"Every teenager will get a lot out of this book (and their parents, too)."--Rick Hanson, Ph.D., psychologist and New York Times best-selling author of Hardwiring Happiness

作者Adam Avin强烈相信正念（mindfulness）是青少年们对于管理压力、焦虑以及强烈的情绪的最重要工具。他应该知道—他自己就是一名青少年。但他同时也是一位正念专家以及Wuf Shanti，一个教各个年龄层的孩子正念的机构，的创办人。

在这本书中，Adam教你为什么将抗正面地面对情绪及压力才是对自己身心灵负责任。他会教你什么是正念，以及如何培养出正念地思考模式，帮助你在当下找到平衡以及专注力，而不是一直担心过去与未来。

本书的前言作者是Udonis Haslem，一名美国NBA职篮球员，他的队伍Miami Heat曾获得三次NBA冠军赛。他同时也是The Udonis Haslem Foundation的创办人，对于贫困社区的心理健康推广非常有热忱。作者Adam更在书中提供自己认为最有效以及有证明的方式来对付困难的时刻，比如肯定词、冥想、呼吸以及写日记，这些都能帮助你感到不那么不知所措以及被压倒，让你感到更平静以及快乐。

关于作者：

Adam Avin founded Wuf Shanti Children’s Wellness Foundation at the age of 9 to teach mindfulness and social-emotional learning to children 3–17 years old. He is also certified in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens, Kidding Around Yoga and the Emotion Code.

Follow Adam and Wuf Shanti via Facebook @wufshanti or through their website, www.wufshanti.com

Udonis Haslem is a retired American professional basketball player who played for the Miami Heat for the duration of his NBA career. He won three NBA championships while playing for the Heat and is the longest-tenured Heat player in team history. He also founded the Udonis Haslem Foundation to give hope to children and families in underserved communities. Learn more at udcares.org

好评：

"The knowledge [Adam] imparts in Stress Less is nothing short of amazing. He weaves throughout this book a patchwork of ways to help a teen grow, learn and change."--Gina Biegel, creator of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens (MBSR-T) and Stressed Teens programs

“Adam Avin is a powerful advocate for mindfulness, mental health and his generation. In these pages you’ll find many different tools to overcome stress and other challenges, from a fellow young perspective sharing directly from his own lived experience.”--Dr. Christopher Willard, clinical psychologist, author and lecturer at Harvard Medical School