Be Strong, Be Wise

In Be Strong, Be Wise, women learn how to have fun while staying safe.

Be Strong, Be Wise teaches young people how to protect themselves from sexual assault.In Be Strong, Be Wise, psychotherapist and youth advocate Amy Carpenter provides all the information young adults need to lower risk (while still having fun!). Use the tools Amy provides to feel confident in public settings, whether on campus, at a party or a club, on a date or a night on the town. By the end of Be Strong, Be Wise, young people learn how to:Establish a safety system with their friends that decreases riskBe safety-minded when going out for drinksRecognize the red flags they need to know when meeting new people or starting a new relationshipUnderstand gender roles as they relate to safetyRespond if an assault takes place

About the Author

Amy R. Carpenter is the owner and founder of the Be Strong, Be Wise safety education program. A psychotherapist, former youth worker, writer and life coach, Amy brings twenty-five years of experience to her new book Be Strong, Be Wise in the Age of #MeToo. She has two previously written books, Glen Stone, a middle-grade novel and Channel-Crossing, a parenting book. Her articles have appeared in PsychCentral, the Asana International Yoga Journal, and 3HO.org, where she's a contributing blogger. Amy lives in Rockport, Maine, with her husband and daughter.