Finding My Calm: A story about mindfulness
From the award-winning creators of How Do I Feel? comes an expertly crafted book about building the confidence to overcome stressful moments through a fun, memorable rhyme! Finding My Calm highlights the importance of mindfulness and self-regulating one’s emotions. The gentle narrative and accessible rhyme offers kids a meaningful way to explore mindfulness practices while strengthening their social-emotional learning (SEL). UNPACKING FEELINGS: Educators, therapists and guardians looking for practical tools to discuss methods of emotional regulation can use Finding My Calm as a springboard for meaningful conversations. REVIEWED BY MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS: All Wildling Books are reviewed by both mental health and parenting professionals, and are bolstered with relevant parent/teacher notes, useful exercises and more. TRUSTED CREATORS: Wildling Books are an award-winning and bestselling creative powerhouse whose books have been recognised in the Storylines Children’s Literature Trust of NZ Book Awards and the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. ‘Finding My Calm is a must-have resource to top up your wellbeing toolkit. Empowering parents and teaching children ways to cope with their big feelings, this is a gorgeous book with a powerful and grounding message for our wee ones. As a mental health advocate and mama, one of my aims is to help children to identify emotions and learn ways to manage them; this book does just that.’ — REBEKAH BALLAGH, Counsellor and Author–Illustrator (Journey to Wellness) Perfect for: Parents and guardians looking for social-emotional learning (SEL) resources and books to spark conversations around emotions with kids Teachers, educators, librarians and caregivers Kids looking for books about healthy emotional regulation Fans of Aroha’s Way and Aroha’s Choice and Let it Flow