Aroha's Way

From the award-winning creators of How Do I Feel? comes an expertly crafted, affirmative and reassuring book filled with simple tools to help children regulate emotions including exercise, belly breathing, and sharing your worries. Join Aroha on her journey to ward off nervousness, fear, worrying thoughts and apprehension in this soothing narrative.
 
Aroha’s Way presents mindfulness and emotional regulation through a powerful story, offering kids a meaningful way to explore and take charge of their emotions while strengthening their social-emotional learning (SEL).
 
UNPACKING FEELINGS: Educators, therapists and guardians looking to discuss challenging emotional topics including anxiety and fear can use Aroha’s story as a springboard for meaningful conversations.
 
REVIEWED BY MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS: All Wildling Books are reviewed by both mental health and parenting professionals, and are bolstered with relevant parent/teacher notes, useful exercises and more.
 
TRUSTED CREATORS: Wildling Books are an award-winning and bestselling creative powerhouse whose books have been recognised in the Storylines Children’s Literature Trust of NZ Book Awards and the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
 
‘Aroha's Way is a beautiful, descriptive and relatable book — an important book — helping children to normalise, understand and even develop their own tools for dealing with their feelings.’ — JENNY PALMER, Author of Feel a Little
 
Perfect for:

• Parents and guardians looking for social and emotional learning (SEL) resources and books to spark conversations around emotions with kids
• Teachers, educators, librarians and caregivers
• Kids looking for books about healthy emotional regulation
• Fans of Aroha Knows and Aroha’s Choice

Rebekah Lipp is an author, entrepreneur and mental health advocate residing in New Zealand. She co-wrote Finding Gratitude (Quarto, 2019). Her personal journey with anxiety, depression and borderline personality disorder inspired Wildling Books, alongside a passion to bring awareness to children's mental health, emotional well-being and anxiety. After experiencing two years of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) following a period of crisis in her early twenties, she felt there was a real gap in what professionals knew and what parents and teachers needed to know regarding emotional regulation. She believes that we can empower children with skills, help children connect with their emotions, and teach them ways to regulate them.

With a gentle parenting approach, Rebekah feels that all children have genius within them and if we act out of a place of compassion, kindness and love, we will see our children thrive.

Craig Phillips is an award-winning illustrator whose art has appeared in published works, anthologies and exhibitions across the world. He worked on Neil Gaiman's American Gods and his first solo work, Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts won the New Zealand Book Award's Russell Clark Award for Illustration, an Australian Gold Ledger, a CBCA Notable and was a finalist in the Aurealis Awards. Craig lives and works in New Zealand.

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