{"product_id":"this-is-how-i-learn","title":"This Is How I Learn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Study Skills and Brain Health Workbook for Ages 14 to 16\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Sarah Jane Ferguson, Nidra Mind\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost students are told to go and revise. Very few are ever shown how.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo they do what feels like studying. They reread their notes until the words look familiar. They highlight nearly every line. They sit at a desk for hours and still walk into the exam with a mind that goes blank. Not because they are not clever enough, but because nobody showed them the methods that actually work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLearning is a skill. And a skill can be practised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHAT THIS BOOK IS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Is How I Learn\u003c\/strong\u003e is a write-in study skills and brain health workbook for teenagers aged 14 to 16, preparing for GCSEs or equivalent exams. It teaches how memory works, why we forget, and which study methods the research shows really work, with a page to practise each one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book of quick tricks or promises about grades. It explains, in plain language, what your brain is doing when you learn, and gives you methods that use the time you already spend far better. Some come from modern research in cognitive psychology. Some are over 2,000 years old. All of them are simple enough to start today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHAT YOU WILL FIND INSIDE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart One — Your Learning Brain\u003c\/strong\u003e How your brain changes with practice, why you forget, and the brain myths worth letting go of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Two — Brain Health\u003c\/strong\u003e Sleep, movement, food, water and stress: looking after the brain that does the learning, with three simple breathing practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Three — Purpose and Planning\u003c\/strong\u003e Finding your own reasons, building small habits, setting up a study space, and an evening review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Four — How to Learn\u003c\/strong\u003e Testing yourself, spacing it out, mixing topics and learning by teaching: the methods that help most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Five — Notes and Reading\u003c\/strong\u003e Cornell notes, idea maps, a commonplace book, and reading with purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Six — Memory Techniques\u003c\/strong\u003e Vivid images, chunking, the chain method, the memory palace and peg systems, some of them over 2,000 years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Seven — Exam Season\u003c\/strong\u003e Planning revision, a study session from start to finish, the night before, the exam room, and what to do if your mind goes blank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHROUGHOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA page to practise every method Clear explanations of the brain science behind each one Trackers and planners for sleep, revision and reviews A before-and-after check-in and memory test, so you can see what has changed Boxes marking techniques that people have used for thousands of years Two guided rest practices, printed in full and recorded Further Support, with helplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHO THIS IS FOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is for any teenager who works hard and still feels it is not going in. For anyone who has reread a chapter three times and remembered none of it. For anyone who has been told to revise and quietly wondered how.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also a thoughtful gift from a parent, teacher or tutor who wants to give a young person something genuinely useful before exams. Not more pressure, but methods they can use on their own, in their own time, at their own pace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA NOTE FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND TUTORS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany teenagers spend hours revising in ways that feel productive but do very little: rereading, copying and highlighting. When the marks do not come, they often decide they are simply not clever enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Is How I Learn shows them a better way, and explains why it works. Every method is grounded in research, and the book is honest about what the evidence does and does not show. It also looks after the brain doing the learning, with practical pages on sleep, movement, food, stress and phones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt works on its own, or alongside \u003cem\u003eThis Is Possible\u003c\/em\u003e, the six-week Nidra Mind journal on exam stress. The journal helps young people manage the pressure. This book gives them the methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGO FURTHER WITH THIS IS HOW I LEARN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGuided rest.\u003c\/strong\u003e Two 10-minute guided rest practices: The Fresh Page for a study day and Lanterns at Dusk for bedtime. Free to listen to. \u003cem\u003eGuided rest →\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor parents, carers and schools.\u003c\/strong\u003e Free resources to support young people as they learn the methods in this book. \u003cem\u003eFor parents, carers and schools →\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSarah brings NHS mental health experience, brain health coaching and Yoga Nidra teaching together. Drawing on twelve years of teaching and developing curriculum-aligned courses, alongside a personal yoga practice of nearly thirty years, she founded Nidra Mind to help people safeguard their brain health, manage stress and restore emotional balance. Through her work, Sarah creates practical tools and programmes that make mental wellness skills accessible to both adults and young people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eALSO IN THE NIDRA MIND SERIES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Is Possible\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eA Six-Week Guided Journal for Teens on Academic Stress and Exam Pressure\u003c\/em\u003e Find out more →\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Is Me\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eA Six-Week Guided Journal for Teens on Confidence and Self-Esteem\u003c\/em\u003e Find out more →\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Is Okay\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eA Six-Week Guided Journal for Teens on Stress and Anxiety\u003c\/em\u003e Find out more →\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHERE TO BUY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuy the US Letter paperback from the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/sarah-jane-ferguson\/this-is-how-i-learn\/paperback\/product-65e2mym.html?page=1\u0026amp;pageSize=4\" title=\"This Is How I Learn: A Study Skills and Brain Health Workbook for Ages 14 to 16 by Sarah Jane Ferguson | Nidra Mind\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLulu Bookstore \u0026gt;\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuy direct from Nidra Mind ↓\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopies will be available in physical bookstores soon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart of the Nidra Mind series.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNidra Mind donates 10% of profits to Soñar Despierto, supporting children in foster care. 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