A book review of Rise and Thrive: A Mental Health Workbook for Youth & For the Young Person Inside All of Us by Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble
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Refined Honey (2026)
Mental Health>Teens
147 pages
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links.
Summary: Dr. Alfiee, a global leader in youth mental health, delivers the ultimate youth mental health guide—packed with simple, memorable concepts you can actually use in real time to care for your emotional wellbeing.
Rise and Thrive is your space to step into your power, embrace your brilliance, and rise—no matter what life throws your way. Designed for teens and young adults (inclusive of all identities), this book combines Dr. Alfiee’s 30 years of research, clinical work, and community advocacy into an easy-to-use roadmap for emotional wellness and real-world resilience.
Not just another workbook—Rise and Thrive gives you practical support for the moments you feel anxious, unseen, or overwhelmed. Each chapter offers bite-size “mindset remixes” you can remember on the spot, plus reflection prompts and coping tools that actually fit your life, culture, and community.
Whether you’re figuring out who you are, navigating school or work, dealing with family and friendships, or just trying to make it through the day, we invite you to reflect, act, and reconnect with your truest, strongest self.
Rise and Thrive
This is a mental health workbook for youth but it is also a good read for young adults or even older adults who have struggled since their youth. It’s also very good for those in marginalized groups as it focuses on those people. You can read it if you are not though.
The workbook is in colour which makes it a fun and happier read. It’s mostly words but the beginning of each chapter has a great illustration as well as a few illustrations throughout the book.
The book is based on seven mindsets which are the names of the seven chapters. Each chapter is full of help to understand and practice those mindsets. Each chapter has journal prompts, activities (easy, medium and hard) and key takeaways. After each activity there is a self reflection area. This is a great book for youth who feel out of place or have lost their self-confidence.
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