Many years ago, I took a series of courses in
relaxation therapy and guided imagery. It turned out
that despite the fact that I am a high energy person,
I had an innate gift to be able to use imagery
and relaxation therapy quite effectively with adults
and children.
Over the years, I developed this ability into a
relaxation therapy practice where I specialized in
individual therapy tapes that were designed to
motivate, inspire and help people to achieve their
goals.
During this time, a pediatric neuropsychologist found
out about my work and referred many of her young
patients to me who were coping with with head
injuries, burns and assorted traumas.
It was a joy and a privilege to meet with the parents
and their children and to craft these individualized
audio programs which contained images that were
meaningful for them.
Imagine being able to soothe a child with their own
audio program, specifically scripted with their favorite
dog's name or stuffed toy mentioned in the script?
These audio programs were powerfully healing and a
great help to a suffering child.
An 11 year old girl who was brought to me because
she had stopped growing. Perhaps guided imagery
could provide a solution?
Despite all the medical attention and prescriptions,
her body just stopped growing. It turned out that her
sister whom she adored had died 2 years previously
and the shock of this loss affected her growth.
Never underestimate the healing power of a mother's
voice and the receptivity of a child's heart and mind.
The magic ingredient was love.
Within days this little girl was more outgoing and
positive and within a month she had grown an inch -
plus she was sleeping better. Of course the doctors
said it was the medicine but her family and I knew
that the healing power of her mind had been
harnessed - guided imagery and a change in belief
had moved her from grief into life.
The next step was to take the story/music concept
out into the world. The idea came to me to create a
set of generic audio programs that that could be
available to every child everywhere.
I had a very graphic dream in the fall of 1987 where I
saw children crying. Then as if coming down from
heaven, little hands reached up to grasp cuddly
angel dolls that floated down from the clouds. The
children hugged the angel dolls and stopped crying. I
also saw that each doll came with a CD - one of
each of the problems that today's children face.
At that moment, Angels4Kids.com was born.
www.angels4kids.com
Like the line in the film, A Field of Dreams, "if you
build it they will come" I got started.
How the
angel
doll project came to fruition is a story that is so
intertwined in my life it would take a whole book to
tell it!
But I will say, the project got off the ground in 1990
and has been going ever since.
Angels and story/music CD's have helped
children all over the world - they have gone to
Oklahoma City, Dunblane Scotland, the California
Earthquakes and floods and disasters in several
countries. They are recommended by therapists and
parents as a wonderful way to calm and reassure any
child at bedtime - whether sick or perfectly well.
A few years ago at Christmas time, a woman drove
up to my office and asked for an angel doll set. She
wanted to take it to a little girl in the hospital who
was dying of cancer.
I found out later, from her mother, that the little girl
had died with the angel doll in her arms and the audio
tape playing in the recorder.
"It was the only thing that would calm her in those
last few days - we played it constantly, the mother
said. After she died, I disposed of most of my
daughter's possessions but I just couldn't part with
the tape because of its' close connection to my
daughter. And Caroline, I want you to know that this
year, your angel doll is the angel on our Christmas
tree."
When you are given a creative endeavor, do all that
you can to bring it to fruition - you never know what
the outcome will be and how many lives it will touch.
Sure there may be challenges and setbacks but the
rewards are many. This is your soul's gift to the
world.
If you, your child or grandchild would like to
experience the healing power of the angels and CD's
there are four titles to choose from:
My Little Angel Tells Me I'm Special - helps
any child
to get to sleep and build self esteem
My Little Angel Helps Me and My Family -
Helps
children to get to sleep and comforts them during a
divorce or separation.
My Little Angel Helps Me in The Hospital -
helps
children to get to sleep and comforts and reassures
them during hospitalization or surgical procedures.
My Little Angel Loves Me - helps children to
feel
peaceful and safe at bedtime and is especially
scripted to heal a child or an adult who has been
abused or traumatized.
All of the CD's are healing and positive and they are
filled with beautiful music. They do not contain any
negative wording or the words divorce, abuse or
hospitalization.
Each set comes with a cuddly heart-shaped angel, a
CD and an interactive storybook. Sets sell for
$24.95
Ages: toddler to about 8 years old - teens love them
too!
If you know a child who needs it's little heart healed,
then this is very special.This is also powerful therapy
for the adult "inner child."
If you are connected to a parent's group or a
parent's
chat room, I would be most grateful if you could
spread the word about angels4kids.
www.angels4kids.com
