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Hello, my name is Carmel Shami. I was born and raised in Israel. At age 20, I moved to the United States and pursued a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work from Florida Atlantic University. Upon graduation, I had the privilege of working as a social worker with seniors and bereaved families for more than a decade.
In 2015, I combined my passion for helping people with my love for organizing, became a Professional Organizer and a Productivity consultant, and founded "The Organizing Whisperer." Through individual and group coaching, I help my clients organize their space and time to achieve clarity and flow in their daily lives.
I am a wife and a mother of 3 amazing kids. From an early age, I liked to write stories and poems, and I always dreamt of publishing one of my stories. Four years ago, my youngest boy, 8, was very anxious and had difficulty falling asleep. One night, I taught him to use my method of sorting and organizing, not in a physical space but with his thoughts. He loved the idea and started using it whenever he felt overwhelmed. We saw a significant change in his ability to fall asleep. He said, "I feel less fearful." I then decided to write his experience into a story that could help other kids that felt like him.
I look forward to helping you and your child organize your thoughts and achieve calmness and balance.
Enjoy the book, and let me know how you liked it!
Warmly,
Carmel
Reviewed by Philip Van Heusen for Readers' Favorite
Stress kills! Too many parents fail to realize how stressful life has become for their children. There was a time when stress was foreign to children; now, stress is their chief problem. Carmel Shami realizes how much stress affects children and addresses this issue in her book, Stressy Jessy. This book teaches a fantastic coping skill to deal with stress, no matter your age. Stress starts to melt away when children learn to organize their lives and thought processes. Learning how to organize one’s brain and life is a skill that will serve your child well throughout their life. Messy thinking tends to lead to messy lives. Messy lives tend to increase one’s stress. Use this book to teach your child how to break the cycle of stress.
In Stressy Jessy, Carmel Shami shows she is an expert in teaching children how to handle stress. I really love the thought of just throwing some useless and harmful ideas away. We become overwhelmed when we try to hold onto too much negativity. Jessy realized he had a limited amount of space to deal with issues. Trying to stuff too much into their mind will cause people to become overstressed. Carmel has given parents a fantastic book to help their children cope with stress. The parents might even learn about how to handle their own stress. I was a counselor for 40 years and highly recommend this book for parents to share with their children. Rani Bar-Segev did an outstanding job illustrating this book. Her illustrations depicted the writing very well.
