Braver Stronger Smarter: A Girl's Guide to Overcoming Worry and Anxiety by Sissy Goff

There is not doubt about it, there is a lot of scary stuff going on in our modern world. It is enough to worry adults, let alone kids.  Sissy Goff offers advice to young girls on how to overcome their worry and anxiety and focus on how brave they are instead in her new book, Braver Stronger Smarter: A Girl's Guide to Overcoming Worry and Anxiety.

Braver Stronger Smarter was written for elementary aged girls but it can be used by girls of any age to learn practical ways to deal with worry, anxiety, and other overwhelming emotions. Actually, the book also offers girls who don't deal with those issues now a way to handle those emotions if they do come up for them. The book is divided in to three sections: Understanding, Help and Hope. Each section contains three chapters with some good advice and learning tools for girls in each section. Parents and caregivers are also encouraged to read the companion book, Raising Worry-Free Girls, as they work with a young girl. Braver Stronger Smarter is published by a Christian publisher and it does contain Bible verses and encourage the girls to rely on faith in God to help their worrying and other difficult emotions.

 I like that Braver Stronger Smarter is in an interactive workbook form. I think that is the best way for the girls to learn. Goff encourages girls  to go through this book slowly with a parent or other adult. I think  the way the book is designed would help girls both learn and apply the concepts from this book to their lives with lasting results. If they have a worry problem and fall back in to old habits, they could always refer back to the book for reminders. I wish I had had this book when I was a young girl as I know it would have been helpful at times through my life to have these skills already learned.

I received this book from Bethany House Publishers. All opinions in this review are my own.