How To Tame My Anxiety Monster (Mindful Monster Collection)

This book was helpful with playful ideas and tools.She was able to identify some of reasons why she has anxiety.

Many books teach children how to utilize positive coping mechanisms to deal with challenging feelings. However, I think “How To Tame My Anxiety Monster” stands out among the pile of other useful resources available because it reads like a children’s story instead of a self-help book, which is more likely to keep young listeners or readers entertained and engaged.I also like that the author chose not to tell the story in rhyme. By sticking with short sentences and simple words in easy-to-understand language, children will find the content more relatable.Likewise, the author did an outstanding job describing anxiety in both words and illustrations. It was a genius idea to use a “monster” as a visual aid to represent anxiety. It turned a vague notion of a feeling into a real nemesis for the main character to battle with and eventually tame.My favorite part of the whole story and an important message that I hope everyone who reads this book will take to heart is the following sentence:“I am stronger than my monster. Even with him around, I can still do all the things I need to do.”Anxiety can be managed & controlled even if it never goes away, and I appreciate that the author shows children how they can still have a fun and happy life even with a monster sidekick by their side.

I liked how it addressed the issue of anxiety and gave suggestions in the end on how to deal with it.

I am a child play therapist and utilize many books for children.This one is, truly, a # 1 choice! My child clients LOVE it, and, it includes techniques to calm anxiety, which is rare.I am buying one for each client to have at home.THANK YOU, Melanie Hawkins, for such a great, healing book !Lindy Quesenbery, LMFT Charleston, SC

My 6 year old son is beginning to have anxiety and I ordered books to help him process his feelings. This book is cute and well illustrated, but I would say it is more for ages 9 and up. My son didn't understand anything the book was saying. Even when I explained what the monster represented he was so confused and now thinks we have literal monsters following us around. I understand where the author was coming from, just wanted to put it out there that this is too metaphorical for small kids.

As a parent and mental health professional, I love everything about this book! The author does a marvelous job making the complex topic of anxiety relatable and engaging. My kids find the "monster" imagery both fun and easy to understand. I love that the book than goes into detail providing practical ideas and strategies for taming anxiety. The illustrations are really lovely as well! I actually bought this book for a project for work to read over Zoom and then used it in a giveaway. The winning family received this book as well as a few other books related to children's mental health. They sent me an email saying that this book was the fast favorite among their 3 children! Overall, excellent book.

We feel like this book is well written and very helpful learning to manage anxiety. The descriptions of how anxiety can manifest in children and adults has been very helpful with helping my grandson describe how he feels.

We use this book all of the time when my son/daughter is displaying signs of anxiety. It's a great story to help them understand their feelings and how to deal with them.

Such a great book to offer practical solutions for kids to help them deal with anxiety. Identifying anxiety as a monster helps children make sense of what is going on - and gives them something to focus their strategies on.

I liked the monster, he was not scary anymore. I liked the monsters at the end and want to drawer mine.

This is such a wonderful book.The illustrations are fun, and the monster character is just so loveable.The story itself is great for helping young children how to understand worries and anxieties, and how to manage their anxiety if their worries seem too big or wild.Would be a perfect addition to homes and school/nursery libraries.

This story does an excellent job of explaining anxiety in a way that children can understand. I wish books like this existed to help me when I was young, but it’s great to know that kids now have resources like this!

Great message. Kids need this, to learn that we all have a monster we need to tame. It gives practical ideas and resources for parents too. A must have book!