CONNECTED

DISCOVERING YOUR INNER GUIDES

A Kid’s Guide to Navigating Their Emotions

by

SEEMA DESAI

Illustrated by James Ballance

Children’s Book / Self-Help / Mindfulness / Parenting

Publisher: The Jai Jais

Page Count: 56 pages

Publication Date: February 3, 2022

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Connected is all about teaching kids and their families how to navigate their emotions. It is a practical guide to understanding powerful concepts that alleviate the stress and challenge in tough situations.   The book also includes tools and tips to help children become advocates for their mental and emotional well-being in productive ways, as well as thought-provoking questions to encourage young readers to think about how these tools would be uniquely relatable to them. Written to inspire children to become empathetic leaders and creative solution-seekers, Connected is a book that helps them not only understand themselves better, but also those around them.

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Growing up in today’s world is much different than when I was a kid. Sure there was bullying and things like that, but I don’t know that it was as intense as it is now with the advent of social media, where now we have cyber-bullying and so much more pressure on people. This beautifully illustrated book is a wonderful start to teaching young children mindfulness and meditation.

The book describes Guides and Guards in terminology that younger children might be able to understand. Guards are negative emotions like anger and fear. Guides are positive ones like curiosity, hope, empathy, and strength. By helping young ones to understand the difference and rely on Guides, they can learn how to be happier people.

While this book is geared toward young ones, I found many tips and tricks I could utilize in my own life. I have seen people tap their chests and never thought about asking them why, but I learned in this book it is a good way to center yourself.

This book is meant to be taken at a slower pace, at least in my opinion. There are exercises sprinkled throughout to do and understand the lessons that were taught. This will also give you time for reflection on the various Guides and Guards and how they impact your life.  There is even an emphasis on starting a gratitude journal. I think in this hustle and bustle world, we don’t take enough time to remember all of the good in our life. Taking a few minutes a day will help us remember these things and start our day on a positive note.

I enjoyed the illustrations in this book. They are simple yet convey the message the author is trying to share with us.

This book would benefit anyone, young or old, and its simple language makes it easy for anyone to understand.

We give this book 5 paws up.

Dr. Seema Desai is a proud wife and mom of two young children. She is also Certified Professional Coach, speaker, and author of the newly-released children’s book, Connected: Discovering Your Inner Guides. She currently serves as Co-President of the Austin chapter of Pratham USA, a non-profit organization aimed at creating learning equality for underserved children in India and globally. Though no longer seeing patients, Seema is also a general dentist who dedicated her years in medicine to serving the geriatric population in Austin and surrounding areas.

Along with yoga and traveling, connected parenting is a passion for Seema. She believes that helping a parent and child connect to their inner wisdom is a powerful way to create the next generation of peace-leaders and solution-seekers. She is firmly committed to being a part of a kindness revolution, where we raise children in a way that heals and inspires resilience and greatness.

Things that bring Seema joy are good cups of coffee, jazz music, tropical beaches, meditating, family time…and large slices of chocolate cake.

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