There Is Nothing Wrong With You for Teens [Paperback]

Cheri Huber (Author), June Shiver (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2001

Based on surveys and interviews with hundreds of teenagers about what does and does not work in their lives, how they perceive the adult world they are about to enter, and what they want adults to know about them, There Is Nothing Wrong With You for Teens provides communication techniques to empower teenagers to take the lead in the conversation that must happen between teens and adults.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 9 & Up--Huber explores the Zen perspectives of self-awareness, self-examination, and self-acceptance for this audience with mixed results. She suggests that teens have heard negative comments from their earliest days, which teach a self-hatred that is difficult to refute and leads to attempts to change that fail because they go against an individual's true nature. Instead, she urges readers to accept themselves with compassion. There are kernels of wisdom for those who are willing to delve beneath the psychobabble that permeates this book. For example, Huber says, "We can ask, `What is outside the realm of compassion? What is not cared for?' And we can bring that into the healing light of compassion by simply acknowledging it, accepting it, allowing it." Some teens may respond to this sort of language by using it as an opportunity for self-examination, but others may get swallowed up in the verbiage and be unable to respond in the manner intended by the author. For inclusive self-help collections.-Susan Riley, Mount Kisco Public Library
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About the Author

Cheri Huber is the author of 19 books, including There Is Nothing Wrong with You, When You're Falling, Dive,and Time-Out for Parents. She founded the Mountain View Zen Center in Mountain View, California, and the Zen Monastery Practice Center in Murphys, California, and teaches in both communities. She travels widely and often, leading workshops and retreats around the United States and abroad, most recently in Costa Rica and Italy. She founded Living Compassion in 2003, a nonprofit group comprised of There Is Nothing Wrong With You Retreats (based on the book); Global Community for Peace: The Assisi Peace Project; The Africa Vulnerable Children Project; and Open Air Talk Radio, her weekly call-in radio show originating from Stanford University. She lives in Murphys, California.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 14 and up
  
• Paperback: 276 pages
• Publisher: Keep It Simple Books (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963625594
• ISBN-13: 978-0963625595
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #55 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Personal Health > Teen Health > Self-Esteem

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best book ever dealing with self hate, April 23, 2010

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"Bear" Mommy (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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I found Cheri's books 9 years ago and benefit from them personally & professionally (I'm a psychtherapist & refer her books frequently). They are psychlogically sound & while they have a Buddhist lens one can be of any belief. The content is simple & profound. The layout is easy & fun to read. Fabulous in every way.

5.0 out of 5 stars Important early, July 26, 2011

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This book offers valuable considerations for everyone, not just teens. But what a blessing if your teen can learn these lessons early on!

5.0 out of 5 stars Cannot recommend more highly, June 24, 2010

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This is an amazing book. I struggle with self-esteem and perfectionism issues, and this book really helps. So simple and fun to read - the handwritten style really gets the message across in a way that plain words could not. Her other books are OK, this one is truly special.