Maya Meets Her Feelings

Visit the feelings doctor with Maya in this tender, emotionally intelligent picture book about learning to notice, name, and make room for even the feelings that are hardest to express.

When Maya has a hard day at school, her parents know that it’s time to visit the feelings doctor. With Dr. Imani’s gentle guidance, Maya learns to notice what she feels in her body, give her feeling a name and a color, and meet it with curiosity instead of pushing it away.

With relatable characters, gorgeously soothing illustrations, and compassionate language, Dr. Tenisha Warner’s debut picture book shows that emotional safety is just as important as physical health, and that meeting your feelings can be a beautiful, wondrous journey. Complete with a hands-on parent-child activity inspired by the story, Maya Meets Her Feelings offers children and the grown-ups who care for them a tender reminder that feelings don’t need to be fixed or feared. Sometimes, they simply need to be seen.