Count Yourself Calm: Taking Big Feelings to a Big God - Hardcover

by Eliza Huie (Author), Mike Henson (Illustrator)

This beautifully illustrated and empathetically written book walks children through a calming activity that focuses their attention on God and helps them manage their emotions.

Through a combination of slow breathing, prayer and focusing on five things about God and his good gifts, children will learn to count themselves calm. Children can practise this calming activity while you read them the book and then use it when they feel upset, sad, angry, worried, anxious or scared.

This resource is a great tool to equip children 4-7 years old to regulate their emotions and calm down.

Author Biography

Eliza Huie (MA, LCPC) is the director of counseling at McLean Bible Church located in the Washington D.C. metro area. She is also dean of biblical counseling for Metro Baltimore Seminary in Maryland and the author of The Whole Life: 52 Weeks of Biblical Self-Care, Raising Teens in a Hyper-Sexualized World, Raising Kids in a Screen-Saturated World, and Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids.