Connected by Seema Desai

CONNECTED
DISCOVERING YOUR INNER GUIDES
A Kid’s Guide to Navigating Their Emotions
by
SEEMA DESAI
Illustrated by James Ballance
Children’s Book / Self-Help / Mindfulness / Parenting
Publisher: The Jai Jais
Page Count: 56 pages
Publication Date: February 3, 2022
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Connected is all about teaching kids and their families how to navigate their emotions. It is a practical guide to understanding powerful concepts that alleviate the stress and challenge in tough situations.
The book also includes tools and tips to help children become advocates for their mental and emotional well-being in productive ways, as well as thought-provoking questions to encourage young readers to think about how these tools would be uniquely relatable to them. Written to inspire children to become empathetic leaders and creative solution-seekers, Connected is a book that helps them not only understand themselves better, but also those around them.
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Dr. Seema Desai is a proud wife and mom of two young children. She is also Certified Professional Coach, speaker, and author of the newly-released children’s book, Connected: Discovering Your Inner Guides. She currently serves as Co-President of the Austin chapter of Pratham USA, a non-profit organization aimed at creating learning equality for underserved children in India and globally. Though no longer seeing patients, Seema is also a general dentist who dedicated her years in medicine to serving the geriatric population in Austin and surrounding areas.
Along with yoga and traveling, connected parenting is a passion for Seema. She believes that helping a parent and child connect to their inner wisdom is a powerful way to create the next generation of peace-leaders and solution-seekers. She is firmly committed to being a part of a kindness revolution, where we raise children in a way that heals and inspires resilience and greatness.
Things that bring Seema joy are good cups of coffee, jazz music, tropical beaches, meditating, family time…and large slices of chocolate cake.

Review

Desai has written the best book I have read on how to live consciously!  To top that, it happens to be written for children.  Wow, I wish I had access to this when I was a child, I can only imagine the money saved on therapy!  Desai offers easy-to-understand definitions and practical steps for dealing with your ego versus your healthy you.  Defining the two as Guards and Inner Guides makes it easy to relate to and completely workable.  The Guards try to protect you but are not based on factual information, and your Inner Guides help you keep your Guards in check so that your behavior is by choice and not reaction.  

With great tips on how to connect to your Inner Guides and keep your Guards in check, Desai makes this achievable for all ages.  There are so many helpful points in this book that it is hard to believe how short it is but do not let that fool you for within these pages you are receiving a wealth of knowledge.  The book begins by helping you look inside yourself to find the real you, that you that is not being ruled by the overprotective Guards that have developed to keep you protected.  There are a few tips on how to do this self-evaluation as well as tips on how to deal with anxiety and unwelcome feelings.

Imagine giving this book to a child and helping them to learn that they always have choices, that staying calm and kind is the best way to live, and that they are worthy of happiness.  What greater gift can you give anyone?  Brene Brown, Michael Singer, Eckhart Tolle, and Richard Rohr all need to move over for this and include Desai as one of the leading authors on living your best life!  5 Stars!

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2 thoughts on “Connected by Seema Desai

  1. Julia, I’m literally in tears after reading your review. My heart and soul are overwhelmed with gratitude for your kind words. THANK YOU for making time to read and review my work. I truly hope it makes a marked difference for those who read it. To continuing to create a life with our Guides in the lead, hand-in-hand with the special purpose our Guards hold. Much love to you.

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