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The Permission Slip
A short guide for teens and young adults who were taught to keep going but never taught how to stop.
If you've ever felt like resting had to be earned... like slowing down meant falling behind... like you only feel "good enough" when you're doing something — this one's for you. (And if you're a parent reading this for your teen? It's for you too.)
"If I wasn't doing something, I was doing something wrong. That's genuinely how I thought."
That was me. A keep-going, never-stop, always-have-something-on-my-plate kind of person — until burnout forced me to find a different way.
The Permission Slip is the book I wish someone had handed me at seventeen. It won't ask you to do more. It'll ask you to do something harder: slow down long enough to hear yourself think.
What You'll Walk Away With
Permission
Real talk on why slowing down doesn't mean giving up and why rest might be the thing that actually gets you further, faster.
A Framework You Can Actually Use
The simple 5-step rhythm at the heart of the book: Pause. Reflect. Recalibrate. Go. Repeat. Something to come back to whenever life feels like too much.
A Different Kind of Winning
A new definition of success — one that includes contentment and peace, not just achievement.
WHO THIS IS FOR
For Teens & Young Adults
You're carrying more than people realize: school, friendships, expectations, the constant pressure to have it figured out. This book meets you where you are, no lecture, no 5am-wake-up-call energy. Just an honest, short read that gives you permission to breathe.
For Parents
You want your teen to thrive — not just survive. This book is something you can hand them (or read together) that says, in a voice they'll actually listen to, what you've probably been trying to tell them all along.
A Note from Carin
I'm a coach for teens and young adults, a mom, and someone who spent years thinking rest had to be earned. I wrote The Permission Slip because if someone had handed me this book at seventeen, my life would've looked different — not easier, but fuller. That's what I want for the next person who reads it.
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P.S. — This isn't a productivity guide. It's an invitation to slow down, on your own terms, at your own pace.