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Let the Glitter Settle: Mindfulness for Teens
Teen years can be filled with anxiety, worry and stress, but those waves of emotions don’t have to control you. If your mind feels like a glitter storm in a shaken jar—swirling, overwhelming, impossible to manage—Let the Glitter Settle gives you simple mindfulness tools to help you pause, breathe, and let the glitter settle.
With twenty years of experience as an educator, author, and mindfulness teacher, Stefanie Lachenauer offers real ways to find the present moment and feel more like yourself.
In Let the Glitter Settle, you
Learn to manage your emotions when everything hits you at onceTry easy tools to help you breathe, focus, and be presentFigure out what works for you—and leave the restUnderstand your emotions without feeling weird or dramaticLet the Glitter Settle is like a journal, a guide, and a quiet friend all in one. If you’re tired of feeling like your brain won’t turn off, this book will help you find small, real ways to feel more in control—even on the worst days.
Stefanie Lachenauer is an educator with twenty years experience and the 2025 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year. She has been sharing mindfulness with students in and out of the classroom since 2013. As a frequent national and international conference and professional development speaker, Stefanie presents on topics in education ranging from trauma informed practices, mindfulness, social emotional learning, and other neuroscience backed practices. She is passionate about supporting students in learning about and appreciating themselves while empowering them to create change in their lives and the world.
With twenty years of experience as an educator, author, and mindfulness teacher, Stefanie Lachenauer offers real ways to find the present moment and feel more like yourself.
In Let the Glitter Settle, you
Learn to manage your emotions when everything hits you at onceTry easy tools to help you breathe, focus, and be presentFigure out what works for you—and leave the restUnderstand your emotions without feeling weird or dramaticLet the Glitter Settle is like a journal, a guide, and a quiet friend all in one. If you’re tired of feeling like your brain won’t turn off, this book will help you find small, real ways to feel more in control—even on the worst days.
Stefanie Lachenauer is an educator with twenty years experience and the 2025 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year. She has been sharing mindfulness with students in and out of the classroom since 2013. As a frequent national and international conference and professional development speaker, Stefanie presents on topics in education ranging from trauma informed practices, mindfulness, social emotional learning, and other neuroscience backed practices. She is passionate about supporting students in learning about and appreciating themselves while empowering them to create change in their lives and the world.
210 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 5, 2025
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October 9, 2025
I really wish I had this book when I was a teenager. A lot of Stefanie’s mindfulness exercises I didn’t get learn about until I was in therapy as young adult. This book reads as a practice book too. If one style of mindfulness doesn’t work for you, keep on reading! Each segment prompts you to write down your reflections and encourages you to give each method a try.
Having this book as a teen would’ve really helped enter my young adult years with much more clarity in my head.
This book goes over many different methods of grounding exercises and how to focus your thoughts through textures, colors, scents, smells (IYKYK), the body, and so much more!
Life is hard enough, we don’t need to be crippled by the thoughts in our heads.
If you haven’t had the luxury of Stefanie teaching you mindfulness in person, grab a copy of this book. This is a vessel that’s going to help so many more people beyond the classroom walls.
Whoever’s reading this review, may the tools you learn help you and stick with you throughout your life time.
Having this book as a teen would’ve really helped enter my young adult years with much more clarity in my head.
This book goes over many different methods of grounding exercises and how to focus your thoughts through textures, colors, scents, smells (IYKYK), the body, and so much more!
Life is hard enough, we don’t need to be crippled by the thoughts in our heads.
If you haven’t had the luxury of Stefanie teaching you mindfulness in person, grab a copy of this book. This is a vessel that’s going to help so many more people beyond the classroom walls.
Whoever’s reading this review, may the tools you learn help you and stick with you throughout your life time.
October 12, 2025
Excellent Intro to Mindfulness!
This is the book we’ve been waiting for! Stefanie has taken the somewhat elusive concept of Mindfulness and made it simple and easy to understand. This is a tool that all students (and adults!) should learn as they navigate challenging emotions and situations. The book provides several Mindfulness practices that are appropriate for different situations and different personalities. Stefanie walks us through each practice step by step and then includes space for the reader to reflect on its effectiveness. The author shares her personal stories as a way to connect with the reader and it is quite effective. We can all relate to feeling overwhelmed, critical, and dissatisfied with ourselves at times. She shows us how these tools helped her cope with the challenging emotions and provides us with not only the tools, but the encouragement to deal with our own. A must read for anyone who has children, works with them, or used to be one!
This is the book we’ve been waiting for! Stefanie has taken the somewhat elusive concept of Mindfulness and made it simple and easy to understand. This is a tool that all students (and adults!) should learn as they navigate challenging emotions and situations. The book provides several Mindfulness practices that are appropriate for different situations and different personalities. Stefanie walks us through each practice step by step and then includes space for the reader to reflect on its effectiveness. The author shares her personal stories as a way to connect with the reader and it is quite effective. We can all relate to feeling overwhelmed, critical, and dissatisfied with ourselves at times. She shows us how these tools helped her cope with the challenging emotions and provides us with not only the tools, but the encouragement to deal with our own. A must read for anyone who has children, works with them, or used to be one!
January 21, 2026
I read this for my work with Constructing Confidence, and when I served as the moderator of the author, Stefanie Lachenauer and a public school Principal on the topic of the parent > educator connection. This is a great book for teens (and parents!!) that explains mindfulness and offers easy ways to practice it in everyday teen lives. I highly recommend this book! And it is something offered for FREE on Amazon.
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