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Find Your Calm

Activities to help when you're feeling anxious
By Lisa Regan and Dr. Katie O'Connell, Phd LP
Series: Thoughts and Feelings
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Find Your Calm by Lisa Regan and Dr. Katie O'Connell is a children's book aimed at helping young readers explore and manage their emotions. The story provides practical techniques for relaxation and mindfulness, guiding children to recognise and address feelings of stress and anxiety. Through engaging characters and activities, the book teaches effective strategies for maintaining emotional well-being.
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This book may appeal to you if you're looking for a delightful and educational children's book that gently guides young readers on how to manage their emotions and find peace. Through engaging storytelling and practical techniques, it fosters emotional intelligence and resilience in a relatable and understanding manner.

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Find Your Calm

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This sensitive, empathetic activity book is perfectly designed to help children discuss and process their feelings.

Developed in consultation with professional child psychologist Dr. Katie O'Connell, this selection of 30+ drawing, colouring, and puzzle-solving activities offers a chance for all children to explore and express emotions in a safe way.

Accompanied by wonderful full-colour illustrations, these activities include:

  • Drawing around your hand and writing five things that make you calm on the fingers.
  • Writing calming phrases on slips of paper and putting them in a jar to pull out when needing reassurance.
  • Making a list of the sounds you hear in nature.

Each fun activity builds resilience, releases inner calm, improves understanding of emotions, and encourages positivity. Perfect for kids aged 6+.

About the Series: The beautifully illustrated Thoughts and Feelings series allows children to understand and express their emotions through a series of practical activities and write-in exercises, devised by childhood development experts.

Series: Thoughts and Feelings

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Find Your Calm is praised for its engaging approach to teaching children emotional regulation through relatable stories and colourful illustrations. Readers appreciate its incorporation of therapeutic techniques to help young ones manage anxiety and stress. Many find it a valuable resource for parents and educators looking to support children’s emotional development.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781789506488

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 March 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Arcturus

Illustration: Paperback

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Mel Howells

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 230.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 319g

Pages: 96

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About the Author

Dr. Katie O'Connell is a child clinical psychologist, family and community educator, and independent consultant. She specializes in early childhood development and the neuroscience of attention deficit disorder, learning issues, anxiety and depression, and related psychological conditions. Dr. O'Connell earned her bachelor's degree in Psychology and Writing-Intensive English from Marquette University in 1990, and her Master's and PhD degrees in Child Clinical Psychology from DePaul University in 1996. She completed her clinical training at the University of Chicago. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Walnut Hill School For The Arts.

Lisa Regan is the author of more than 200 published titles, including puzzle books, children's reference, licensed characters and curriculum-linked workbooks.

Mel Howells has been drawing seriously since the age of seven when she discovered she could draw horses legs. She worked as a bookseller and in publishing but always preferred doodling. She draws using ink, watercolour and scratchy dip pens.

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