Kids Journal

My Feelings Have Names

A Journal for Kids Who Want to Understand What's Going on Inside

Children who use this journal build their own vocabulary for what goes on inside — in their own words.

This is for:

For children ages 8-11 who want a place to name what they feel — at home, at school, with friends, with family.

You'll produce:your Your Feelings Book

The Name It First Experience

Feelings that have names are feelings a child can talk about, ask for help with, and understand well enough to navigate their day. My Feelings Have Names gives children ages 8 to 11 a personal journal for naming what is going on inside — at home, at school, with friends, with family — in their own words, without being told what to feel or what the right answer is. This journal is for the child who needs a place to put what they are carrying — and for the parent or teacher who wants to give them one. A Journal for Kids Who Want to Understand What Is Going on Inside builds the vocabulary that makes feelings speakable.

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Sample questions

  1. What is going on inside you right now — does it have a name yet?
  2. What feeling showed up for you today that was hard to explain?
  3. What makes you feel happy that you could draw or write down?

Research basis

Grounded in Brackett (2019) emotional intelligence and labeling research / Denham (1998) emotional development in middle childhood / expressive journaling and affect labeling research (Pennebaker / Torre & Lieberman, 2018).

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Every format asks the same questions and produces the same document.

Print Paperbackpersonalize

A real book and a pen. Write in the margins. The most permanent version of you on a page.

$12.99

eBook + journal

The full guide on any screen, with a companion journal to write your answers by hand.

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Audiobook

We read every question and every scenario aloud. For the commute, the walk, the dishes.

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Hardcoverpersonalize

The keepsake edition — sewn, ribboned, made to sit on a shelf and be returned to.

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Digital Fill + membership+membership

Answer on screen. Your responses save as you go and assemble into your finished document.

$6.99

Hands-Free Interactive + membership+membership

Listen to each question and speak your answer. We capture it. You never touch a keyboard.

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The Essential path takes you to your finished document by the questions that matter most. The Full-depth path walks every question, every scenario, every angle. Both produce the same signed document — one just goes deeper on the way there.

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