By Mercedes Osakwe
Photos: Mercedes Osakwe
My name is Mercedes Osakwe and I am an author, content creator and recently received my doctorate in occupational therapy. I created “The Enchanted Garden Affirmation Coloring Book”, as a useful tool for those who may be dealing with mental health issues and self doubt, as there are life changing powers and positive outcomes from the use of creativity and affirmations. The Enchanted Garden Affirmation Coloring Book is a stunning book, created for children and adults, features 49 inspirational affirmations coupled with exquisite and decorative illustrations. This book was recently featured on BronxNet TV, ABC 7 & Fox 5 DC Good Day Morning News.
This book is also sold in various bookstores in the USA. From a spiritual point of view, coloring and focusing on the affirmations encourages your mind to pay close attention to what is meaningful to you. While coloring, we subconsciously use the right side of our brain, which transforms our desires into reality. I’d love for my book to be a resource for people of all ages across the globe.
As a content creator, I have been creating content across many social media platforms for the past 4 years. Currently, I have made a viral compilation of videos for my series called 52 days of mindfulness across all my social media platforms. These videos consist of coloring and using my creativity to decrease stress and anxiety while using The Enchanted Garden Affirmation Coloring Book. This book could make a great gift for the holidays or birthdays and is ideal for anyone who would like to elevate their life and cultivate a positive mindset and encourage self love. Don’t forget to follow me on all the social media platforms listed below this passage.
During graduate school, I interned at Ohel Children’s Home & Family Services in Brooklyn, New York. I worked with the adults between the ages of 22 – 60 years old. I used this book with my clients and saw the positive impact it had on their quality of life. This book can also be used for those looking for a new hobby, and to improve handwriting skills and visual motor skills in children.
Below are explanations about how The Enchanted Garden Affirmation Coloring Book also caters to parents, caregivers, children, teachers and therapists:
Parents/Caregivers and children:
The positive affirmations in this book will make your kid (and you) feel braver, stronger, confident, and filled with joy. This therapeutic book uses mindfulness, distress tolerance, and other techniques to help soothe intense emotions. Children can use this book to unlock problem-solving techniques and language that can be easily applied in the real world. Affirming positive messages are like acts of kindness and love towards themselves that build self-esteem and self-belief.
Teachers:
The illustrations and affirmations in this mindfulness book will help your students to gain confidence, contribute to a growth mindset, and help kids to truly believe in themselves. This book has an educational aspect to it that helps increase children’s fine and visual motor skills. Affirmations are used to create a positive and supportive environment by teaching students to be supportive of one another. Positive affirmations can help students to develop in numerous areas: building confidence, overcoming negative thoughts and doubts, and encouraging them to believe in themselves.
Therapist:
Treating clients with depression, low self-esteem, anxiety, or other concerns may suggest daily affirmations from this book can help clients rebound. Your clients problem-solving abilities increase as a result of utilizing positive self-affirmations while coloring inside of this book. The Enchanted Garden Affirmation Coloring Book can help a person to accept their reality and look at situations from a more rational perspective. Affirmations can foster perseverance, self-reflection, and positivity.
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