Books published by Sounds True Inc

A trauma psychologist explores the inner workings of her own grief-and leaves an invaluable guide for those seeking hope in the aftermath of loss.As a therapist, Dr. Sherry Walling knew all the "right" things to say to help people through grief. But when she lost her father to cancer and her brother to suicide within six months of each other, she had the unfortunate chance to encounter two types of mourning up close-the slowly unfolding terminal illness and the sudden and stigmatized death by suicide. She realized we're getting grief all wrong.In Touching Two Worlds, this trusted expert dares to open the inner workings of her own grief-and in the process, provides an invaluable resource for those seeking hope in the aftermath of loss. Written with honesty, gentle humor, and deep understanding, this book was created to bring comfort to friends and family when there are few helpful words to say. Dr. Walling grieves as a sister, daughter, mother, and mental health expert. She shares moving personal stories while offering a broad range of healing strategies and exercises derived from neuroscience-like how to heal through movement, how to cry in public, how to talk to kids about death, and how to cope with survivor's guilt. These are tips from someone who has been there, as well as approaches informed by professional expertise. Touching Two Worlds is a story of love, sadness, and renewal. Whether your loss is recent and sharp or old and familiar, Dr. Walling delivers wise and tender guidance to help you carry the weight of grief while finding your own path forward.

Children will learn to recognize and respond to expressions of emotion through a fun matching technique. Little Cat Hide-and-Seek Emotions: A Playful Primer to Learn about Your Feelings helps young readers age 2-5 recognize and respond to emotions in themselves and others. The book introduces a range of emotions such as happy, angry, sleepy, anxious, and surprised. Each emotion is featured in a spread in the book, and each spread has a variety of illustrations with cats expressing different emotions. Children will match the emotion to the illustration that most closely represents it.The book also offers children a chance to engage with their own emotions, asking such questions as "How about you? What makes you happy?" and "Whisper in Little Cat's ear the name of someone you love."Children will enjoy engaging with the character of Little Cat as he experiences a wide range of emotions in this playful, interactive book. Originally translated from the French, Little Cat Hide-and-Seek Emotions is the first book in Sounds True's Big Emotions series.

A collection of stories, essays, and exercises to spark your creative instincts, activate your inner guidance, and enliven your dreamsHave you been called to express yourself with a level of courage and honesty that surprised even you? Did an image or moment cause you such joy that you needed to share it with the world? If so, you know what it means to be inspired.World-renowned spiritual teacher Light Watkins has spent most of his life learning how to seek out and tap into sources of inspiration. "Inspiration is part inner guidance, part blind faith in a greater possibility, and part inner voice," he writes, "nudging you to take an action that helps you grow and expand your awareness." In Knowing Where to Look, Light presents a trove of compelling inspirational material to catalyze positive change and give you fuel to push through self-limiting beliefs.Through 108 diverse essays, anecdotes, and parables, Light provides doorways to inspired thinking and imagination. Prompts offer reflection questions and action steps for further bringing your inspiration to life. Here you will also discover:. Recognizing the opposite of inspiration: the inner critic and its demands for safety. The joys and challenges of living minimally in a consumer society. How to listen for the intuitive whisper of true inspiration. Why the best action you can take when you're creatively lost is to keep moving. How to grapple with fear when it stands in the way of your dreams. Why following your inspiration will often remove you from your comfort zone. Questions to ask yourself in order to recognize your blind spots. How to reorient your attitudes toward the concept of success. Embracing whimsy and small moments of chaos as allies . Why the process of achieving mastery is far from straightforwardRather than being a linear set of exercises, Knowing Where to Look is meant to provide the spark you need just as you need it. Open to any page at random, and discover an unexpected source of inspiration.