Reviewed by Vernita Naylor for Readers' Favorite

Life brings challenges especially if you are a kid. Kids need to discover healthy, positive ways to release tension and frustration. This is why Positive Notey Managing My Negative Emotions Journal: A Guided Journal to Help Regulate Negative Emotions by Rebecca Porter is an essential starting point for helping youngsters tap into and learn how to channel those negative feelings. This guide is a tool that can help kids to drill down on the emotions they are experiencing by being honest about all aspects of the emotion. And for those kids who are unable to read, write, or express themselves, Rebecca suggests that a parent assist them by jotting down exactly what the child is feeling. Journaling is an excellent way of tracking emotions, discovering improvements, and looking at those things that still need work and attention.

While Positive Notey Managing My Negative Emotions Journal by Rebecca Porter is ideal for children it can be utilized by anyone of any age, even adults. Using this guide as a platform can encourage children to heal and create solid conflict-resolution skills. For example, when children are feeling isolated, alone, or sad, adults tend to place labels or images on the event instead of helping the child map out their true emotions. I see this guide as a series of self-help therapy sessions where you perform several exercises; log, rate and name your emotions; journal, and identify the zone that you’re operating in to work toward a calming state. For adults, this guide can help revisit your childhood and deal with those experiences and triggers that tend to hinder progress. Wouldn’t it be fun to color, connect the dots, and get in touch with that little girl or boy again while learning how to deal with your negative emotions? Rebecca did a great job of creating this guide. This book is highly recommended and will help readers begin their journey toward managing their lives while on their way to healing.