THE COMPASS: For Teenagers and Young Adults

About the Book

The Compass is a simple guide for teenagers and young adults in today’s world. It expounds the depths of the challenges most teens and young people will invariably have to navigate while crossing the bridge to adulthood. This manual discusses all aspects of a teenager’s health, with concrete, actionable points and scriptural content that can make the teen a balanced person. Teenage sexuality, a burning issue among many teens, as well as godly principles and goal-setting challenges are also addressed in The Compass. With the onset of puberty, changes occur in teenage boys and girls, and this book explains them well and in simple terms. It covers the causes of body odour—which leads to low self-esteem and the loss of healthy friendships—and concisely addresses how to handle them. Also discussed in The Compass are building a good self-image, hearing from God, choosing a career path, and setting goals. Teens struggle with the contemporary issues of peer pressure and addiction; this manual outline practical steps to deal with these struggles. Find out how teens and young adults can excellently manage their time and love their bodies the way God made them. Finally, learn how teens can manage the social media world, talk to God, and gain control of their life and fulfil their destiny.

About the Author

Dr Uduak Essen is an international public health physician with an MBBS degree from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She is an alumnus of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of London and a fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, all in the United Kingdom. Her work has spanned the clinical and public health divisions of both the private and public sectors of the healthcare industry in Nigeria. She has coordinated and implemented several international research studies and surveys especially in HIV and other infectious diseases, as well as sickle cell disease. She is a lover of God and has served with the children and evangelism units of the Living Faith Church at different times. Passionate about seeing children, especially teenagers, live for Christ, she has continuously guided teenagers and young adults as they navigate their path to adulthood. She had a burning unction to document most of her experience with teenagers and young adults in this manual, which she hopes will help more teens and young adults easily navigate their teenage years with God’s help and become phenomena. A multitalented public speaker, she is happily married with children.