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The Positive Student Planner

The Positive Student Planner is a creative and supportive new way for students to help themselves day to day. Backed by a leading student mental health expert, this beautifully designed 12-week planner and journal uses evidence-based strategies to help students organise their life and mind. It comes packed with activities, tips and tools, daily journaling prompts and mindfulness exercises to support and empower even the most overwhelmed student.

Topics explored include independent living, budgeting, meeting new people, and balancing studies, work and fun. It provides support and guidance to develop resilience and positive wellbeing habits for the long term.

In stunning cloth-bound livery, with ribbon bookmark, this would make the perfect gift, bursting with strategies to cope with stress and organisational management, and to develop a positive mindset.

About Ali Bado

Ali Bado is a designer, life coach, and creative mentor with a passion for helping others connect, reflect, and grow. After graduating from Central Saint Martins in 2008 with a degree in Design for Performance, she worked in the arts until becoming a mother in 2013. Her own journey then led her into coaching, where she now supports fellow creatives through mentoring, vision board workshops, and networking events that centre on open, honest conversation and inspiring panel talks. Ali lives in Bath with her husband and two children.
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