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Tanya Carroll Richardson: Zen Teen: 40 Ways to Stay Calm When Life Gets Stressful

Seal Press, New York, NY, 2018, 240 pp, ISBN: 978-1-58005-782-0

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Fradkin, C. Tanya Carroll Richardson: Zen Teen: 40 Ways to Stay Calm When Life Gets Stressful. J Youth Adolescence 48, 1865–1868 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-01039-6

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