The first thing people ask me is, "Why do you write kids books"? or "How did you get started in this"? My answer is simple.
I wrote a poem that needed some pictures and asked my friend to draw them. The book is called A Little Light.
I was amazed to see how a colorful picture book brought to life some of the detailed psychological and spiritual understanding that I'd had spent years studying.
When I showed it to my therapy clients many of them said, "I wish I had this when I was younger. It would have saved me many years of painful misunderstanding".
I realized it is better to help parents nurture the spirituality of their children before their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors are fully formed, and hopefully the next generation will not need to repeat the same painful path that so many of us had to.
Andrew was the opening speaker for Deepak Chopra in Portland Convention Center in September 2016. Here is his talk, titled: Children are the Future of Wellbeing.
Between 3 and 85 years old! The conscious messages are for all of us, but it's especially important to introduce these values and tools to children between 3 and 7 years old when you're locked into bedtime together anyhow. Remember, the last 20 minutes of the day with your children are a precious gift.
The collection features a great mix of "boy" and "girl" characters with messages that aren't gender reliant. Funny story, our bee was once a boy, but then we had a great chat with an apiarist (bee expert), who let us know our adventuresome bee must be a girl!
Nobody is too young or old for deep breaths and story time. These books are as much for parents to connect and open dialogue as they are for children. The rhyming picture books — The Elephant Who Tried to Tiptoe, The Forgetful Elephant, The Bee Who Could Not Choose Her Flower, The tree of Goodness and The Laughing Witch — are great for your youngest little ones. The collection will be with you for many years, so trust your impulse. You know your family best.
Each Conscious Bedtime Story ends with an exercise or series of questions designed to open a conscious dialogue or help children and parents get grounded, peaceful and calm before bed. You'll start to notice your children picking the book they NEED before bed, based on these practices.
Now that we have 12 books published, we've begun offering a membership that includes a matching coloring book, extra stickers and helpful tools for parents to keep everyone on a monthly theme of conscious growth in a specific area of their lives.
Circles represent wholeness and Oneness. This is the a healing shape that reminds readers of the true connection of all living things.
We can ship to any country so go ahead and load up your cart! The shipping is calculated after you enter your delivery address. You can see the shipping rates here. (The 12 book month-by-month membership option is only available in mainland USA.)
Many families want to try this out and see how their kids like it. We have made that easy. If you choose the monthly payment option you have control to pause or cancel at any time.