My Two New Books…
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.
*For a limited time, every book is shipped with this 3” x 1” magnet:
“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
“I’m reading one entry a day. It joins three other books in my life that I read over decades of time that seemed to enter my life at exactly the right time. The Tao Te Ching, Be Here Now, and The Choice Is Always Ours. An ultra-fine addition!”
–Lach (Award-winning author of “Langdimania",
Writer/Presenter for BBC Radio 4,
Founder of the global music/art movement known as Antifolk)
What readers are saying:
“Amazing book, so much more than l imagined. It’s beautiful like an art filled coffee book, deep and filled with information like a textbook and riveting like a memoir.
Truly happy | ordered it and looking forward to discovering every page.”
“What a cool one of a kind, relatable, gentle, well-written and designed, and entertaining work!”
“This is such an important book! Thank you!”
“Opening to any page feels like landing on a nugget of introspective gold. I almost just want to read a page a day to give myself time to process the words and imagery. I foresee purchasing extra copies to give as gifts. 10/10 recommend!”
“It’s a great book, beautifully written, and insightful. I personally feel those who have not been through similar can glean a good understanding of those who have. Highly recommend.”
“I absolutely love love love this book!”
“I am absolutely floored at how much information is in this book! And how well it is designed, with lots of great drawings and small sections (as you said, somewhat like a magazine!) It is a brilliant design, super creative, unique, and user-friendly!”
(460 full-color pages, Softcover, 7x9”)
—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
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"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)
What readers are saying:
“This illustrated parable is so helpful in teaching kids how to reframe and, ultimately, let go of their “baggage.” It’s also a nice reminder for adults, too. Really well done and the illustrations are lovely.”
“Ms Kane takes the abstract concept of the hurt we “carry” with us and uses the metaphor of the suitcase to dramatize our power to accept or reject those inheritances which we do not want to hold or keep. Conveyed with simple words and realistic, appealing illustrations, both adults and children will appreciate this creative and sensitive book.”