Thank you Quatro Publishing - Leaping Hare Press and Netgalley for this ARC.

This book from the Mindfulness series was aimed at students and the ways in which they can bring mindfulness to their studies and their lives in general. This would be a nice gift for the student in your life.

So glad I requested this! This book is filled with useful information for students primarily focusing on being mindful during their studies. The kind of book you read with a highlighter in hand!

I thought I would read this before I started my third and final year as a history undergraduate and to be honest, I was kinda disappointed. I personally didn't learn anything useful or new and felt that the discussions on anxiety were in bad taste - anxiety is not something that is inevitable and I hate that it almost seemed "tre dy" or "relatable" in this self help book to have ot. Yes, of course, everyone can get nervous about stuff but having anxiety is completely different and I think the book should have talked more about that.
Maybe if I had read this when I was 14 or 15 I could have gained more but I'm 20 now and learnt most of the stuff this book discussed by living my life and going through school. It was all very unoriginal, not particularly credible and nothing people can't find out from a simple Google search. However, I understand that this could be really helpful to a young teen struggling with high school and the stress that comes from it.

I felt like the book spoke to all my worries and insecurities that I was having about going to college. This handbook is sprinkled with little tidbits of interesting information as well as anecdotes from the author that are so resonant.

I think a reason why we feel so overwhelmed with stress is that we associate it as the entire feeling of anxiety and have no way of addressing it in its separate entities. Kaufman breaks stress apart into components and allows us to analyze our stress at different angles.

The handbooks gives us a brief explanation about why we feel the way we feel, whether its cortisol keeping us up all night or dopamine kicking in to make us take the craziest decisions. I believe having that knowledge of where our stress is coming from conquers half the battle.

The book has so many exercises that are so simple and easy to follow. I really enjoyed trying out the meditations as well as mindful exercises.

Overall, this was a really insightful read, and I found myself relaxing as I read through. The author's own anecdotes and experiences adds another layer to the book that resonates with readers.

I'm super glad I got to pick this up this advanced reader copy. It is so so versatile. I'm planning on buying myself a copy to take with me to college and hopefully make use of the advice and tips if I'm ever feeling a little bit overwhelmed.

What a wonderful book- I only wish I had this when I was a student! The author provides a great overview of what mindfulness is, offers excellent exercises throughout and touches on overall wellness and coping techniques specific to students as well as ones in general. I enjoyed that the author shared personal stories and experiences throughout the book. It was easy to read and understand and is a wonderful tool for students to help them be more mindful in their daily lives while attending school (and in general). With the ever changing world of technology there are so many more things to take into consideration - it's hard to believe but cell phones were not that big of a thing yet when I was in college, even grad school- and now there are books on how to unplug, put the phone down for a few minutes, etc. I highly recommend this book! Thank you to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Leaping Hare Press for a copy to read in exchange for an honest review.

With wellbeing and mindfulness being at the forefront of everyone's mind, I thought this would be a great read to start with. I work in a school so I request this book to see if it would suitable for our library. However I was quite disappointed. The books is broken down into sections but each section seemed to focus mainly on breathing and this became repetitive and tedious to read. Considering that there is a big push in mindfulness and wellbeing in most establishments I feel like a book aimed at students should be more in-depth as they would have had a lot of focus within school already, breathing being the most basic

This title was not available in the format for kindle ereaders, unfortunately, but I am excited to read it when it releases.

Another great addition to this series. I like to dip in and out of these, rather than read them straight through like a novel.

I do my best to go into so-called "self-help" books with an open mind, but I found this one so scattered and generic as to be at least a bit patronizing and not very helpful. (Caveat: if you're reading this with no prior knowledge on the subject, you might find it more informative — but I would also seek out other sources, because the "scientific evidence" cited isn't super credible, and some claims regarding mental health in particular are just inaccurate: anxiety and anxiousness/stress aren't the same thing, and just because they're unfortunately prevalent doesn't make them "part of the human condition.")

Speaking as a college student who already tries to be generally mindful of my life choices, I really didn't learn much from reading this. The mindfulness exercises are good starting points, but I was already aware of them (or similar practices) just from browsing the internet or trying out meditation apps. Some of the anecdotes seem like the author is trying very hard to be #relatable, but they tended to be either extremely generic or just the opposite: so specific and unique that I'm not sure what point they served.

Most importantly, I was annoyed by the fact that the book presents "mindfulness" and the "normal" state of being (i.e., overwhelmed, stress eating, socially anxious) as polar opposites, and the pervading implication is that just being mindful will cure you of stress and anxiety, give you the "perspective" to make difficult large-scope life decisions (like picking a major and career path), and generally magically fix your life. I don't disagree that mindfulness can dramatically improve one's quality of life, but since my baseline doesn't remotely resemble the standard state the author illustrates, this book clearly wasn't for me.

The first thought that sprung immediately to mind after I picked this beautiful book up was — where was this self-help bible when I was a student? Like many others, my student days were some of the most stressful of my life and the pressure of achieving was weighing heavily without any sort of let-up or relief. My anxiety was so debilitating during the run-up to my exams, during and additionally after them, whilst nervously awaiting the results, that I made myself extremely ill. It was after those hellish years that I decided I was going to ensure this wasn't an issue that would plague my life and vowed I would stop the fretting. Surprisingly, it turned out to be a lot easier than I imagined and from then on I ensured I did not let myself get in such an unhealthy state.

This book would've undoubtedly have imparted invaluable information and coping techniques to my young self at a time when it was all too necessary. Luckily, as aforementioned, I managed to free myself from this condition relatively easily, but this would be an essential book I would be buying alongside the essential course texts as I feel this is just as vital. Tailored in such a clever way, Ms Kaufman walks us through a variety of accessible hints and tips to maintain good mental health and keep stress to a minimum. This is turning out to be a fantastic series and having read both this and Mindful Reading and enjoyed and gained something useful from each of these underrated books it is a series I would highly recommend.

It's a useful and incredibly user-friendly read. I plan to return to study at some point and feel comforted to know that I have all of this helpful information to dip in and out of. Displayed in bite-sized, digestible chunks there is no reason for not having this in your arsenal! Many thanks to Quarto Publishing Group for an ARC.

An excellent overview of mindfulness and meditation written especially for college students. This book does a great job introducing readers to the main concepts of being mindful. It has several chapters about different aspects of college and how you can incorporate mindfulness into it.

Every few pages the author offers a quick meditation exercise you can try. I was pleasantly surprised to find a section on using mindfulness to tolerate chronic pain. I tried the meditation that was suggested and found it quite helpful.

The main idea of this book is just to be okay with what's going on, even if it's uncomfortable. That's a really valuable lesson and the book did a good job explaining it. I would really recommend this to any college student who's struggling with stress, no matter how mild they may say it is. Everybody can benefit from this.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Sadly not available for the kindle, but still useful. I could see this as a great gift for incoming freshmen. A lot of good tips and advice from stress, time management, eating, cooking ,etc. A lot of the basics that a student would encounter, and gives exercises and tips. Would recommend.

This title was not available in the format for kindle ereaders, unfortunately, but I am excited to read it when it releases.