Express Yourself: A Teen Girl’s Guide to Speaking Up and Being Who You Are (The Instant Help Solutions Series)

As a Registered Nurse, I feel this book is the perfect gift for any teenage girl. Being assertive is the single most important skill to learn and practice as a young woman in today's world. This guide outlines the ways to get what you want out of life while becoming a responsible, productive young adult.The book is well written in the vernacular of the teenage girl and easily understood by people of all ages. I found the central theme of "becoming the director of your own life" to be a brilliant metaphor; parents become producers, friends become cast of characters, and even though you "call the shots", it is easy to get caught up in others opinions and manipulations.Emily Roberts MA LPC does a superb job in defining the role that we should all play in our lives, with real life scenarios that are easily relatable to life. All teens must read this book! It prepares young women to be assertive and confident in today's high stress, high drama, high tech world.Each chapter has its own directors notes, with little hastagable quotes such as, "Your future depends on the decisions you make today. Don't look back in regret. #ExpressYourself". These notes sum up the chapter and reiterate the need for strength and assertiveness no matter what life can throw at us.I feel that reading this as a teenager will benefit them all throughout their adolescence. Both an 11 year old and a 20 year old can relate to its scenarios. I felt myself relating and learning from the book even at age 28. It is a terrific resource for girls to turn back to when they have a tough decision to make (there are step by step guides to write their script for different situations).If you are a teen girl, or if you have a daughter/neice/granddaughter/goddaughter/cousin who is a teen, do not hesitate. This book will be cherished and re-read for years because of its practical applications in so many situations.

If you haven’t figured out how to talk to your daughter in a way that she can hear about sexting, cyber-bullying, romantic relationships, and the like, Express Yourself may be the solution. Targeted at teen-aged girls, the book is about learning to be assertive, and how to do so in a range of situations relevant to adolescent life. Packed with realistic scenarios that girls face on a day to day basis, Emily Roberts supplies practical – and wise –advice on how to navigate the complicated terrain of school, friendship and love. Considering situations ranging from peer pressure to questions about the appropriateness of nude photo in a digital world, the book presents a practical road map for dealing with realistic situations. So, if there is a young woman in your life, this book might be exactly what she needs.

The pandemic has kept me from seeing my sweet granddaughter as we live on opposite coasts - she loves reading, so I've sent her lots of books over the past year and she told me she loves this one.

This book is great for not only teenage girls but really anyone who is struggling with being more assertive. I come from a family who keeps their opinions to themselves for the most part. When I got married I quickly realized my in-laws were more liberal with their opinions. I struggled with this for the first couple of years of marriage as I tried to learn how to be more assertive without sounding hurtful. This book really helped me! The examples are geared towards teens but the principles can be applied to anyone.

This is a phenomenal read for teen girls to get in touch with their self-respect and communication skills. Ms. Roberts has created a roadmap that is simple and current for young women to "become the director of their own lives" via applicable life situations and easy to follow scripts. She sprinkles her chapters with inspiring quotes from present-day, intelligent young female role-models and walks the teen reader through scenarios such as dealing with drama at school, home and heartbreak. Professionals will love this book due to the practical DBT/mindful structured exercises and parents will appreciate the topics Ms. Roberts helps teens tackle- such as how to collaborate with them on social media, sibling rivalry, and homework. Absolutely a book I will recommend to my clients!

I just started go read this book before I give it to my 13 year old daughter for her to read as well. It is very well written and upon my initial scanning of the context of the book I do believe it will be very informative and beneficial. My daughter struggles to communicate effectively with her father. We are using this book to help her learn how to express herself so she can get her message across and have her voice heard. Iook forward to reading more!!

I am an adolescent psychotherapist and have been giving Emily's wonderful and of-the-moment book to all of my clients. It has become my go-to bookshelf staple for my young clients and for their parents. Ms. Roberts has, with this book, crafted herself into the new authority when it comes to helping young women gain confidence and find themselves in 2015. Her work is relevant, specific, honest, and relatable. This is a must-buy and must-use for any teenage girl, and for any person who loves a teenage girl. Bravo, Emily!

I love this book! Emily Roberts addresses her readers as the intelligent young women that they are, teaching them how to take control of their lives and navigate tricky relationships they face with both peers and adults. Without trivializing the trials of teenage years, she provides guidance and practical strategies to handle difficult situations with grace, to navigate relationships without sacrificing themselves. Assertiveness is the focus of this book, a skill all girls and women need!

I bought this book with the intention of giving it to my daughters to read, but wanted to read it myself first. I haven't finished it, but I'm not particularly impressed with how much she says how awful parents can be, and how they don't understand you. Maybe she changes her tone later on, but I can't help but feel that it would be more constructive to encourage the parent/child relationship as well as highlighting how it can be a difficult thing too. It seems like she is quite dismissive of parents, which is not very useful as we are still very much responsible for our offspring.

I have read over half this book, having bought it for my daughter who is starting to find her voice. I was wanting to make sure that she had the skills to express herself confidently and not aggressively. I was really impressed with this. If every adult could take even one lesson from the book the world would be a much nicer place. It explains things simply, without being patronising and is really practical. It uses the analogy of directing a film which I think is useful in order to get the reader to think of situations from the outside first.. can’t wait to finish the book (and refine my communication style too!)

I heard Emily Roberts speak at the online 2nd Children's Health Summit. I was so impressed with what she had to say. I bought the book for my niece. I read it before I gave it to her and I loved it. I wish I had this book when I was a teenager. I think alot of us are taught to believe girls have to be made of sugar and spice and everything nice and that we should be seen and not heard. This really effects the way we express and don't express ourselves. She gives so many great examples on how to deal with difficult situations while being respectful to yourself and others. I highly recommend this book for teenage girls and their moms too.

El libro se me hizo bueno, pero mi hija lo odio, dice que para nada le sirvieron los consejos del libro, según ella son consejos para teenagers de mis tiempos. La autora debería abordar temas actuales.

Great book and experience with seller. Thanks