Best Brain Ever: How to Level Up, Be More Focused, and Be Less Stressed

by Therese Huston

Overview

Unleash the full potential of your brain with Best Brain Ever! This engaging guide helps kids discover the secrets to creativity, focus, friendship, stress management, and thriving in a tech-filled world. Designed as a children’s version of Sharp: 14 Simple Ways to Improve Your Life with Brain Science, this book is packed with tools, tips, and myth-busting facts that even grown-ups get wrong.

 

• Unlock Your Potential: Discover how to embrace challenges with a growth mindset and bust common myths about your brain, like the idea of being "left-brained" or "right-brained.” (Your whole brain is on your team!)
• Harness Creativity: Find out how constraints can actually make you more creative.
• Master Focus: Learn how exercise can sharpen your focus and how to manage ADHD effectively (and even turn it into a superpower).
• Build Better Connections: Strengthen your social intelligence—your ability to understand what others are feeling—and make lasting friendships.
• Find Calm: Learn stress-busting techniques that will help you feel better even during tough times.
• Thrive in a Tech-Filled World: Understand how your brain handles texting, posting, and screen time—and why it’s important to take control of your tech use.

Best Brain Ever is packed with actionable tips and backed by science that's made understandable thanks to author Therese Huston. Whether you’re boosting your creativity, building friendships, or navigating technology, this book will help you think sharper, feel better, and become the best version of yourself.



Start your journey to a smarter, happier brain today!

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798887704135
Publisher:	Mayo Clinic Press
Publication date:	12/02/2025
Pages:	104
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.00(d)
Age Range:	11 - 13 Years

About the Author

Therese Huston, Ph.D., is a cognitive scientist at Seattle University, where she transforms good science into great strategies. She was the founding director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Seattle Universityand is now a consultant for their Center for Faculty Development. She is the author of Sharp: 14 Simple Ways to Improve Your Life with Brain Science; Let’s Talk: Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower; How Women Decide; and Teaching What You Don’t Know and has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, TIME, The Guardian, and Harvard Business Review. Therese has led workshops and delivered presentations to Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, and universities across the globe.  When she’s not writing or speaking, she likes to travel to new places, mountain bike, play with numbers, spend time on her yoga mat, and bake amazing gluten-free brownies.  She lives in Seattle with her husband and their Boston Terrier, who insists on being the real boss of the household.

Editorial Reviews

Advance praise for Sharp by Therese Huston:
 

"A fun, fact-filled exploration of the neuroscience of self-improvement, offering suggestions everyone can use.  Huston presents a clear and engaging review of scientific findings, often overturning conventional wisdom, and pointing to simple ways we all can be sharper, healthier, happier and more constructive at work and in all phases of our lives."
- James L. McClelland, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, Director of the Center for Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology
 

“This user’s guide to your brain is the most practical, down-to-earth, and funny manual on mastering your life I’ve ever read.”
—Eddie Stern, author of Healing Through Breathing, Four Lessons for Lasting Health and Happiness and One Simple Thing: A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How It Can Transform Your Life
 

“This book should be read by anyone who’s ever wished they could turn a frazzled mind into focused energy.  Sharp distills the latest findings in neuroscience into straightforward, actionable insights for your everyday life.  Imagine if, instead of hoping for a good day, you had the tools to create one. With Sharp, you can.”
 

—Scott Barry Kaufman, author of Transcend, Professor of Psychology at Columbia University, Director of the Center for Human Potential, creator and host of The Psychology Podcast
 

 “This book stands out from the pack. It provides concrete steps and daily practices, coupled with a depth of knowledge about biology and neuroscience. Dr. Huston’s training as a scientist, teacher, and educator has allowed her to do the hard work to improve your productivity and efficiency. Run, do not walk, to get this book, and read it cover-to-cover.”
 

—Marlene Behrmann, Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, former Director of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition

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