A Workbook to Build Inside Muscles for the Outside World
The Inside Squad
Equip your kids with their very own super-powers!
Empower your kids with the essential skills they need to adapt and respond to life.
The Inside Squad makes teaching and practicing social-emotional skills fun and accessible. Whether you’re a teacher, parent, caregiver, counselor, or coach, The Inside Squad is here to help the kids you care about strengthen their inside muscles so they can navigate life’s ups and downs with more ease.
Praise for The Inside Squad
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As a psychotherapist, I have been incorporating The Inside Squad both in my practice and at home with my son. This book offers an accessible and engaging approach for school-age children, including those with specific sensory and cognitive needs. Abbey and Stefanie provide clear, easy-to-follow activities and strategies that help children identify their emotions, manage them effectively, and develop healthy coping skills—essentially strengthening their “inside muscles.” I appreciate how the book translates complex emotional concepts into practical tools that children can understand and apply. It’s a valuable resource for parents, educators, therapists, and school counselors looking to reinforce emotional regulation and resilience in children. I highly recommend it as a complement to other therapeutic and educational strategies.
Julie Schoenlein, LISW-S
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Beautiful workbook to approach mindfulness with our children and find simple ways to integrate it into daily life. Got it for my 7 year old daughter, but as a nearby observer I've already benefitted from some of the lessons myself. Will by buying extra copies for friends' birthday gifts. Highly Recommend!
Nicolas - Amazon Review
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This workbook is fantastic - it touches on the essential knowledge we wish all children could have, wish our grown children had had, and, in fact, wish we'd had. It's never too late, adults could use this book too. The book speaks directly to the young mind that may not have experienced validation for emotions, reaching them where they are in their lives with reassurance, warm language, and examples that will be relatable.
Eileen Clegg - CEO of vTapestry and visual journalist
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I had a huge heart opening while reading THE INSIDE SQUAD as it is such a blessed and beautiful gift to share with a child. How empowering for them to be given, at such a young age, tools and skills to manage their emotions and to bring balance and joy into their bodies! It would be life changing, once learned and practiced, for any child! The interactivity and basic structure of practicing together would be fun as well, and a lovely way in which to bond with one's child, devoid of pressure and unrealistic expectations as the adult would be learning from the philosophy and poses as well! I highly recommend this fun and inspiring book and am grateful for the magic found within its pages!
Marilyn Sadler - Author, children’s books
Meet The Authors
Stefanie and Abbey met as teammates on their college gymnastics team. Now, two decades later, they’ve teamed up again to bring you The Inside Squad. Since their time together as teammates, Stefanie and Abbey have done significant work in mindfulness, yoga, habit change, conscious leadership, and systems change, and have come together to bring The Inside Squad into the world.
