In Your Feels: A Journal to Work Out Your Emotions

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Big feelings can sometimes seem overwhelming. This interactive book for ages 8 to 12 helps kids develop their social and emotional skills and build confidence. Basic emotions - happiness, sadness, anxiety or worry, and anger- are experienced by all people and make us who we are. In this beautifully illustrated guided journal from the parenting editors at Good Housekeeping and clinical child psychologist Emily Edlynn, kids will learn how to understand, respond, and communicate how they feel. The introduction explains what a feeling is, and equips young readers with a coping toolbox to better identify their triggers and how they affect thoughts, behaviors, body sensations and emotions. Then chapters divided by basic emotions (like happiness, fear, and anger) and complex ones (including grief, embarrassment and guilt) allow kids to explore each emotion in depth and identify moments when they feel this way. With enjoyable interactive activities like writing prompts, list making, meditation practices and drawing exercises, young readers can apply what they've just learned, discover how to harness emotional awareness, and feel confident about their feelings and relationships with friends and family.

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Emily Edlynn, PHD, is a clinical psychologist and practicing therapist with a Master's and Doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the child and adolescent program at Loyola University in Chicago. She lives in Oak Park, Illinois with her husband and three children. Marisa LaScala is the senior parenting and relationships editor at Good Housekeeping and has previously written about parents and families at Parents and Working Mother. She lives with her husband and daughter in Brooklyn, New York. Cate Andrews is an illustrator and designer based in Washington State. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Oprah, Wall Street Journal, Healthybaby, Food Culture Collective, PLANSPONSOR/PLANADVISER, Barron's and Sierra Magazine, among others.