Mastering your mind

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Bringing Mastering Your Mind home

Your child is learning practical skills to help them manage friendships, emotions, stress, challenges and everyday life. But these skills become even more powerful when the same ideas are understood and reinforced at home. This parent area has been designed to make that easy. For each Life Hack, you'll find a brief overview of what your child is learning, a short video from Yaakov Barr, and one simple idea to try at home.

No lengthy parenting lessons. No extra homework. Just practical ways to help the skills they're learning become skills for life.

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Hack 1 - Good Friendships

Helping your child build friendships that bring out the best in them

Hack 2 - Mood Boosting

Helping your child look after their mood

Hack 3 - Overcoming Stress

Helping your child manage pressure without being overwhelmed by it

Hack 4 - Facing Problems & Life Challenges

Helping your child face problems rather than feel defeated by them

Hack 5 - Taming Your Anger

Helping your child understand anger before it takes over

Hack 6 - Balance

Helping your child move away from all-or-nothing thinking

Hack 7 - I.C.B.B. — I can be bothered

Helping your child build their perseverance muscle

Hack 8 - A Good Night's Sleep

Helping your child take ownership of healthy sleep

Hack 9 - Speaking Up & Speaking Out

Helping your child find their voice

Hack 10 - Breaking Bad Habits

Helping your child understand how habits change

Hack 11 - Me Myself and I

Helping your child develop a healthier view of themselves

Hack 12 - Thoughts and Feelings

Understanding thoughts and feelings, and managing difficult emotions

Hack 13 - To change or not to change

Helping your child turn good intentions into real change

Hack 1 - Good Friendships

Hack 2 – Mood Boosting

Hack 3 – Overcoming Stress

Hack 4 - Facing Problems and Life Challenges

Hack 5 –Taming Your Anger

Hack 6 – Balance

Hack 7 – I.C.B.B.

Hack 8 – Good Night’s Sleep

Hack 9 – Speaking Up
and Speaking Out

Hack 10 – Breaking Bad Habits

Hack 11 - Me, Myself and I

Hack 12 - Coping With Feelings & Thoughts

Hack 13 - Making Change Happen

Testimonials

Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz
International lecturer and noted author

“Mastering Your Mind is a great book: highly readable, a lot of fun, packed with amazingly good advice, and very practical.”

Rabbi Shraga Feivel Zimmerman
Federation Rov & Av Beis Din

"The importance of being of sound mind and countenance cannot be overemphasised. For this reason, I am particularly grateful to Yaakov for this initiative"

Rhena Branch
CBT therapist, international author and lecturer

“This is a great book! Very accessible, light-hearted, and full of wisdom. Yaakov Barr offers scientifically proven, powerful CBT interventions and tailors them to suit the young Jewish adult reader. ”

Rabbi Shimon Russell Psychotherapist and renowned expert on parenting

“Yaakov Barr has written a comprehensive book rich with understanding and helpful supportive techniques, relevant to their challenges. . ”

John Cameron OBE, (d, Aug 2023)
Ex head of NSPCC, Childline & JTeen Patron

“A wonderful book providing a vital resource for parents to help them simplify what is becoming an ever more complex role- supporting their teen on life’s journey. Congratulations on a very successful project.”

Dan Levy
Editor of the Jewish Tribune

“I wish you had been around when I was a teen. How different life might have been armed with these hacks! How luck is this generation!”

Jason Marantz
Director of Education for the Borough of Hackney

“Mastering Your Mind represents a significant step forward in education, giving schools a practical way to teach the life skills that are just as essential as academic achievement.”

Parents Area

Testimonials

Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz International lecturer and noted author

Rabbi Shraga Feivel Zimmerman Federation Rov & Av Beis Din

Rhena Branch CBT therapist, international author and lecturer