Introverts
Insights and Tips for Teenagers
1st Edition
Published on 17. September 2024
256 pages
978-1-5381-7731-0 (ISBN)
Description
A must-read book for introverted teenagers to help them understand and harness their incredible skill set that School Library Journal says is an "insightful and affirming resource for understanding introverts, providing both depth and breadth in its exploration."
Many introverted teenagers feel pressured to exhibit extroverted traits while their vivid inner lives and intelligences are overlooked. Introverts: Insights and Tips for Teenagers explores the difficulties introverts may face while also highlighting how they can develop and embrace their unique abilities to find social, academic, and future career success.
Readers will learn:
- Strategies to thrive in an extroverted world
- Insight into what makes someone an introvert
- The truths behind common myths about introverts
- How to maintain energy and find life balance
Featuring original interviews with other young introverts who share their advice, Introverts addresses a range of common experiences affecting many teenagers and provides practical insight to help readers cultivate their imaginative, thoughtful, sensitive, and quiet strengths.
Many introverted teenagers feel pressured to exhibit extroverted traits while their vivid inner lives and intelligences are overlooked. Introverts: Insights and Tips for Teenagers explores the difficulties introverts may face while also highlighting how they can develop and embrace their unique abilities to find social, academic, and future career success.
Readers will learn:
- Strategies to thrive in an extroverted world
- Insight into what makes someone an introvert
- The truths behind common myths about introverts
- How to maintain energy and find life balance
Featuring original interviews with other young introverts who share their advice, Introverts addresses a range of common experiences affecting many teenagers and provides practical insight to help readers cultivate their imaginative, thoughtful, sensitive, and quiet strengths.
More details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 8 to 17 years
Illustrations
7 BW Illustrations, 2 BW Photos
ISBN-13
978-1-5381-7731-0 (9781538177310)
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Book
09/2024
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
€33.30
Shipment within 3-4 weeks
Person
Christie Cognevich is a writer from New Orleans, Louisiana. She earned a PhD in English literature from Louisiana State University and an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She taught literature, composition, and creative writing at the high school and university level for over a decade and now works in library services. She is the author of Depression: Insights and Tips for Teenagers and Dealing with Stress: Insights and Tips for Teenagers. She can be found online at christiecognevich.com.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Author Note
- Introduction
- What Is Introversion?
- Exploring Introversion
- Exploring the Extroversion-Introversion Spectrum
- Exploring the Science of Personality
- Exploring the Role of Nature
- Exploring the Role of Nurture
- Exploring the Role of Personal Choice
- Exploring Introverted Challenges and Strengths in an Extroverted Society
- The Problem with the Extroversion Ideal
- Brain Stimulation , Energy, and the Introvert Battery
- The Hidden Abilities of Our Highly Stimulated Minds
- On Normality, Mental Health, and Our Social Connections
- The Many Paths and Pursuits of Introverted Joy
- On Cultivating Self-Communication and Self-Relationships
- Exploring Motivation, Anticipation, and Our Projects and Passions
- Building Our Quiet Environments and Creating a Home Base
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
