Awkward Moments Bloom, Smartview Stories Book 1

No one teaches us how to live in a body. Smartview Stories are real-life family stories modeling skills to improve relationships with ourselves and others. Our books bring our inner world to life via three Inner Companions based on neuroscience concepts.

Wouldn't it be helpful to know the best way to use our brain?

Could it be that we are born with an internal instruction manual? 

Might we have it hidden inside ourselves from birth?

Within a language that many people overlook. 

These Inner Companions model HOW to use our body/brain to be our own best friend or self-mentor. Learning to BE our own best friend gives us the power to create the world within us we would like to experience around us. A world with qualities like patience, kindness, courage and authenticity.

Awkward Moments Bloom, Book 1 features the Poplar Family. Eight-year-old Wendy is struggling at her new school. When we are in an awkward moment, it is often difficult to imagine something positive rising from the experience. Wendy shows us how she has learned to use drawing to help her process her anxiety. Her family helps her trust her own process. Our Inner Companions work together from within Wendy. Lo-and-behold, awkward moments do bloom!

Smartview Stories are unique and go well with books by Karen Young or Dr. Dan Siegel. Our original inspiration was Winnie the Pooh. The series draws from the research of Eugene Gendlin, Iain McGilchrist, and Dan Siegel around felt sensing, brain function, perception, and Interpersonal Neurobiology.