My Two New Books…

 
 

(460 full-color pages, Softcover, 7x9”)

—Available now to purchase


Once Upon an Upset is an illustrated collection of stories, insights and reflections to help parent our children while reparenting ourselves, based on my own personal experiences with healing that I’ve shared on my blog and podcast. It’s over 450 pages with over 200 illustrations, and l've designed it as a magazine of sorts, something a reader could pick up in a moment of overwhelm and maybe find a little relief.


“This beautiful book is overflowing with stories rich with humor, pathos, and grace which share an incredibly important teaching: that compassion, kindness and connection are the greatest gifts we can give and receive. Through these stories and illustrations, Jessica shows us that the strategies which so many people had to develop to navigate difficult childhoods contain gifts within them that can allow each of us to find our own happily ever after. This book is a treasure!”

– Kirsten Lundeberg, psychotherapist,
Certified Internal Family Systems Therapist 
Lead Trainer, Internal Family Systems Institute

 
 
 
 

(24 pages, Hardcover 12x7.5")

—Available Now to Purchase


It can be really hard to let go of upset feelings. But when we carry around our upsets, they can get in the way of all the fun things we’d really like to do. In The Boy with the Heavy Suitcase, a boy carries around a suitcase full of upsets—until his friend helps him figure out a better way to handle them.


The Boy with the Heavy Suitcase succinctly conveys the powerful impact of trauma on mental health and behavior.”

—Dr. Stephen Porges, author of The Polyvagal Theory


"This short but insightful story will get you thinking, regardless of your age. It did me!"

—Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., Originator of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)


 

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Jessica Laurel Kane is the host of the podcast, Once Upon an Upset, and the author-illustrator of several books: The Boy with the Heavy Suitcase, Once Upon an Upset: Illustrated Stories, Insights and Reflections to Help Parent Our Children While Reparenting Ourselves, Leaving Cleveland: A Coming-of-Age Memoir, The Butterfly Who Was Afraid to Fly and Other Stories, Feed It to the Worms, A Book of Hearts, The Girl Who Was Born with Glue in Her Brain and Anchors in the Storm.

She lives in Upstate New York with her husband and son.

hello@jessicalaurelkane.com