Sharon Selby

The perfect card deck and book guide to flipping (literally!) feelings of anxiety, worry or if you're just feeling down. Whether you have a diagnosis of anxiety or simply feel that you are anxious and worried, it can be difficult to identify the exact feeling. Shuffle the cards or draw them one at a time and compare what you are feeling with what is on the card. Does it tie up with how you feel? Stop and read the card. If it’s not quite right, move onto the next card. Card fronts show how to instantly flip or reframe negative or unkind thoughts to bring instant peace and reassurance. The card back offers an explanation to understand what is happening to you, and to remind you that this is temporary. It will also include a Reverse It tip to instantly feel better. The book includes more holistic, prolonged routes to coping with anxiety to make sure that there is no sense this is a flippant or quick-fix-only product.

Start the conversation and help a child open up about worries with Let's Talk About Anxiety.Featuring a beautifully illustrated book and 20 accompanying conversation cards, Let's Talk About Anxiety inspires thoughtful discussion between adults and children, helping young people to speak about their worries and concerns. Whether it's explaining what worry feels like, or providing a child with the tools to cope in situations where he or she feels nervous, the activities and exercises inside use prompts and images to discuss important issues with a focus on mental wellbeing and understanding. This set allows adults to engage with children on an emotional level, helping them to develop emotional connections, as well as growing their compassion, communication and effective listening skills.

Help kids get through big feelings with mindfulness activities for ages 5 to 7 It's normal for kids to experience feelings so big that they're hard to manage This book is filled with engaging exercises that show kids how to use mindfulness to work through tough emotions and feel happier fast.What sets this book apart from other feelings books for children: 4 big feelings--Kids will learn how to handle anger, excitement, anxiety, and sadness with helpful mindfulness activities.Different ways to find calm--This book offers a mix of peaceful exercises that encourage kids either to move their body or pause and breathe.Strategies for kids--Discover beginner-friendly activities with colorful pictures and clear instructions that make it easy for kids ages 5 to 7 to practice mindfulness.Give little ones the tools they need to manage big feelings with this top choice in emotion books for kids.

Covering the works of Canadian authors Alistair Macleod, Michael Ondaatje, Jane Urquhart, Margaret Atwood and Drew Hayden Taylor, the author explores how the themes of memory, storytelling and identity develop in their fiction. For the narrative voices in these works, the past is embedded in the present and a wider cultural history is written over with personal significance. The act of storytelling shapes the characters' lives, letting them rewrite the past and be haunted by it. Storytelling becomes an existential act of everyday connection among ordinary people and daily (often unrecognized) acts of heroism.