Guest Blog by Cathy Studer
If you could help your children build stronger mental health, would you?
Have any of your children had bouts of depression? Does your child suffer from anxiousness or worry? How does your child bounce back after failures and mistakes?
Hurts, pains, and challenges are inevitable for our children. Some will even endure trauma in their life. As much as we want to control all their pains, we can’t. What we can do is equip them to the best of our capabilities to help them build stronger mental and emotional health. The brain is always malleable, yet it is even more malleable in children. This is the perfect time to help kids develop a robust and healthy mindset.
Writing a six-book Children's Series
The attributes from all six books came from my award-winning book Broken to Beautifully Whole. That was my first book that shares how it is possible to heal after long-term child sexual abuse. A calling for a purpose propelled the mission for the message within that book that we can reduce the occurrence of depression, anxiety, and PTSD, which is the biggest and most common side effects of trauma.
After a few speaking engagements with my first book, a few audience members recommended turning those attributes into a children’s book set. Reflection, introspection, and conversations with two pediatric psychologists behind me, I created The Adventures of Gus and Pasha.
The six books are fun tools for parents, grandparents, foster parents, teachers, and counselors. Gus the gorilla and Pasha the panda are the main characters throughout the set. They experience fun adventures in the forest with many of their friends. They help their forest friends work through life’s challenges and the emotions that come with those experiences.
Each book shares attributes that work the brain in a way that builds more robust mental and emotional health once adopted. Kids will learn how to find good in bad days, how to work through sad and anxious feelings, how to release negative thoughts, how to build resilience as we work through hardships, how to let go of anger, learn why self-compassion is essential in our mental health, and how it is possible to feel more joy.
This week, I’ll focus on forgiveness! The book is titled: Trudy Lets Go of Her Anger: A Children's Guide to Learning Forgiveness
Check out all the great information from the book:
* Endorsed by pediatric psychologists, counselors, and teachers and qualifies for social and emotional learning.
How can we let go of our anger when others have hurt us?
Everyone can feel angry or upset at times, and that's okay. Yet, when we hold onto the anger and keep thinking about it, we can take it out on those who didn't make us angry. It keeps us from feeling happy and finding our smile.
Join Gus, the gorilla, and Pasha, the panda, on another adventure in the forest. This time, they meet up with their friend Trudy, the tiger. Pasha and Gus help Trudy truly start to learn why letting go of her anger is an act of kindness to herself.
Everyone will learn:
- How letting go of our anger helps us feel happier and far less sad.
- How having a healthy perspective helps us let go of the anger.
- How applying self-compassion makes it easier to let go of the anger.
Forgiveness helps us build stronger mental and emotional health, which guides all of us to develop our best and true potential! In the back, there is a resource guide with activities and conversation starters and a QR code with more activities for parents and teachers.
Check out the lovable companions at www.cathystuder.com
Children Are Our Future
Children are our future, yet we are their present. With this book set, you will have the power to help children adopt attributes that will work their brains positively. Our kids deserve to be empowered to fulfill their best potential, which starts with us.
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You can also purchase Broken to Beautifully Whole on Amazon.
Please join us on the Beacon of Light Podcast on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at 6:30 pm Mountain time to hear more about Cathy Studer.
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