Testimonials

The Feeling Bag helped my kids learn more about their emotions and gave us the ability as parents to start the dialog that feelings of all kinds are okay. This book is a must read that all children should have!

This delightful book is a great tool for school counselors to use in classroom guidance and with small groups. It is a resource all parents and childcare professionals should have on hand.

The Feeling Bag allows children to understand their feelings and helps them to realize that feelings are normal, others have them too!
This is a great resource for school counselors to use, as well as to share with parents!

I like to express my feelings with my feeling bag. When I am sad I cry on my feeling bag. When I am happy I hug my feeling bag. When I am mad I throw my feeling bag or stomp on it. If I have a bad day at school I will talk to my feeling bag and tell it how I am feeling. If I have a good day at school I will tell my feeling bag my favorite part of the day. My feeling bag helps me to not be scared.

I like my Feeling Bag because I can stomp on it when I’m mad and sleep on it when I’m sad, and I like to put my books in the pocket.

I love The Feeling Bag because it helps me to know that all of my feelings are okay. And my bag is really comfortable; I sleep with it every night and think about my feelings at the end of the day.

The Feeling Bag was introduced in our household a few months ago.  In that time, we have been able to better identify emotions, and better understand the best ways to cope with them.  My child spends time with both parents living separately, and at this age, a tangible object makes understanding and coping with possibly difficult emotions surrounding that arrangement a bit easier.  The Feeling Bag is not only another stuffed toy, or comfort object, but it also comes with a message that all emotions that we feel are completely normal and are good to have.  The literature used in the story that accompanies The Feeling Bag is easy to understand, and relatable to young children who may be trekking through difficult terrain.  

I believe that The Feeling Bag is a tool that could benefit anyone of any age, and of any situation.  The Feeling Bag is a great resource for children processing the daily feelings and emotions that we all have, in a positive way.  We are very, very thankful for The Feeling Bag.    – A True Feeling Bag Fan

I was fortunate enough to utilize The Feeling Bag when it was originally released and created.  I have been able to utilize it at multiple schools since that time. The message in the book is time tested and such an important topic to discuss with children.  Children are often unable to give concrete words to the emotions they are experiencing and this book enabled my counselors and teachers an avenue to open that door for discussion.  I am excited to see that it is being brought back to life and hope that it is able to get into the hands of many more students and educators.

We all experience many different deaths, losses and separations in life. When we were preparing for our annual kids Grief Camp, we wanted to incorporate different activities that would help children identify the difficult feelings associated with death, loss and separation. We also wanted to equip and empower children through their experience of grief and the emotional pain associated with it. The Feeling Bag provided all of that. It’s a simple, yet dynamic concept and tool. The simplicity and practicality is an easy way to help children cope with the most powerful emotion we deal with, grief. I recommend The Feeling Bag to anyone looking to add new tools in life for dealing with death, loss and separation. It’s a great resource.

As Mrs. Oklahoma 2020, I had the honor of reading The Feeling Bag to precious foster children and was so touched by their reaction to the book!  They related to the feelings we read about and even opened up to share what big emotions they were going through as a foster child.  As a result, I gifted each of them their own bag to take home.  I love that The Feeling Bag is giving children insights into how they can process hard things in a positive way!