Mindful Thoughts for Students

I wish I had this when I first started university what feels like so many years ago! I've just finished the first year of my part-time masters (while working full time – eek!) after taking three years out of education and love the advice given by Hooper in Mindful Thoughts for Students – it's so easy to read and digest.

The illustrations are beautiful, the advice is split up into bitesize chapters and Hooper doesn't just throw useless mindfulness quotes at us, she breaks down every aspect of student life and gives tangible advice for how to tackle our own learning, cope with stress and manage our wellbeing (both mentally and physically!) It's brilliant and I'd really recommend this book to anyone who's feeling overwhelmed with being a student – it puts everything into perspective and made me feel a whole lot better about my studies. I've already recommended it to the library at my university!

A decent collection of tips for students. I liked the bits about the study space, it’s very important. Would be a nice gift for a student embarking on their college journey.

Mindful Thoughts for Students is a wonderful introduction to mindful practices useful in navigating middle school and high school. I would like to think that many of the practices included in this book would have been useful in managing my own high school anxieties. Hooper does a great job keeping chapters/topics brief and providing just enough illustrations to make the book engaging without feeling childish. Additionally, the illustrations in the book are inclusive in the characterization of students. I will definitely be recommending this book to my students. I feel it would also pair well with an executive functioning style workbook for students.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I was reading this with an eye to my 3 teenagers - GSCE, A levels and University and helping them with planning their study patterns.

This gave us some great talking points and so I would recommend this.

I was given an advance copy by netgalley and the publishers but the review is entirely my own.

This title seems geared to pre-teens and older, those who have the capacity to stop for a moment to reflect on themselves and their approaches to tasks and life. The author offers mindfulness practices to study habits and the process of learning. For example, she writes about the importance of being present in the moment. This means not judging one’s self by past school performance. Equally it means not worrying too far ahead about school tests and projects but going step by step. The need for self-care is also stressed and, for example, relaxation exercises are given.

It strikes me that in the heat of the moment it might be difficult for a student to take the time to read this book even though it would, perhaps, be helpful. I propose that this title would make for good summer reading with the chance to relax, reflect and be ready for the next academic year.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title. All opinions are my own.

Mindful Thoughts for Students is a useful book for teenagers wanting to make the most of their study time with mindful thoughts about the process.

It could be a test result and how to not damn yourself into thinking you're dumb - rather look at it as a learning opportunity, be that something you didn't quite understand correctly or you need to manage your time better in the future. It's not about seeing what you can't do but seeing it as what you can't do YET.

There are illustrations throughout and the 25 chapters are split into bite-sized chunks making it very easy to digest - around 5 pages long each time.

I received this book from Netgalley in return for an honest review.