Activate the mind
Think Tank
Questions and reflections that turn ideas into self-knowledge.
Hi Quirkies!
What if your weirdness is your wisdom?
What if your daydreams are blueprints?
What if the world needs your imagination more than your grades?
Cringe. Courage. Creativity. A Teen's Playbook for Humaning
For teens, young adults, and the adults who want to understand them better.
I want the book excerpt →The book
Not here to fix teens.
Here to flip the narrative.
Teens today are overwhelmed w information and starving for meaning.
They're told to do more and raise the bar, but no one shows them how to slow down, get bored, ignite their imagination, and come home to who they are.
Instead of asking what's wrong w them, Cringe. Courage. Creativity. dares them to ask: what's possible?
Through personal stories, conversations w experts, soulful prompts, and playful practices, it's a permission slip to daydream, feel deeply, question everything, and rise after they fall.
Part TEDx talk.Part campfire story.Part treasure map.
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The playbook
A playbook,
not a rulebook.
Every chapter ends w three ways to make it real.
Activate the spirit
Let's Get Weird
Creative dares and experiments to practice being brave.
Activate the heart
Vibe Pad
Real-world ways to connect w others: reach out, cheer someone on, and start a ripple.
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For the Quirkies
Teens and
young adults
15–21.
And just maybe, for any adult whose inner teen still needs a little permission to be a person instead of a performance.
Featuring conversations w
- Dr. David Eagleman
- Dr. Scott Allison
- Dr. Bryan Alvarez
- Austin Farwell
- Kirsten McCormick
- Allison Wyckoff
- Triana Patel
- + a tribute to Dr. James Doty
The receipts
This book didn't
come out of nowhere.
Before I wrote a playbook for humaning, I spent years obsessing over the same question: what makes people come alive?
The point isn't the résumé. It's that I've been chasing this stuff for a long time.
The person behind the playbook
Meet
marie in awe.
Fluent in cringe, courage, and creativity.
I've spent the better part of my life being fascinated by what makes humans come alive: awe, curiosity, courage, creativity, possibility, and play.
I used to do that work mostly w grown-ups. Now I get to do it w the next gen of audacious creators.
Born in the Philippines, raised across cultures, and now worldschooling my tween and teen, I don't speak at teens, I move w them.
More about Marie →Author. Idea collector. Professional wonderer. Former grown-up whisperer.