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Part 1: What is Self-Esteem?2 3Grow Your Confidence_SAMPLE PAGES-V2.indd 2-3 10/05/2023 11:374Part 1: What is Self-Esteem?Grow Your Confidence_SAMPLE PAGES-V2.indd 4-5 10/05/2023 11:375Grow Your ConfidenceA Child’s Guide to Finding CouragePoppy O’NeillISBN: 9781837991716£10.99205x158mm144ppPaperback14/03/2024Rights and Sales Territories: WorldA confidence-building companion to help 7+-year-oldsEncourage your child to explore their emotions, overcome their fears and boosttheir self-confidence with this positive and playful book. Bursting with activities,handy tips and simple exercises, Grow Your Confidence is the go-to guide forempowering children.Key Selling Points:• Similar to You’re a Star (ISBN: 9781786852359) which has sold over 180,000copies.• CBT techniques are endorsed by child psychologists globally, with provenpositive effects on children’s mental health and happiness.• Greater self-confidence in children correlates to better performance at schooland better relationships.GROW YOUR CONFIDENCEGROW YOUR CONFIDENCEA true friend:• Listens to you• Talks to you kindly• Stands up for you• Includes you• Celebrates yourachievementsA false friend:• Ignores you• Talks to you unkindly• Leaves you out• Hurts your body and/oryour feelings• Teases orembarrasses youListening to yourbody and mindConfidence is a feeling inside your body together with a way ofthinking about yourself. Sometimes the feeling might be smalllike a candle flame. Sometimes it might feel big like a bonfire.There will always be lots of feelings going on in your body –emotions and your organs working, as well as the things you cantouch, smell, taste, see and hear.Can you close your eyes and feel whatis going on in your body right now?There’s no need to name the feelings orwrite anything down – just listen to yourbody for a moment.Feel BraverAs we’ve learned in this book so far, often you have to do thingswhile you still feel a bit scared in order to grow your confidence.Here are some ideas to help you on your way to feeling braverand more confident:Sing alongSay anto a confident Hold a lucky affirmationsong (loudly) stone, crystal five timesor teddyHug someoneDraw yourspecialStroke a petfeelingsWhat makes agood/bad friend?How can you tell if someone is a goodfriend to you? It can be harder than itsounds, and school can sometimes feel likea competition to have the most friends – nomatter if they’re good ones or bad ones.Just because someone spends time withyou and calls themselves your friend doesn’tmean they’re a true friend. When you’re witha true friend, you can relax and be yourself.If you’re being bullied, it’s not your faultand you don’t deserve it. Bullying can bewith words or actions and it’s never OK. Ifyou think you’re being bullied, you can goto a trusted grown-up and ask for help.Now, can you do the same with yourmind? Imagine sitting inside your ownhead and looking at thought bubbles.Again, there’s no need to do anything– just watch and let your thoughtsnaturally come and go.Write down yourworries and ripthem upShake your bodyStretchTake threedeep breathsDo somejumping jacksBlow upa balloonWith a false friend you might feel tense,worried and like you need to keep secretsabout yourself.4 CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH
2Shrink Your Worries_SAMPLE PAGES-V2.indd 2-3 10/05/2023 11:43Part 1: Solving the problem4 5Shrink Your Worries_SAMPLE PAGES-V2.indd 4-5 10/05/2023 11:43Shrink Your WorriesA Child’s Guide to Overcoming AnxietyPoppy O’NeillISBN: 9781837991723£10.99205x158mm144ppPaperback14/03/2024Rights and Sales Territories: WorldA worry-busting guide to help 7+-year-oldsEncourage your child to listen to their feelings, practise positive thinking andovercome their fears with this sensitive and supportive book. Bursting withactivities, handy tips and simple exercises, Shrink Your Worries is the self-carecompanion every stress-prone child needs.Key Selling Points:• Similar to Don’t Worry, Be Happy (ISBN: 9781786852366) which has sold over200,000 copies.• CBT techniques are endorsed by child psychologists globally, with provenpositive effects on children’s mental health and happiness.• Reports show increasing levels of childhood stress and anxiety and, as aresult, an increasing demand from parents for ways they can help.SHRINK YOUR WORRIESSHRINK YOUR WORRIESWhat is tension?I’m fromPlanet PerfectActivity: Mirror, MirrorWhen we feel anxious or upset we often feel tensionin our bodies. You can learn tricks to help you lettension out of your body.Activity: Squeezynose breathingTaking a deep breath is a great way to make yourself feel betterany time. Squeezy nose breathing helps you take deep, slowbreaths, and will make you feel calm.• First, squish down your right nostril• Take a deep breath in through yourleft nostril• Now hold the breath, and swap hands soyou’re squishing down your left nostril• Breathe out through your right nostril• Now do it again, the other way round• Keep going for five breaths fromIcan tryagainA pp eara n cesSome people think that the way you look isimportant. Every day we see people on TV andin magazines looking flawless. But did you know,that’s not how those people look in real life?Special lights on TV and computer effects onphotographs mean that normal human beingscan look like aliens from Planet Perfect!Spending ages trying to look perfect is a wasteof time. There are a million more interestingthings to do and think about, plus you don’t existfor people to look at! You’re already the best andonly version of you anyway.Me too!Me three!Next time you look in the mirror, notice something you likeabout yourself, and say something nice!Here’s some inspiration:I amI am strongfun andinterestingI amcapable ofamazingthingsI cango atmy ownI ampacespecial andwonderfuleach nostrilCHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH5
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