The Motivation Mindset Workbook
Helping Teens and Tweens Discover What They Love to Do
Book • 2025
The Motivation Mindset Workbook offers structured, strengths-based exercises for tweens and teens to explore their identities, values, and interests to cultivate lasting motivation.
Coauthored by Dr. Ellen Braaten and Dr. Hillary Bush, it translates motivation science into accessible activities that encourage self-reflection, responsibility, and real-world engagement.
The workbook addresses barriers to motivation such as sleep, social media, and anxiety, while teaching practical planning and executive-function skills.
It aims to help young people identify strengths using tools like the VIA character strengths inventory and to imagine future goals and meaningful responsibilities.
Designed for both independent use and parent-guided conversations, it supports long-term resilience and purpose-driven engagement.
Coauthored by Dr. Ellen Braaten and Dr. Hillary Bush, it translates motivation science into accessible activities that encourage self-reflection, responsibility, and real-world engagement.
The workbook addresses barriers to motivation such as sleep, social media, and anxiety, while teaching practical planning and executive-function skills.
It aims to help young people identify strengths using tools like the VIA character strengths inventory and to imagine future goals and meaningful responsibilities.
Designed for both independent use and parent-guided conversations, it supports long-term resilience and purpose-driven engagement.
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TPP 496: Dr. Ellen Braaten on Helping Teens and Tweens Discover What they Love to Do
