Jovie's Journey

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Jovie's Journey: A Story About Feelings Friendship and Finding Joy</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When Jovie the pup loses her favorite red ball she sets off across a meadow to find it.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Along the way she meets new friends-a duck a goat a fox a mouse and a heron-each with a story about losing something and finding peace in a different way.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Through their gentle wisdom Jovie learns that sometimes what we lose helps us find something even more precious: calm friendship and joy.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Inspired by the teachings of the Stoic philosopher Epictetus </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Jovie's Journey</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> helps children understand that it's not what happens that makes us sad-it's how we think about it.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This beautifully written story introduces mindfulness and emotional awareness in a warm easy way that children and adults can share together.</span></p>