Today I'm reviewing The Little Book of Big Feelings by Maureen "Marzi" Wilson.
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Generally I like to start out with a disclaimer. I am an contemporary witch. I look for the connection between magic and science without the need to search for a creator. I receive no compensation for these reviews and all my links are standard Amazon links and not affiliate links. I am a practicing photo reader and have spent the last 16 years honing my craft. I offer personal readings by request and have a strong online history that boasts over 429,000 views.
The copy I have to review was a small hard cover edition. The cover is vibrant with illustrations of assorted feelings. The book is broken down into chapters related to an assortment of feelings and an about the author section at the back.
Written as more of a graphic novel, frankly when I sat down with this book I kept thinking to myself, how on earth am I going to review this thing. While it has chapters there's no real structure in the traditional book review sense to the book. As I got into it I began to see what the author was going for. Each of the chapters are set up with a basic feeling. As many of us who have attended therapy know, feelings are feelings. They are temporary and they change. We can't control them. We can't pick them. We have to see them, feel them and let them go. This book does a great job in explaining that in very simple terms.
The section on being overwhelmed I found extremely helpful. The cartoon like take on resolving issues related to dealing with how we feel is a pretty new approach in my opinion. There are sections on boundaries and anger and how this author deals with those emotions. I found this incredibly timely as my partner and I have been discussing mindfulness and how to deal with observing the mind in the mind for the minds sake. But that's another story for another time.
Overall this is a really cute book and I found that while it wasn't as childish as I thought in the beginning it was rather child like, in that it was basic and caring from a very innocent perspective. Just thinking that even on the hardest days, you can be grateful for pink starbursts was so adorable. Sometimes we need to just break things down to their most simple form to really discover those things that are truly important to us.
I think this is a great book to get folks talking about and feeling their feelings. So many times I find that friends, family and even I, myself am afraid of my feelings. The last page says it so nicely. Its ok to feel what you're feeling.
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| Photo Credit Renee Sosanna Olson Photo Source - The Little Book of Big Feelings |
Author Links - Link
Amazon Book Link
Amazon Author Link
Good Reads Book Link
Good Reads Author Link
My Good Reads Profile
My Facebook Page
Generally I like to start out with a disclaimer. I am an contemporary witch. I look for the connection between magic and science without the need to search for a creator. I receive no compensation for these reviews and all my links are standard Amazon links and not affiliate links. I am a practicing photo reader and have spent the last 16 years honing my craft. I offer personal readings by request and have a strong online history that boasts over 429,000 views.
The copy I have to review was a small hard cover edition. The cover is vibrant with illustrations of assorted feelings. The book is broken down into chapters related to an assortment of feelings and an about the author section at the back.
Written as more of a graphic novel, frankly when I sat down with this book I kept thinking to myself, how on earth am I going to review this thing. While it has chapters there's no real structure in the traditional book review sense to the book. As I got into it I began to see what the author was going for. Each of the chapters are set up with a basic feeling. As many of us who have attended therapy know, feelings are feelings. They are temporary and they change. We can't control them. We can't pick them. We have to see them, feel them and let them go. This book does a great job in explaining that in very simple terms.
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| Photo Credit Renee Sosanna Olson Photo Source - The Little Book of Big Feelings |
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| Photo Credit Renee Sosanna Olson Photo Source - The Little Book of Big Feelings |
The section on being overwhelmed I found extremely helpful. The cartoon like take on resolving issues related to dealing with how we feel is a pretty new approach in my opinion. There are sections on boundaries and anger and how this author deals with those emotions. I found this incredibly timely as my partner and I have been discussing mindfulness and how to deal with observing the mind in the mind for the minds sake. But that's another story for another time.
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| Photo Credit Renee Sosanna Olson Photo Source - The Little Book of Big Feelings |
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| Photo Credit Renee Sosanna Olson Photo Source - The Little Book of Big Feelings |
Overall this is a really cute book and I found that while it wasn't as childish as I thought in the beginning it was rather child like, in that it was basic and caring from a very innocent perspective. Just thinking that even on the hardest days, you can be grateful for pink starbursts was so adorable. Sometimes we need to just break things down to their most simple form to really discover those things that are truly important to us.
I think this is a great book to get folks talking about and feeling their feelings. So many times I find that friends, family and even I, myself am afraid of my feelings. The last page says it so nicely. Its ok to feel what you're feeling.
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| Photo Credit Renee Sosanna Olson Photo Source - The Little Book of Big Feelings |
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