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HEARTWAVES
Daily Meditations for Children Mary S. Burnett Paper, $17.95 207 pages, 5½" × 8½" ISBN 0-89390-396-5 View Table of Contents |
Here’s a resource that can support children ages 7-14, especially
those who are in emotional pain. Heartwaves is a daily meditation
book, written with simplicity and wit by a school counselor. The 366 stories
are based on fact, many of them word for word from children, and are
indexed alphabetically by subject. The simple, concrete examples introduce
children to such healthy concepts as “setting boundaries” and
“detaching” in relationships. Reflections following each story
gently suggest a solution to the problem and affirm the child’s
experience. The author takes a gentle spiritual approach, nudging children
toward trusting a higher power operating in their lives. Common themes
appearing throughout the book include respecting your feelings, reaching
out to others and changing what you can. This book is a great tool for
support groups and is useful for a broad range of children, from those living
with fundamentally healthy families to those living in difficult
circumstances.
Reviews
“Mary Burnett has used the process of reflection in a powerful way by
offering young people an opportunity to respond to specific examples and
situations with which they can relate. Counselors, teachers, parents and
other caregivers can use these stimulating meditations as a springboard to
a variety of helpful conversations and activities with young
people.”
— M. Lane, Ph.D., chairman of the behavioral studies and
educational technology department, University of South Alabama
“Mary Burnett’s Heartwaves helps my students express
their feelings on many different levels. Through these daily readings, my
students are able to move from surface issues to the ‘heart’ of
what is bothering them.”
— Donna F. Orchard, assistant principal, Dunbar School of
Creative and Performing Arts, Mobile, Ala.
About the Author
Mary S. Burnett has been a school counselor at Little Flower School in Mobile, Ala., and a therapist at the Catholic Center in Mobile, Ala., for more than eight years. She received a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Alabama and a master’s degree in agency counseling from the University of South Alabama. She developed this book while teaching a course called “Clear Choices” to sixth graders.
Index
A
Abandonment
Mar. 14, Oct. 27
Abuse
Jan. 24, May 13, July 1, Aug. 3
Acceptance
Jan. 3, Jan. 25, June 21
Addiction
Jan. 17, Feb. 17, Mar. 29, May 20, July 29, Aug. 5, Oct. 28
Affirmations
June 20, Aug. 13
Anger
Jan. 9, Feb. 11, Mar. 22, July 7, July 22, Aug. 26, Sep. 29, Oct. 7, Dec.
2
Anxiety
Feb. 25, Nov. 27, Dec. 13
Approval
Oct. 24
Asking for Help
May 25
Attitude
May 10, Dec. 30
B
Balance
Feb. 22, Apr. 17, June 11, Aug. 15, Dec. 15
Being Important
Nov. 14
Being Right
June 6
Being True to Myself
Mar. 9, Aug. 10, Oct. 17
Betrayal
Nov. 3, Dec. 9
Birthdays
Oct. 22
Body Image
May 8
Boredom
June 24
Borrowing Trouble
Mar. 1
Boundaries
Mar. 20, May 26
Bragging
Feb. 27, Mar. 4
C
Caretaking
July 31
Celebration
June 2
Change
May 2, Aug. 20
Changing What I Can
Aug. 9
Communication
Sep. 22, Nov. 5
Comparing
Jan. 21, Feb. 23, Mar. 24, June 12, Nov. 4
Compassion
Apr. 6, Oct. 30
Competition
May 6
Conflict
Apr. 7
Confusion
Aug. 29, Sep. 25, Oct. 16
Control
Sep. 18
Courage
June 27, Aug. 7, Aug. 19
Crisis
Mar. 26, May 18, Oct. 2, Nov. 24
D
Death
Apr. 29
Defiance
Sep. 20
Deflated
Dec. 26
Denial
July 21, Oct. 3, Nov. 10
Depression
Apr. 19, June 17, Dec. 10
Despair
July 10
Detachment
Jan. 16, Feb. 18, Apr. 20, June 16, Sep. 21
Disappointment
Feb. 14, Feb. 20, Apr. 30, May 5, Aug. 12
Divorce
Mar. 8, Aug. 11, Sep. 9
Doubt
Mar. 13, May 28
E
Easy Does It
Apr. 8
Embarrassment
Aug. 1, Sep. 1, Nov. 21
Emptiness
Nov. 11
Enabling
Sep. 11, Dec. 6
Excitement
Aug. 22, Dec. 8
Expectations
Nov. 23, Dec. 16, Dec. 3
F
Facing Reality
June 23
Failure
Jan. 28, Oct. 25
Faith
Jan. 20, Jan. 29, Feb. 13, July 14, Dec. 27
Fear
Jan. 6, Feb. 8, Mar. 10, May 1, July 18, Aug. 17, Sep. 2, Oct. 20, Nov. 22,
Dec. 28
Feeling Ignored
Apr. 5
Feeling Used
July 23
Feelings
Jan. 12, Feb. 10, June 18, Aug. 18, Dec. 20
Fitting In
July 25, Nov. 20
Foolishness
Apr. 1
Forgiveness
Sep. 27, Oct. 9
Forgiving Ourselves
Nov. 19
Freedom
Mar. 31, Apr. 28, July 4
Friendship
Jan. 4, Feb. 1, Feb. 4, Feb. 26, May 3, June 30, July 16, July 30, Aug. 8,
Oct. 4, Nov. 1
Frustration
Mar. 2, Mar. 23, Aug. 31, Sep. 4, Sep. 13, Oct. 8, Oct. 23, Nov. 2, Dec.
18
Fun
Mar. 17, May 31, Oct. 31, Nov. 28
G
Getting Needs Met
Dec. 3
Giving
July 6
God
Jan. 8, July 13, Dec. 19
God’s Will
Mar. 16
Gratitude
Jan. 14, Feb. 15, Mar. 12, Apr. 4, May 30, Aug. 4, Nov. 18, Nov. 25
Grief
Feb. 5, Aug. 24, Nov. 6, Nov. 29
Guilt
Jan. 26, Oct. 12, Oct. 15
H
Happiness
May 15, Aug. 14, Dec. 24
Hate
Nov. 9
Healing
Apr. 23, June 13
Homesickness
Sep. 3
Honesty
Nov. 30
Hope
Jan. 1, Feb. 12, July 8, Aug. 28, Dec. 25
Hopelessness
Aug. 25, Nov. 12
Humility
Mar. 3
Humor
Apr. 25
Hurt
Mar. 21, Sep. 30, Oct. 11, Dec. 14
I
Inadequacy
Nov. 15
J
Jealousy
July 24
Joy
Jan. 22, Jan. 31, Feb. 19, Apr. 10, Apr. 16, June 1, June 9, July 3, July 26,
Aug. 23, Sep. 5, Dec. 17, Dec. 24
Judging
Jan. 19, Sep. 12, Nov. 8
K
Keep It Simple
May 29, Nov. 26
L
Laughter
Jan. 15, Apr. 21, July 11
Letting Go
Feb. 28, Apr. 3, Oct. 19
Listening
Mar. 30, June 28
Living in the Present
Feb. 2, May 24
Loneliness
Jan. 2, July 19, Aug. 30, Oct. 10, Oct. 21
Love
Jan. 18, Jan. 23, Feb. 21, Apr. 9, May 9, Oct. 14
M
Making Amends
Jan 5
Making Peace with the Present
Nov. 7
Martyrdom
July 27
Meeting Our Needs
Sep. 6
Money
Dec. 5
Moving
Apr. 27, Sep. 10
N
Numbing Out
Sep. 7
O
One Day at a Time
Apr. 11, May 17
Overwhelmed
Sep. 16
Owning Our Power
Mar. 6
Owning Our Part
Mar. 28
P
Pain
July 12
Patience
June 8, Dec. 21, Dec. 29
Peace
Jan. 30, Mar. 25, Apr. 26, Oct. 13
Peer Pressure
June 19, July 28
Perfectionism
Jan. 13, Apr. 24, Dec. 4
Pleasing Others
July 5
Powerlessness
Feb. 7, June 5, June 29, Dec. 23
Prayer
Feb. 6
Prejudice
May 14
Pride
June 10, Sep. 15, Sep. 23, Nov. 17, Dec. 12
Problem Solving
Sep. 8
Procrastinating
Feb. 24, July 2
R
Rage
Nov. 16
Receiving Love
Nov. 13
Rejection
Feb. 3, Aug. 27
Relationships
May 19, June 4
Relief
Apr. 2, Apr. 12, July 15
Resentment
Feb. 9, Mar. 7
Respect
Sep. 24
Responsibility
Aug. 2
Rest
May 16
Risk
Jan. 10, Apr. 14, June 14, Dec. 1, Dec. 7
S
Sadness
Mar. 19, Apr. 18, June 3, Aug. 6, Sep. 26, Oct. 5, Oct. 18, Dec. 22
Self-Care
Feb. 16
Self-Esteem
May 7, Oct 1
Self-Image
May 23, Oct. 26
Self-Pity
Apr. 15, July 17, Aug. 21
Self-Worth
May 12
Setting Boundaries
Jan 7, Mar 5
Sexuality
Feb. 29
Shame
Jan. 27, June 25, July 9, July 20, Aug. 16, Dec. 11
Shyness
Sep. 28
Spirituality
Oct. 6
Stress
Mar. 11, Mar. 15, Apr. 13, May 27, Oct. 29
Stuffing Feelings
Apr. 22
Suffering
Sep. 19
T
Taking Care of Myself
Mar. 18, May 4, May 11, June 7
Talents
May 21, Sep. 17
Tolerance
May 22, June 15, Sep. 14
Tough Love
Mar. 27, June 22
Trust
June 26
W
Worry
Jan. 11