This shining potential is always there, yet it often gets masked by painful childhood experiences that can leave children

feeling insecure, scared, angry and confused, adversely shaping the rest of their lives. It is not so much what happens but how we deal with it, and there is no guide book telling children how to act in challenging situations.

What to do in the face of bullying, how to act if your best friend decides they don’t like you anymore, if someone laughs at the picture that you thought you did so well, if mum and dad argue and you think it’s your fault, if your beloved dog dies and you have to be strong and keep all the sadness inside because you have to be brave …

Children go through so many different experiences throughout childhood, some extremely positive and some extremely negative. They can experience joy, excitement and love, as well as anxiety, bullying, sibling rivalry, parental separation, anger, confusion and fears of all kinds. These issues shape their world and have a huge impact on the child’s self-esteem.

If not dealt with healthily they can block them from living the life of their dreams.

These suppressed emotions leak out throughout our lives in the form of anger, fear, sadness, depression, jealousy and abandonment. Often we have no idea where these feelings come from, but they can be extremely destabilising and overwhelm our lives in many ways.

As parents, we can have a major impact on our children’s ability to express their emotions. It is very healthy for children to be allowed to feel, express and release emotional pain if that is what is showing up in their life. What has come very clearly to me over the last few years is the immense power of a loving, deep connection with our children. By this I mean a sense of ‘being’ with your child, not just on the physical level, but also mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

So imagine if you could help your child to pierce through those negative emotions so they are free to connect with the shining potential that is always there.

This book guides you to do just that, and supports you and your child to connect deeply on all levels, giving them the emotional well-being to live life with confidence, contentment and joy.

About Connecting Kids

‘Connecting Kids’ offers you practical tools – interactive stories, activities and meditations to help you nurture a deep loving connection with your child that withstands modern day parental stress.

Each of the six enchanted realms of :

• Love
• Trust
• Self-esteem
• Kindness
• Stillness
• Connection

Each theme contains :

• an Activity to connect in the theme
• a Meditation
• a Journey Story
• simple Tips to connect in the theme
• Guidance for parents

Activities

An exciting aspect of the book allowing the kids to embody the qualities by experiencing them through play.

Click here to see the activity in the Kindness chapter.

Meditations

Simple and effective and a healthy antidote to the busyness of life.

Click here to see the meditation in the Connection chapter.

Journey Stories

As well as having all the components of a traditional story, these stories are designed to create healing and balance on a deep subliminal level. The tools they gain in the story can be used in any challenging situation and sets them up for a positive experience in the future should a similar situation arise.

Click here to see the story in the Stillness chapter.

How to Connect

Click here to see these tips from the Love chapter

Guidance for Parents

Click here to see the guidance from the Self-Esteem section