Publisher's Synopsis
"I absolutely love this book." Maggie Dent - Author, educator, and parenting and resilience specialist.
Maggie Dent's Book of the Month, March 2024
Spiral Up to Empower Resilient Kids is a refreshing collection of mindful parenting ideas and learnt gems of wisdom to help your family thrive through the early years and beyond.
Graphic designer Kim Ellisten's unique parenting book provides busy parents and caregivers memorable coping strategies and relatable, practical insights on how to talk to kids about issues affecting them through simple metaphorical drawings with guided talking points.
Ideal for children aged 4 to 12 (but helpful for all ages!), this beautifully presented book offers easy-to-understand, illustrated topics to discuss, including:
- The benefits of positive self-talk
- Releasing built-up emotions and feelings
- Tackling fears and anxieties
- Detached ways of dealing with conflict
- Discipline and learning self-responsibility
- Appreciating differences and individuality
- Letting your true self shine
- Ways to create a calmer, more balanced life
...and many more!
Foster more awareness and resilience within your family by empowering your kids to "spiral up" and be the best version of themselves out in the world!
Find out more at www.spiralupparenting.com.au.
Praise for Spiral Up to Empower Resilient Kids:
"Every now and then a very special book comes across my desk that I know will really help parents on their parenting journey. Spiral Up is one such book. I was a massive fan of the use of metaphor in my teaching and in my counselling, and in this book, coupled with really beautiful graphics and images, there are many wonderful metaphors that will help you teach some of the biggest lessons we need to teach our kids. I will be getting each of my family a copy of this book so they can feel confident around some of the key challenges they will meet raising their little ones. Thank you, Kim, for such a fabulous resource for parents and educators everywhere."
Maggie Dent - Author, educator, and parenting and resilience specialist
"This essential reading is a godsend for parents - one of the most practical books I have read, both gentle but also powerful in its illustrated concepts. ...It provides conversation starters and frameworks that we can use as parents to teach our children important concepts, as well as helping children to express their feelings and worries in a non-judgmental, safe space."
Georgina Manning - Director of Wellbeing for Kids/Peaceful Kids
"This book is a beautiful opportunity for parents and children to connect and lean into some wonderful ways to navigate the challenges of life."
Lael Stone - Speaker, educator, and co-author of Raising Resilient and Compassionate Children
About the author
Kim Ellisten is a graphic designer, author, and mum to two adult daughters. Being a visual thinker, Kim used metaphorical drawings to help explain key life-concepts to her kids, putting them together in a unique, mindful parenting book, Spiral Up to Empower Resilient Kids. In 2023, she established Spiral Up Parenting to bring the concepts within her first book to families, caregivers, and educators of children.
