WHAT PROFESSIONALS SAY ABOUT GETTING REAL | ABOUT GROWING UP

I have known Amrita Hobbs for several years and am aware of the innovative Rites of Passage work she does. I am sure that this book will prove to be an invaluable resource for young people, parents, teachers, youth workers and others who mentor young people.

The information is clear and accessible and there are lots of comments and real life stories to highlight the issues. I highly recommend this book and Amrita's work.
Christie Anthony MD, a Holistic Family Physician

GETTING REAL... about growing up! communicates compellingly to young people who may be struggling to make sense of their rapidly changing worlds - both inside and outside.

After reading the book I realised it had helped me greatly in counselling troubled teenagers. I gained a clearer understanding of many of the challenges that they face - personally, in the family and also the global crisis.
Jonathan, a Metaphysical Counsellor

This is real information to guide youth through the most important time in anyone's life. It's good to see such positive input in a society that often brings youth down... after all they are the future of the world.
Jacob Baldwin, President, Community Awareness Task Force

GETTING REAL... about growing up! is a valuable resource. It is a rich and heart-felt guide to the challenges adolescents face in this millennium. It provides young people with a wealth of information and activities for exploring their identities, connecting with themselves, their peers and their communities.

I like the way it speaks to young people at their level. It's the sort of book I would have liked to have had as a teenager.
Peter Chown, Adolescent Psychologist

The Byron Bay Youth House received a donated copy: Thankyou from the hearts of young people for your wonderful book. It lives on the coffee table and is picked up, flicked through, read, poured over and discussed by all. WE LOVE IT!

Think about buying this book of advice for teenagers and parents. It’s a book to dip into, to get absorbed in, to talk about – identity, mind, body, gender, love, relationships, and sexuality; abuse and addiction; suicide; the spiritual journey.

Amrita offers practical techniques for some of the hard stuff; for instance, how to forgive. You don’t need to have children to need this book, as an adolescent is probably alive and kicking within you.

Parents and teachers often feel awkward about some of these topics so important for adolescents, but you need to get real. It is challenging! Grow up! Read it!
A review by John Allison, Educational Administrator, Sophia Mundi Steiner School, Melbourne.

I''ve had a read through GETTING REALand wanted to tell you how impressed I was with it; a very comprehesive range of topics covered and the writing has just the right balance of informative and informal, without being patronising.

I certainly know how hard this can be! I'm writing to see whether you'd be willing to allow us to use and adapt some content from the book for the Reach Out! Site. I'm particularly interested in the rape section.
Marianne Webb - Content Coordinator of Reach Out!

Amrita Hobbs, the author of Getting Real about growing up! has found a way to reach the teenagers gives them an understanding about the natural map of life.

This resource book offers the potential to heal our historical map. Let's journey into the minds of the teenagers and discover how we can heal our own lives.

We are all standing on the precipice of a quantumtransformation on planet earth. And we can either check out, or check back in - in a new way. It's time to get real. I am absolutely amazed with this book it should be required reading for every teenager in every school! Congratulations!
Lois Hunt, Woman Talk, Bay FM Radio