Truth Cards
Names what's true when a big feeling is telling a different story.
“This will not last forever! All storms run out of rain.”
At home
Read one out loud in the middle of the storm — no explaining required.
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Creative Journaling
Children often can't say what's wrong — but they can draw it, scribble it, fold it, or tear it up. Creative journaling gives feelings a place to go that doesn't depend on finding the right words.
What helps
Getting started
- Paper and one pen. No lines, no rules, no spelling.
- Start with a prompt, not a question: “Draw what today felt like.”
- Let them scribble hard if that's what the feeling needs — pressing down is regulating.
- Sit and journal alongside them instead of watching over them.
Going deeper
- Ask what they'd like you to notice, rather than asking what it means.
- Write the feeling a letter, then decide together whether to keep it, fold it, or let it go.
- Keep a colour key: what colour is worry, what colour is calm.
- Revisit an old page a month later and talk about what's changed.
Words you can borrow
You don't have to say the perfect thing. Your calm presence matters more than perfect words.
“You don't have to explain it. Just put it on the page.”
“Is there anything on here you want me to notice?”
“What colour is that feeling today?”
“Do you want to keep this one, or let it go?”
The cards that help here
Inside the Power Card Deck are four kinds of cards. These are the ones families reach for with this topic.
Voice cards
Write-on cards that work as journaling prompts when the page feels too blank.
“If your heart had a microphone, what would it say?”
Power Plan cards
Fill-in cards that turn a page of feelings into one small next step.
“If it happens again, I will…”
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If you'd like something to hold onto
When you've worked through a hard moment together, these cards help continue the conversation — one card, one step, whenever your child needs it.
Remember Cards
Gives a child something steady to hold on to about who they are.
“You're still you. Even after what happened. Still worthy. Still magic.”
At home
Leave one on a pillow, in a lunchbox, or read it at bedtime.
Voice Cards
Gives them the words when speaking up feels impossible.
“Words to try when something doesn't feel okay.”
At home
Practise the line together before the moment it's needed.
Power Plan Cards
Turns a hard moment into one small, doable next step.
“One step you can take today — small counts.”
At home
Use it after the feeling settles, when the body is ready to think.
Release Cards
Moves the feeling out of the body through the hands.
“Draw the anger. Scratch, scribble, cover the whole space. Then tear it.”
At home
Hands-on and physical — drawing, tearing, folding, letting go.
Want to add body-based practices?
Mindfulness here isn't sitting still with your eyes closed. It's a set of body-first practices — breath, movement, grounding — that help a child feel safe enough to think, and that work just as well for the grown-up in the room.
A practice to try today
Sea Star Breath: trace up your arm as you breathe in, down as you breathe out. Five arms, five breaths.