency, purpose, and well-being.
You and your teen will learn to
We cannot wait for a time of greater stability to set our teens on a trajectory to success. Now is the moment to discover our own inner heart-led courage and cultivate it in our teens to not only thrive but lead the way to a better world.
The loneliness, anxiety, and depression teens and parents feel urgently point to the need for change. We require a “humanaissance,” a rebirth of heart, human spirit and connection, learning, and wisdom. Just as the Renaissance brought fresh, innovative ideas about cultural and human potential—bringing enlightenment to dark times—our families need to meet today's uncertainty and divisiveness with a pathway toward wholeness and contribution. This pivot is only made possible with courage.
When nearly three out of four parents worry that their teen will struggle with mental health challenges, we need everyday tools and strategies to move from darkness into the light. In Humanaissance: Igniting Heart-led Courage in Teens and Parents in an Anxious, Tech-centric World, Jennifer S. Miller, MEd uses the science of adolescent and adult development, the heart of storytelling, and the practices of mindfulness to infuse this often intense, painful, and anxiety-ridden time of life with agency, purpose, and well-being.
You and your teen will learn to
- Identify which of the six kinds of courage you already use and which ones you need to acquire.
- Assess your family's unique sources of strength and grow them as assets.
- Harness threat emotions like anger, anxiety, and fear as courage.
- Alter patterns from your upbringing that you want to change in your parenting.
- Translate your deepest family values into everyday actions and bigger life choices.
- Recalibrate your family’s relationship with technology for efficiency, learning, well-being, connection, and innovation.
- Assert boundaries with kindness and confidence to sustain healthy relationships.
- Cultivate your teen’s sense of purpose and meaning in life.
We cannot wait for a time of greater stability to set our teens on a trajectory to success. Now is the moment to discover our own inner heart-led courage and cultivate it in our teens to not only thrive but lead the way to a better world.
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For more than thirty years, Jennifer S. Miller has collaborated with educators and families to help them become more effective with children and teens by learning how to support their development. She authored and illustrated the book Confident Parents, Confident Kids: Raising Emotional Intelligence in Ourselves and in Our Kids from Toddlers to Teenagers named as Top Parenting Book of 2020 by the Greater Good Science Center. She founded the organization by the same name growing an international platform through her blog with more than 24,000 followers in 152 countries world-wide. She has served as an expert contributor to NBC’s TODAY Parenting, PBS WNET, and Fred Rogers Productions. She has written and offered expertise for numerous publications including The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, and Parent Magazine. She conducted and published original peer-reviewed research with partner scholars entitled, “Parenting for Competence and Parenting with Competence.” She consults with schools, conducts research, and creates tools on parenting with partners at the National Parent Teacher Association, National University, Montana State University, and at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Research in this book was supported by the M.I.T. Presencing Institute. She frequently speaks at conferences, offers coaching to parents, and conducts workshops in Ohio and nationally. She has a master’s degree in Instructional Leadership with a focus on child and adolescent development and lives with her husband and eighteen-year-old son in Columbus, Ohio.