One method · adapted from Emmet Fox

Be the BOSS of your own brain

A guided seven-day mental practice for kids, teens, and athletes, so you can shape how you think, feel, and show up in the world.

Three books · Ages 9 to adult · From $9.99

A head in profile with gears inside, representing a mind at work

Welcome to Brain Boss Books, where readers of every age learn to cultivate self-awareness and self-mastery. These books were born from a simple but powerful belief: when we understand how our own minds work, we gain the power to shape how we think, feel, and show up in the world.

Whether you are 9 or 90, a student or an athlete, the Brain Boss journey meets you right where you are and walks you toward clarity, confidence, and calm.

This is not just reading. This is a practice.

Where the journey leads

Three things every reader builds

Simple daily habits of thought, carried from the page into real life.

Clarity

Notice your own thoughts instead of being swept along by them, and tell the helpful ones from the noise.

Confidence

Learn that thoughts can be chosen, and grow the quiet certainty that comes from steering your own mind.

Calm

Build a steadier inner world, so hard days feel more manageable and rest comes a little easier.

The heart of the method

A seven-day mental reset

Every Brain Boss book adapts Emmet Fox's classic Seven-Day Mental Diet into a guided week. One idea a day, one small practice at a time, whether you are a kid, a teen, or an athlete.

1Begin
2Notice
3Choose
4Practice
5Reset
6Strengthen
7Own it

Day labels shown here are a preview. Swap in the exact wording from the books whenever you like.

The books

One practice, three books

The same seven-day method, adapted from Emmet Fox, for wherever you are in life.

Ages 9 to 12

Become a Brain Boss

An approachable first journey into how thoughts work, written for curious kids who are ready to notice their own thinking and take the wheel of their own minds.

$14.99
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Teens

Brain Boss Teens

A deeper, more candid version of the practice, shaped for the pressure, noise, and big feelings of the teenage years and the growing mind learning to steer through them.

Coming soon
For athletes · adults

The Seven-Day Mental Diet for Athletes

Train Your Mind the Way You Train Your Body

The same seven-day reset, written for competitors, with clear rules, redirect phrases, and a day-by-day plan to train the mind the way you train the body.

$9.99
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Who it's for

Made for the people building strong minds

Parents

Give your child a calm, practical language for their inner world and a habit they can carry for life.

Educators

A ready-to-use week of social-emotional practice that fits neatly beside reading and wellness lessons.

Athletes & coaches

A mental-training week that treats the mind like any other part of the game: something you can train and strengthen.

Literacy programs

Accessible, encouraging text designed to build both reading skills and self-awareness at the same time.

Frenesa K Hall, MD
About the author

Frenesa K Hall, MD

Brain Boss grew out of a career spent at the meeting point of health, learning, and human potential, and a conviction that self-knowledge is a skill we can start building at any age.

Served on the Health Literacy Advisory Committee for the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education (2001–2004).

Start the practice

Take charge of your own mind

One week. One small practice a day. A lifetime of knowing how to steer your own thinking.