Lauren Rubenstein, JD, PsyD, is a licensed clinical
psychologist in private practice in Bethesda, MD. She also teaches
yoga and mindfulness to children and adolescents, including kids in
Haiti living in extreme poverty. Her humanitarian work in Haiti has
been featured in the Huffington Post. Dr. Rubenstein plans to
donate proceeds from Visiting Feelings to the Go Give
Yoga Foundation. Visit her at www.visitingfeelings.com.
Shelly Hehenberger studied art and design at Indiana
University and received her MFA in painting from the University of
Cincinnati in 1994. Since that time, she has worked as an art
teacher, professional artist, and illustrator of children's books.
The illustrations in this book were created digitally using
hand-painted textures and overlays. She lives near Chapel Hill, NC,
with her husband and daughter.
Gold Medal, 2013 Mom's Choice Awards
Silver Medal, 2014 Nautilus Awards
“Visiting Feelings presents an exquisite lesson in mindfulness and
dealing with emotions by letting children know it’s OK to feel
however they may and simply embrace the experience. The book
stresses that feelings are neither bad nor good, they just are.
Welcoming your feelings in, and actually making friends with them,
is the best way to learn more about yourself and what your emotions
are trying to teach you. The lesson is simple yet deep and
playfully accessible for children and adults
alike.”—AnxietyFreeChild.com
“This lyrically illustrated beauty of a book is the doorway into
accepting feelings that arise and accepting oneself for
experiencing those feelings. From the first page through the last,
a light-hearted, rhyming poem encourages the young reader to
welcome and listen to feelings, as though they are visitors,
inquiring into shape, color image,location in the body, and the
origin of the feeling. In the author’s note to parents, she
includes activities adults and children can do together to increase
meaning and connection between them, along with breathing and
self-awareness exercises. Written by a psychologist and yoga
teacher, this book belongs on the shelf of everyone who serves
children—parents, grandparents, therapists, aunts, uncles and
teachers."—LifeForce Yoga
“Through a poetic text, children are encouraged to identify and
explore their emotions. Readers are asked to embrace their
feelings, to treat them like friends…The full-page, digitally
created illustrations feature hand-painted textures and overlays.
They have a dreamy quality as the feelings swirl around the
youngsters in soft pastel colors...The high-quality, appealing art
will hold the attention of younger children…The book has a lot of
potential for teaching students how to describe their reactions to
different situations.”—School Library Journal
“A beautifully illustrated children’s book; a soft poem that is a
lullaby to children in preschool or primary grades that takes a
“mindfulness-based” approach to the many feelings that children
will experience. Visiting Feelings is one of those books you can
cuddle up and read with a child on the couch or before bedtime. It
opens the door to an adult talking to a child about the many
feelings that are inside of us, and that even the painful ones are
not bad. Feelings are simply feelings, and if we are aware of them
and can talk about them, we won’t be frightened of them.”—NEA Vice
President Lily Ekelsen Garcia
"I wish every child could benefit from the wise and loving guidance
offered in Visiting Feelings. This beautiful book offers our
children (and their parents as well!) a mindfulness-based approach
to navigating strong emotions that can directly strengthen
resiliency, happiness and capacity to establish loving
relationships with others."—Tara Brach, author of Radical
Acceptance and True Refuge: Finding Peace & Freedom in Your Own
Awakened Heart
"Visiting Feelings is not just for children, as we all need
this gentle reminder to love ourselves, our feelings, and accept
and embrace who we really are."—Elephant Journal "This gorgeous
book is a wonderful gift for the children in your life."—Little
Flower Yoga
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