The Wise Child: A Spiritual Guide to Nurturing Your Child's Intuition [Paperback]

Sonia Choquette (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 30, 1999

"Connecting to our intuition unites us with both our soul and the soul of the Universe, Divine Spirit. It takes away our fearful sense of isolation and inadequacy. It replaces fear with a sense of spiritual direction and safety. The world becomes friendly, nonadversarial, and welcoming. Life becomes joyful, amusing, generous, and abundant. This is the divine plan. The intuitive life is one of confidence, inner peace, and creative expression. What better gift to ourselves and our children?"

How can I help my children to thrive and prosper? How can I ensure that they will not become unhappy and frustrated as I have been? These are the questions that inspired Sonia Choquette to write this profound and accessible book explaining--through spiritual principles, modern-day parables, and practical exercises--how even busy parents can help children connect to their own source of divine guidance.

Editorial Reviews

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Sonia Choquette is an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher who has taught individuals as well as corporate staff members to claim and understand their intuitive and creative potential. (Julia Cameron, author of The Artist's Way, considers Choquette her personal mentor and teacher.) Over the years, students have often asked Choquette how they can foster their children's innate intuition and creativity. This book is a welcome answer to this parental quest.

Choquette has divided this outstanding resource into three sections--each part representing the three stages of nurturing intuition. The first section teaches parents how they can awaken and commit to their own intuition, spirituality, and creativity. The second stage focuses specifically on "Embracing Intuition." Choquette discusses energy fields, children's auras (and the need for after-school aura cleansing), and fostering children's imaginations and inner guidance systems. Lastly, Choquette offers parents specific tools for gaining support from spiritual guides, teachers, healers, and helpers. Parents who long to discuss and learn more about raising spiritual beings will be greatly satisfied with this intelligent and altogether wise family resource. --Gail Hudson

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"Intuition in a child is precious. The Wise Child beautifully underscores the value of intuition as a creative contributor to a child's growth and self-esteem. Children who are fortunate enough to grow up trusting their intuition will be more confident adults with inner peace."        
--Judith Orloff, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA, author of Second Sight
                                            
"The Wise Child is a gift for all parents, children, families, and everyone who works with children, opening up tremendous new opportunities for creativity, joy, humor, and wisdom. Sonia Choquette is remarkable for her ability to impart practical tools in a light-hearted way. This is a book you will use time and time again as you unlock new intuitive abilities in yourself and in those you love."
--Liza Ingrasci, Managing Director, the Hoffman Institute

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter; 1 edition (March 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609803999
• ISBN-13: 978-0609803998
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #467,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sonia Choquette is a world-renowned author, storyteller, vibrational healer, and six-sensory spiritual teacher in international demand for her guidance, wisdom, and capacity to heal the soul. She's the author of several best-selling books, including Diary of a Psychic, Ask Your Guides, and Trust Your Vibes; and numerous audio programs and card decks. Sonia was educated at the University of Denver and the Sorbonne in Paris, and holds a Ph.D. in metaphysics from the American Institute of Holistic Theology. She resides with her family in Chicago.

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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for Parents, January 20, 2000

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This review is from: The Wise Child: A Spiritual Guide to Nurturing Your Child's Intuition (Paperback)

Reading this book was the best gift I have ever given my children! I only wish my parents had had a copy when they were raising me! Intuitive, Sonia Choquette, offers dozens of suggestions including games and excercises to do with children to help them learn to honor their natural intuitive abilities. One specific example that greatly improved our family's intuitve skills was Sonia's suggestion to create our own language to describe our intuitive feelings. For example, when a child has a gut feeling that something feels scarey, they can say I have a "bad vibe" or "the willies". By teaching your children to acknowledge and honor their intuition they learn to be comfortable listening to their inner teacher, and from my experience the children become more confident and peaceful, and life goes more smoothly.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learn how to create an environment that honors intuition!, April 3, 2001

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This review is from: The Wise Child: A Spiritual Guide to Nurturing Your Child's Intuition (Paperback)

The author has written such a beautiful book - filled with information, tools, reflections, and "exercises" -sure to help you (and your child) expand your awareness of intuition as well as how to embrace and share those "gut feelings". My favorite tool in this book was learning how when I'm apart from loved ones, I can imagine a protective light surrounding them, that keeps them safe and sends them my love. This book is truly a powerful, nurturing guide. Enjoy!

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best "how to"-book I've read!, July 13, 1999

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Diny van den Bout (De Pol Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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Written beautifully it's an easy an fun book to read. Lots and lots of insights on how to nurture your and your children's intuition and soul. But beyond and above that, the "how to" or "tool" part of the book is written in a way that you just have to start immediately practicing, playing, enjoying and wondering at the marvels of life. Thank you! Sonia!!