Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be

by Gemma Cairney

Overview

Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be is full of honest advice about the big, bad and beautiful things that growing up is all about: from mental health to families to first love, and everything in between. Gemma Cairney is an important advocate for young people and between her life experiences and her personal insight from her time as Radio 1's resident agony aunt on The Surgery, she is perfectly placed to offer hope and a huge comforting cuddle to young people questioning what life's all about or dealing with hard times. Along with practical help and advice from a range of experts and gorgeous illustrations, this bright and colorful book also has a ribbon marker and plenty of space for readers to personalize and make it their own, making Open a treasured resource to return to whenever advice is needed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781509836116
Publisher:	Pan Macmillan
Publication date:	08/15/2017
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.30(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

After a brief go at drama school and a stint working in fashion in her early twenties, Gemma Cairney is now a BBC broadcaster, magpie, and life enthusiast who has won awards for making documentaries on subjects such as young people in violent relationships. She presents The Surgery Show on BBC Radio 1 and co-produced and presented internet entertainment show, The Fox Problem. Gemma has presented shows and one offs for BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, 2, 3, 4, 4 Extra, 6Music and BBC World Service. She is also founder of boutique production company - Boom Shakalaka Productions. She likes to write, explore the planet, trek mountains and DJ garage classics.

Table of Contents

Welcome vii

Your Heart 1

Family 4

Friendship 16

Love 28

Heartbreak 42

Death, Loss and Grief 49

Your Mind 57

Stress, Trauma, Anxiety 68

Depression 77

Eating Disorders 81

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) 88

Addiction 92

Self-Harm 95

The A to Z of a Happy Mind 113

Your Body + Soul 119

Periods 129

Body Image 150

Exercise 170

Food, Glorious Fooood 176

Sex 179

Sexuality 182

Sexual Health 197

Abortion 205

Consent, Rape and Rape Culture 215

Your World and Your Future 223

Politics 226

Our Natural World 240

Language and Words 248

The Internet 250

Volunteering 268

The Scary World 269

Prejudice 273

Feminism 276

Wanderlust and Expression 281

Money, Money, Money 293

Careers 300

A Letter to Myself Aged 14 306

Acknowledgements and Contributors 308

Useful Websites 310

Index 311