Exercise is an effective way to lift our moods while keeping the body healthy. With playful rhymes and whimsical illustrations, Move Your Mood! encourages kids to twist, wiggle, hop, and shake their way into a better mood. Reading this book with your child is a fun and active way to teach your child about emotions and introduce the idea that moving our bodies affects the way we feel inside. Includes a “Note to Parents and Caregivers” with suggestions for how to use the book with your child and additional ideas for teaching your child about emotions.
Did you know that moving your body every day can actually make you smarter? Or that there is a fruit that can boost your metabolism, neutralize the acid in your stomach and give you extra energy? Learn a simple way to cut your sugar cravings. Find out how to live longer, weigh less and have a reduced risk of heart disease. "Move a Muscle, Change a Mood" is written in an easy to follow format. At the end of each chapter Betsy gives her "Bets kept secret" along with a proactive action step for you to complete. Read this easy to follow guide and enjoy a lifetime of a happier, healthier and stronger you!
New York Times bestselling author Lemony Snicket sheds light on the way bad moods come and go. Once there was a bad mood and a stick. The stick appeared when a tree dropped it. Where did the bad mood come from? Who picked up the stick? And where is the bad mood off to now? You never know what is going to happen.
Research shows that physical exercise can be a powerful and creative tool for changing the way we feel. Different kinds of exercises can be useful for easing anxiety, lifting depression or managing stress. In fact, studies have shown that exercise can be just as effective for treating depression in the long term as cognitive behavioural therapy. In Move Your Body, Tone Your Mood, sports psychologist Kate Hays gives readers the tools they need to put together their own therapeutic exercise routine. Hays offers strategies to help readers discover what kind of exercise schedule will work best for them, provides tips for setting goals to help establish a routine they will enjoy and inspires them to feel an invigorating enthusiasm about using exercise as a form of emotional healing. Readers learn how to use cognitive exercises and behaviour modification to transform resistance and apathy, and discover how exercise can allow them to think through situations in ways that offer a very different perspective from that offered by more introspective and intellectual styles of processing emotions.
Urging us to cultivate mental attitudes like curiosity and gratitude that will keep us on the higher floors, this practical book explains how to quiet the mind and nurture positive thoughts without succumbing to Pollyannaish denial. --
An award-winning alphabet book that encourages playful movement and learning. “Skate along the Ice for I! For J we Jam and Jive. K’s for Kicking as you swim and float and splash and dive.” Watch the alphabet come to life as children run and twirl and jump and play and learn their way through the ABCs! Combining movement and learning, this imaginative alphabet book teaches young learners not only how to move from A to Z but also how to creatively have fun as they stay active and keep their bodies healthy and strong. The book includes a special section for parents and educators with tips for using movement to teach problem-solving, listening, and other social and emotional skills.
Applying the ancient Chinese practice of feng shui to modern life, the author reveals how carefully arranging items in the home can lead to remarkable results in love, career, and personal happiness.
The Happiness Project meets So Sad Today in this "hilariously witty, unflinchingly honest" book from Words of Women founder Lauren Martin, as she contemplates the nature of negative emotions -- and the insights that helped her to take control of her life (Bobbi Brown). Five years ago, Lauren Martin was sure something was wrong with her. She had a good job in New York, an apartment in Brooklyn, a boyfriend, yet every day she wrestled with feelings of inferiority, anxiety and irritability. It wasn't until a chance encounter with a (charming, successful) stranger who revealed that she also felt these things, that Lauren set out to better understand the hold that these moods had on her, how she could change them, and began to blog about the wisdom she uncovered. It quickly exploded into an international online community of women who felt like she did: lost, depressed, moody, and desirous of change. Inspired by her audience to press even deeper, The Book of Moodsshares Lauren's journey to infuse her life with a sense of peace and stability. With observations that will resonate and inspire, she dives into the universal triggers every woman faces -- whether it's a comment from your mother, the relentless grind at your job, days when you wish the mirror had a Valencia filter, or all of the above. Blending cutting-edge science, timeless philosophy, witty anecdotes and effective forms of self-care, Martin has written a powerful, intimate, and incredibly relatable chronicle of transformation, proving that you really can turn your worst moods into your best life.
We all have our own ways of handling stressful situations without letting emotions get the best of us, but some ways of coping work better than others. Short-term fixes that help us avoid or numb our emotions may temporarily alleviate sadness and anger, but can also end up causing anxiety, depression, chronic anger, and even physical health problems. If you struggle with overwhelming emotions and feel trapped by unhealthy patterns, this workbook is your ticket out. Mind and Emotions is a revolutionary universal treatment program for all emotional disorders that helps you discover which of the seven problematic coping styles is keeping you trapped in a cycle of emotional pain. Instead of working on difficulties like anxiety, anger, shame, and depression one by one, you’ll treat the root of all your emotional suffering at once. Drawing on evidence-based skills from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy, this workbook offers all the techniques you need to manage unwelcome feelings in effective and productive ways. Learn and practice the most effective coping skills: Clarifying and acting on your core values Mindfulness and acceptance Detaching from negative thoughts Self-soothing and relaxation exercises Assertiveness and interpersonal skills Gradually facing your strong emotions This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit — an award bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties.
