Ian Long

Anger can control our lives... or we can control our anger. Our feelings are so important to our life; if we start the day feeling low we can miss vital moments and interactions. We can be ruled by our feelings, especially those we learned as young children, such as anger or rejection as well as happiness and calm. These cards...

Behaviour is always in the news. Sometimes we praise people for their endeavour, their heroism and their love. Generally, we complain about people for their laziness, arrogance, pettiness, and bad behaviour. The media are full of it, and our daily conversation is filled with what our acquaintances or characters from the soaps are up to! Blob Behaviour is a set...

This set of 48 cards carefully provides an introduction to the nature and experience of loss through bereavement. The cards are particularly designed to use with children who may be confronted with bereavement for the first time and have no experience or knowledge of how to understand and cope with their loss and fears. The images on the cards go...

This practical and accessible resource contains a wealth of discussion sheets and games to help victims of bullying reflect and talk about their experiences and feelings using the internationally familiar Blob figures. Diverse and inclusive, the Blob figures are a proven way to help children and adults share their feelings and experiences. Without age, culture or gender, they enable the...

The second edition of these bestselling cards continues to provide a tool for exploring difficult emotions. Depicting various different family scenarios, the cards provide an opportunity for individuals of any age to discuss all aspects of family life and the situations that arise from it. Now with updated illustrations, the cards can be used with individuals or groups of various...

My Blob Feelings Workbook provides the reader with a series of unique visual reflective exercises that help to reveal one’s own emotional portrait. Using a combination of Blob characters and open questions, the reader can gradually build up an image of themselves across a wide range of ‘who I am’ subjects and real-life scenarios. Packed with well-loved blob illustrations, this...

The Big Book of Blobs is a collection of Blob pictures that can be used as prompts to explore feelings. The relatable Blob characters are depicted in many different situations, which can be used as a springboard for meaningful discussion on a range of issues and topics. The Blobs in this collection are organised into themes of places, issues, occasions,...

The Big Book of Blob Trees features 70 different Blob trees that can be used as prompts to explore feelings. This unique collection of Blob trees, with its range of different Blob characters, is a fabulous way of opening up discussions about feelings and developing understanding of emotions, empathy, and self-awareness. The trees depict a variety of different scenarios that...

When was the last time someone made you angry? It's amazing just how many times in a day a situation arises that can cause us to boil over. Anger management is a way to become more conscious of how we react to a situation, which triggers us to become angry. Identifying these trigger points is one way to break the...

Discover the full potential of the Blobs! Eagerly awaited, this comprehensive resource book for understanding and using Blobs provides a fantastic insight into Blobs and Blob Trees, their development and the theory behind them. Clear instructions are given on how Blobs can be used to discuss a wide variety of important issues, emotions or feelings. The Blobs Training Manual includes...