As Aroha says, 'Thoughts are not facts, they are just words in my head.' Our brains are like supercomputers that help us make sense of the world we live in. They help us think, learn, and do all sorts of amazing things. In this story, Aroha learns that she can create pathways in her brain to lead her to different outcomes. It is all about what thoughts she chooses to focus on. The more we practise noticing our thoughts and ensuring we have plenty of good ones, the stronger these pathways will become. Pathways that we create using good thoughts will lead us to a happier and more content life. We can all have down days when we just aren't happy, and it can be difficult to think of good things. These days are important because without them, we wouldn't appreciate the good days as much. However, if we are having lots of down days and they don't go away, or lots of days filled with negative thoughts in our head, that is when we need to get to work making new pathways that will leave us feeling better. This book is all about showing how we can affect how we feel and ultimately the life we live by becoming aware of our thoughts and changing them if we need to. "Aroha's Choice supports children (and adults) to understand how our neural pathways can create automatic ways of thinking and behaving. It beautifully explains that if our thinking is holding us back, we have the power and capacity to reform it in ways that uncover our strengths and develop our self-confidence. I would love a world where children recognise when their thinking needs to shift from disempowered to empowered, and they knew how to do it. This book is an inspirational start." - Anna Mowat has a background in psychology, and as director of Real Collective, she works across many national projects that support children's wellbeing.
(PAPERBACK VERSION)Finalist in the New Zealand Children & Young Adults Books Awards 2022Storylines Notable Books 2021 - Non-Fiction Winner#1 NZ BestsellerWith 60+ definitions to help improve emotional literacy, How Do I Feel?, is all about helping our children learn to recognise and label emotions and feelings.Join Aroha and her friends as they share how different emotions might feel in the body and how each emotion might be helpful. This emotions dictionary is all about helping children find the words for how they truly feel. Learning to recognise and label our emotions correctly is such an important skill for life. Giving our children this language helps to build emotional literacy. It is a gift to give children the tools to know how to recognise what they truly feel and that is it okay to feel all emotions. When they know that no emotion is 'good' or 'bad' and that all emotions provide messages, then it takes away any attachment to that emotion being part of who they are.We may have experienced this ourselves being labelled 'naughty' or 'out of control' due to feeling angry a lot. However, this behaviour is just a way for a child to communicate. Diving deeper into why they are acting that way, why they may be feeling the things they are, can help us find some answers with our child. It can also help us find ways to help them empower themselves with tools to feel better.Use this book to start conversations about different emotions. If you can, give examples of things you have experienced. When you see a child experiencing an emotion, help your child label it. "Are you feeling ... right now?"This book can be used with children from 5 years of age up to 100+ as everyone might get something from the book. There are over 200 emotions and so we couldn't include them all in just one book, however, this book is the most extensive book about emotions for children.Paperback - full colourPages - 142Size - 216mm x 280mm (Landscape)Recommended Age - 5 years - 100 years+
This book will pair up perfectly with the #1 best-selling and award-winning book, How Do I Feel? A Dictionary of Emotions by Rebekah Lipp and Craig Phillips.We all experience emotions. Big ones, small ones, joyous one and uncomfortable ones. Each emotion is simply energy that travels through us. When they do, they are trying to give us a message to help us. Never feel bad about experiencing an emotion. All emotions are healthy and normal. It is what you do with the emotions that is important. You can learn more about yourself and what you need through the messages that emotions provide us.When an emotion comes to visit us, sometimes it can feel overwhelming. Certain emotions can make us react in ways that we might regret. We might say something we don't mean. We might lash out at someone when we don't actually want to hurt them. Sometimes they bubble up and can feel like they are about to burst out of us. It can be hard to know what to do when we are feeling intense emotions inside. This is why it is a great idea to learn ways to release emotions safely from our bodies, so we don't end up hurting ourselves or others.Emotions are energy that flows into our bodies and should flow back out again. This book is all about ways to allow emotional energy to flow out in healthy and safe ways that you can try. See which ones you like best and work for you.Recipient of a 2022 Contestable Fund Grant from Copyright Licensing New Zealand.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "As a parent educator I am always looking for tools and ideas that can help parents and kids with understanding and accepting big feelings. I absolutely adore this book and would recommend it to any parent looking to increase their child's and their own vocabulary around emotions and in turn resilience in the face of challenging times. This is one of the biggest gifts we can give to our kids, and this book is a fantastic way to give kids resources and ideas for managing their feelings. It just might even help us as adults too!" - Genevieve Muir, Connected Parenting
If you are interested in increasing the strength and connection with your intuition then this stunning book is for you! Intuition is our ability to access knowledge from within us, without help from the outside world.This book provides a beautiful reminder for you to practise using your intuition. It is full of ideas for you to explore further. If something resonates with you, try to examine why. It is like an oracle card deck but in book form.It is here to assist you to find the answers that you seek, a reminder to go deeper within yourself. It is a tool to help you uncover more about who you are and what you are here for.To understand your purpose or find more meaning, listen to the whispers from your soul and look for the clues that the universe scatters before you.'Intuition is a lexicon that supports you to connect to your inner wisdom. The magnificent images will captivate your senses and the insights you discover will cultivate a deeper sense of trust in yourself and awaken that which has always been within you.' - Tracy ManuThis book will hopefully help you to connect more with your source, your God, your spirituality and who you truly are. I recommend you use the book to reveal the deeper, truer you, and to connect at a soul level with all the knowledge of the universe that is held within you.This book is to be used to tap into that which you already know. To start to trust yourself wholly, as the magnificent being you are. Knowing you are connected to everything, and that you are the centre of the universe, as is everyone and everything else.Simply flick to a page of the book, after asking what you need for the day. With 45 stunning images and corresponding information and exercises to strengthen your intuition.Book size: 210mm X 275mmPages: 112 pagesRecommended Age: Teens and AdultsPublished by BOUND BOOKS - an imprint of Wildling Books.
Another stunning picture book with a new technique from the Wildling crew to help younger children find calm through the rollercoaster of emotion they can experience. Teaching children mindfulness through the senses at a young age can help them build confidence, learn to cope with stress and realise they can overcome challenging moments in their life.The fun 'Five, Four, Three, Two, One' rhyme is an easy way for children to remember to use their senses to find their way back to calm."Another gem in the Wildling Books series, 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 a m¿m¿, 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, author and illustrator, Journey to Wellness. PaperbackRecommended age: 3-8 years
Finalist in the New Zealand Children & Young Adults Books Awards 2022Storylines Notable Books 2021 - Non-Fiction WinnerWith 60+ definitions to help improve emotional literacy. This HUGE hardcover book with over 140 pages, is all about our children learning to recognise and label emotions and feelings.Join Aroha and her friends as they share how different emotions might feel in the body and how each emotion might be helpful. This emotions dictionary is all about helping children find the words for how they truly feel. Learning to recognise and label our emotions correctly is such an important skill for life. Giving our children this language helps to build emotional literacy. It is a gift to give children the tools to know how to recognise what they truly feel and that is it okay to feel all emotions. When they know that no emotion is 'good' or 'bad' and that all emotions provide messages, then it takes away any attachment to that emotion being part of who they are.We may have experienced this ourselves being labelled 'naughty' or 'out of control' due to feeling angry a lot. However, this behaviour is just a way for a child to communicate. Diving deeper into why they are acting that way, why they may be feeling the things they are, can help us find some answers with our child. It can also help us find ways to help them empower themselves with tools to feel better.Use this book to start conversations about different emotions. If you can, give examples of things you have experienced. When you see a child experiencing an emotion, help your child label it. "Are you feeling ... right now?"This book can be used with children from 5 years of age up to 100+ as everyone might get something from the book. Hardcover - full colourPages - 146Size - 216mm x 280mm (Landscape)Recommended Age - 5 years - 100 years+
Finalist in the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults - Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for Te Reo M¿ori.2022 IBBY Honour List for Translation (New Zealand). These books are considered to be outstanding for the quality of writing, illustration and translation. Important considerations in selecting the Honour List titles are that the books represent the best in children's literature from each country, and that the books are recommended as suitable for publication throughout the world. Aroha's Way Te Reo M¿ori Edition - Listen to the story on our YouTube ChannelN¿ KARENA KELLY I WHAKAM¿ORINau mai, hoake t¿tou ko Aroha, i a ia e kaupare ana i te taiatea, i te mataku, i te m¿harahara, me te anip¿, ki ana tukanga m¿m¿ ka taea e te katoa.N¿ te ringatuhi rongonui n¿ Aotearoa, n¿ Craig Phillips, n¿na ng¿ pukapuka o The Adventures of Jack Scratch me Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts (te toa i te Tohu Whakaahua o Russell Clark ki te New Zealand Book Awards 2018)."He huia kaimanawa t¿nei pukapuka, he tino rauemi hoki, hei ¿whina i ng¿ tamariki, me ng¿ wh¿nau katoa. Ka titia ¿nei k¿rero ki te ng¿kau. " - Stacey MorrisonPaperback - 36 pagesSize: Landscape 216mm x216mm
When tragedy strikes, Eva is forced to make a tough decision and fast! The choice she makes changes everything, throwing Eva and her brother into a strange world called Lyra. Among the incredible things they encounter there is a walking tree, dandelion fairies, pine-cone people and huge lion-birds. In this new world, Eva''s courage is repeatedly put to the test. When a frightening figure from her past arrives, she faces losing everything. Will she be able to find a way to save not only herself, but also her brother, their friends and the new life they have created for themselves? Guardian of the Gryphons is the first book in the League of Wildlings series. In these books, children from around the world join together to unlock their special gifts in order to protect their own homes and the mystical world of Lyra.Recommended age: 6-10 years*For children transitioning from picture books to chapter books or a quick and easy read over a couple of nights for adults reading to little ones. This chapter book has over twelve illustrations throughout.Paperback - 120 pagesSize - 198mm x 129mm
Finding Gratitude is a visually stunning book filled with approximately 80 different ways to find gratitude in everyday life. Each spread features a beautiful full-color image, mirrored by the subject and reach of gratitude on the opposite page.
This hardcover A5 journal with 192 pages, is filled to the brim with inspirational quotes, acts of kindness and personal challenges, as well as beautiful hand drawn colouring pages.There is a happiness scale which you can colour in each day, so you can see over time just how happy you are, as well as happiness tips to help you on your way to a happier life.By starting your day with gratitude you are aligning yourself into a positive flow of energy. This positive flow will attract more positive energy into your life. By focusing on all that you should be grateful for, you are being mindful of looking for the good in every situation.
This hardcover A5 journal with 192 pages, is perfect for your child aged from around 8 years +On each day there is a space to enter three things they are grateful for. Research shows that practicing gratitude increases levels of happiness as well as having a positive impact on your health and well-being.Teaching our children from a young age to look for the good each day, is teaching them a way to be happy no matter the situation they may be in. There are always things that we can be grateful for.Also included is a happiness scale which can be coloured in each day and is a great way for parents to flick through the pages to check their kids are doing OK. If it is low a lot maybe have a chat about why they are feeling unhappy. There are also some happiness tips to help you on your way to a happier life.Colouring-in has shown to be a great way to practice mindfulness so we have included beautiful hand drawn colouring pages which have positive affirmations included to help boost their self esteem.Purchasing a gratitude journal for your child is such an amazing gift, that could help create a life of happiness for your child, simply by teaching them to change their thoughts and change their perspective each day. What more could any of us want than a happy child?
What do you want MOST for your child? Most parents want their children to be HAPPY.Research shows that by practicing gratitude daily you can not only increase your levels of happiness but also have a positive effect on your health and well-being.On each day there is a space to enter three things they are grateful for. Research shows that practicing gratitude increases levels of happiness as well as having a positive impact on your health and well-being.Teaching our children from a young age to look for the good each day, is teaching them a way to be happy no matter the situation they may be in. There are always things that we can be grateful for.Also included is a happiness scale which can be coloured in each day and is a great way for parents to flick through the pages to check their kids are doing OK. If it is low a lot maybe have a chat about why they are feeling unhappy.Colouring-in has shown to be a great way to practice mindfulness so we have included beautiful hand drawn colouring pages which have positive affirmations included to help boost their self esteem.Purchasing a gratitude journal for your child is such an amazing gift, that could help create a life of happiness for your child, simply by teaching them to change their thoughts and change their perspective each day. What more could any of us want than a happy child?This soft-cover 100 page mini gratitude journal is the little brother of our A5 journal and recommended for ages 8 year +
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