Adolescents face the difficult task in defining themselves and discovering who they are as they make their way into adulthood. Although Tara Brach’s book, Radical Acceptance, is not technically a piece of YA literature it does have a place in the adolescent classroom. The picture chosen to represent Brach’s self-help book is a woman with her arms open to the world. This picture represents the openness and mindfulness taught in Radical Acceptance. There are many ways to deal with struggle and adversity, both of which many teens face as they grow up. However, this book explains one method where a person opens themselves to their experiences, thus allowing themselves to experience their lives free from self-deprecation of self loathing. So many teenagers face issues of insecurity that come from the various changes they experience physically and mentally. Using Radical Acceptance to pause and evaluate where feelings are coming from in order to be mindful is one way that adolescents may learn to deal with their problems. This picture exemplifies Radical Acceptance because, although all things are not wonderful to experience, they can be seen that way if they are taken as part of the human experience or part of life.
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Creative Commons from Flickr “Freedom 2”
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