You Got This! 100 Tips for Being Your Stress-Free Best

Becker’s You Got This: 100 Tips for Being Your Stress-Free Best reads like a self-help book for school-aged children. The colourful emojis on the cover hint at the 100 one-page pieces of advice inside about how to deal with stress. They include exercise, mediation, yoga, turning off devices, and activities that are meant to be silly. The author encourages using manners and changing one’s way of thinking to build confidence and a growth mindset. She praises curiosity, and independence but also explains when and why it’s okay to ask for help. Some of the ideas were inspired by animals (cats, rhinos, eagles and dogs) and others by the people around you. With just a pen or pencil and some paper, the writing activities can be completed quickly, but the questions will get readers thinking about their past, present and future (i.e. pro and con lists). She acknowledges conflict, failure, and hard times but gives ways to solve problems in a way a child can understand (i.e. take baby steps). Although there are no chapters or categories, each tip has a title which appears in the table of contents. The book is browsable and a quick read. The few black and white illustrations spread throughout the book add a lightheartedness feel to the pages.