Exploring Emotions: A Mindfulness Guide to Understanding Feelings

by Paul Christelis, Elisa Paganelli (Illustrations)

Exploring Emotions

Genres: Emotion, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

Published August 14, 2018

About the author

Paul Christelis has worked as a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, writer, group facilitator and teacher for over twenty years. He is director of School of Moments, an organisation dedicated to teaching mindfulness to individuals, groups and communities.

Reviews

[Alex Janvier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mindfulness and understanding emotion are important when teaching children. Sometimes explaining it is complicated and difficult to explain to a child, and this book provides an easy solution. Through using weather, it teaches kids to express their emotions and understand the emotions that other children may have, even when doing the same thing. The diversity in characters creates a broad target audience for children. The illustrations seem to flow with the emotion that is felt and that is important because, even adults, compare emotions and colors together. It offers points to stop and reflect throughout the book to answer questions and about how someone else may feel or even we may feel, which is a great way to keep the reader/listener involved.

[Mira Salari · Rating 5 out of 5]

Take one minute to name your emotion which you are experiencing. It helps you feel more relief.

[Jenna Mills · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet. Very school based. Some useful bits in there.

[Becky B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Explains to kids how to take stock of their emotions and be aware of what they are feeling. Uses the illustration of a sports day and different emotions kids feel as through the day, and helps explain changing emotions through the metaphor of changing weather.

This is a good intro to help kids be aware of what they are feeling, and helps them know some coping mechanisms for negative emotions, such as just expressing they are feeling a certain way can help lighten their load. A useful book for classrooms and families to talk to kids about acknowledging and expressing feelings in healthy ways.

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's sports day at school and different kids are feeling different ways even those in the same situation. Comparing those feelings to what kind of weather each feeling would be like, this book helps children to identify their emotions and understand how they feel by being mindful. It also points out that just like the weather feelings come and go, even in a given day. In the back there are notes for parents and teachers to help kids understand and share their feelings.