Powerful You is a grab-and-go counseling resource designed to make group and classroom counseling simple, meaningful, and effective. Packed with 26 short, easy-to-use themed lessons, this book helps counselors, educators, and support staff guide students through important life topics with confidence and care.

Each lesson begins with a true story that reflects real challenges children face, followed by engaging turn-and-talk prompts that encourage student reflection, discussion, and connection. Inspiring quotes, hands-on activities, and practical tips are also included for optional lesson extensions.

Created by a school counselor with more than 35 years of experience listening to and supporting children, these lessons align with ASCA National Standards and explore sensitive school and home issues through a child’s perspective. Powerful You gives adults ready-to-use tools to build emotional awareness, resilience, communication skills, and confidence in students.

To bring each lesson to life, companion Powerful You laminated role-playing cards and colorful classroom signs are also available separately. These engaging tools correspond with every lesson and provide an interactive way for students to practice skills, deepen understanding, and reinforce key concepts.

The Powerful You Role-Play Cards are the perfect companion to the Powerful You book and an important hands-on resource for the classroom. These large 8.5 x 11 laminated cards invite teachers to get down on the floor with students, creating meaningful conversations and helping children truly see the “big picture” of becoming a Powerful You Kid.

Children love using the cards to role-play real-life classroom situations while building confidence, empathy, self-awareness, and problem-solving skills. Designed for grades 2 and up, the storytelling cards make social-emotional learning interactive, engaging, and easy to implement throughout the school day.

Each sturdy laminated card features:

• A beautiful full-color illustration

• A powerful affirmation

• Self-discovery journal questions

The cards share the true stories of the children from Powerful You and can be used anytime as a quick, meaningful educational tool for storytelling, classroom discussions, partner activities, counseling sessions, or role-playing exercises.

These cards help children connect deeply with the lessons from the book while encouraging mindfulness, emotional growth, and positive behavior in a fun and supportive way.

Breathe and Stretch on the Beach is an interactive listening and movement game that helps children build focus, confidence, calmness, and self-awareness through playful stretching and positive self-talk. Designed for ages 3 and up, this engaging resource can be used in the classroom, counseling groups, therapy settings, or at home by teachers, counselors, parents, and caregivers.

After learning the beach-themed poses, a leader calls out poses in any order, encouraging participants to listen carefully, move mindfully, and practice deep breathing, stretching, and relaxation. Children stay engaged while developing important social-emotional and self-regulation skills in a fun, active way.

Participants will:

• Understand and practice controlled breathing

• Respect personal space by moving safely without touching others

• Strengthen self-control using nonverbal communication

• Improve focus and attention

• Increase self-awareness

• Replace negative self-talk with positive self-talk

• Build joy, strength, gratitude, and confidence

Each pose is paired with empowering affirmations so children can embody positive mindsets as they move. Examples include:

• Coconut Tree, Eagle, Airplane – I am focused

• Sports Boat, Charge Your Battery, Flying Fish – I am full of energy

• Hurricane – I step aside for others

• Crab – I let my light shine

• Paddleboard – I am responsible for what I say, think, and do

Breathe and Stretch on the Beach is a joyful way to help children move their bodies, calm their minds, and grow strong from the inside out.

The Powerful You Elementary Counselor Kit was created to keep your favorite Powerful You tools together in one easy-to-carry bag so you are always ready to support students.

Perfect for School counselors, educators, interventionists, and student support teams.

What’s Included

Intermediate Bundle (Grades 2+)

• Powerful You Book

• 26 8.5×11 Laminated Role-Playing Cards

• 26 Classroom Skill Signs

Primary Bundle (Grades K–1)

• 26 8.5×11 Laminated Role-Playing Cards

• 26 Classroom Skill Signs

Digital Resources

• 26 Primary Brag Tags

• 26 Social & Emotional Thinking Maps for writing

• Free online Breathe & Stretch videos

  • 26 Primary videos

  • 26 Intermediate videos

Mindfulness & Regulation Tools

• Breathe and Stretch on the Beach Yoga activities (Grades K+)

• Laminated Breathe and Stretch Sign

• Tennessee Transition Chime

• Feelings Chart

• Powerful You Feelings Bag

Counseling & Life Change Support

• Self-Talk Power When You’re in a Pickle
  5-Step problem-solving guide for individual counseling (Grades 3+)

• Powerful You In the Middle Cookie Game
  Supports changing family groups/divorce transitions (Grades K+)

Bonus Items

• 50 “I Am” stickers

Why Counselors Love It

• Grab-and-go support kit

• Ready for classroom lessons or counseling groups

• Helps students regulate emotions

• Builds confidence and self-talk

• Supports divorce, transitions, and problem solving

• Saves prep time for busy counselors

Perfect For

• Elementary school counselors

• MTSS / SEL support teams

• Teachers

• Small groups

• Individual counseling

• Calm corners

One Kit. Many Needs. Real Impact.

The Powerful You Elementary Counselor Kit helps children build coping skills, confidence, emotional vocabulary, and resilience in fun, meaningful ways.

Powerful You Primary (Kindergarten–Grade 1) is a colorful, hand-illustrated social-emotional learning resource designed to help young children find guidance, encouragement, and support for challenges they may experience at school or at home. Created from more than 30 years of educational experience, this engaging tool brings comfort, confidence, and joy to early learners.

Available as a book or laminated role-play card set, Powerful You Primary gives educators, counselors, and families flexible ways to teach essential life skills in fun and meaningful ways. Each lesson uses storytelling to capture attention and strengthen learning through role-playing, movement, thinking maps, games, and positive self-talk.

Children meet the 26 A–Z Powerful You Kids, memorable characters who model positive behaviors and healthy choices. For example, G – Goodsport Grady teaches teamwork and pitching in. Other lessons focus on honesty, independence, self-esteem, responsibility, taking turns, waiting to speak, ignoring distractions, and more.

Lessons align with ASCA National Standards developed by American School Counselor Association, making this a valuable resource for classroom guidance, school counseling lessons, small groups, and home support. Powerful You Primary helps transform classrooms and home environments by teaching social skills proactively and addressing concerns such as bullying at the core.

Companion Classroom Social Skill Signs that match every A–Z lesson are also available separately to reinforce learning visually throughout the day.

Created by an educator who has supported children for over 30 years, Powerful You Primary helps children build skills in:

• Problem-solving

• Teamwork

• Listening

• Self-confidence

• Friendship skills

• Emotional awareness

• Respect

• Responsibility

Powerful You! In The Middle Cookie Game is a fun memory-style matching game designed to help children understand an important message:

Kids are the good stuff in the middle of divorce.

Created for ages 5+ and playable with 2–6 players, this engaging game is played like Concentration while gently opening the door to emotional expression and healing conversations.

Children match:

• Feeling words

• Coping strategies

• Empowering phrases

As they play, they learn to identify emotions, talk about difficult changes, and build resilience.

“Life is like a pickle. Sometimes it’s sweet & sometimes it’s sour.” — Patricia Kienzle

This game helps children recognize “sour pickle” feelings while discovering healthy ways to cope and grow stronger.

Perfect for:

• School counselors

• Teachers

• Parents

• Therapists

• Small groups

• Family support settings

Benefits:

• Encourages communication

• Builds emotional awareness

• Supports children through divorce transitions

• Makes hard conversations easier through play

• Strengthens confidence and connection

Why Families Love It

Easy to learn, meaningful to play, and created with heart, this game reminds every child:

You are the good stuff in the middle.

Self-Talk Power – When You’re in a Pickle is an empowering story that helps children understand how thoughts influence feelings, choices, and outcomes. Perfect for ages 8 and up, this relatable book introduces readers to Polly Pickle, a character who feels stuck in a frustrating cycle of the same negative thoughts, the same unpleasant emotions, and the same repeated actions.

When Polly realizes she is trapped in a “pickle,” she learns how to recognize unhelpful thinking patterns and retrain her brain through positive self-talk. As she changes her thoughts, she begins to make stronger choices, build confidence, and create better results.

This engaging story gives children practical tools for emotional growth while teaching the power of mindset, resilience, and personal responsibility. It is a valuable resource for parents, counselors, educators, and anyone supporting children through challenges.

Included in the book:

• A relatable story that teaches the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behavior

• A 5-Step Problem-Solving Guide to help children work through challenges

• Two printable charts to identify habitual thought patterns

• A sequential planning tool to help children move forward with confidence

• Strategies for building resilience and positive thinking habits

Self-Talk Power – When You’re in a Pickle helps children discover that when they change their inner voice, they can change their life.

This long-sleeve V-neck Pickle Sun Shirt is more than a sun shirt—it’s a playful conversation starter and wearable feelings chart designed for adults who value wellness, mindfulness, and emotional connection.

Simply point to the pickle that matches your mood and say, “Today I feel ________.” It’s a lighthearted way to check in with yourself, communicate with others, and bring more emotional awareness into everyday life.

Perfect for beach days, boating, pickleball, poolside lounging, walks, travel, or casual everyday wear, this shirt blends fun, comfort, and meaning.

Great for:

• Morning mindset check-ins

• Stress awareness

• Family communication

• Classroom or counseling settings

• Group retreats or wellness events

• Playful connection with friends

Keep the fun going by singing the Pickle Feelings Song from the Self-Talk Power Book and celebrate life with your own Pickle Party.

Features:

• Long-sleeve sun coverage

• Flattering V-neck style

• Lightweight comfort

• Unique conversation piece

• Supports mindfulness and emotional wellness

• Great gift idea

A joyful, healthy, and totally unique way to express emotions, spark smiles, and spread positive energy.

Example of the Pickle Song here: https://youtu.be/TM0m5MFIT4U

Wear your feelings. Share your joy. Grab your Pickle Sun Shirt today.