Shop - Katie Soy https://www.katiesoy.com/shop Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:51:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 The Firefly and The Butterfly https://www.katiesoy.com/product/the-firefly-and-the-butterfly https://www.katiesoy.com/product/the-firefly-and-the-butterfly#respond Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:52:40 +0000 https://www.katiesoy.com/?post_type=product&p=2369 Our firefly, Gem, meets a new friend in this second story in Gem’s Island Adventures Series. Zuri, a beautiful blue butterfly stranded on the island after losing her family, wants nothing more than to fly again. But no matter how hard she tries, she can’t. Her beautiful blue wings drag heavily behind her as she practices flying only to fall again and again.

Zuri confesses her worst fears to Gem. She’s scared she’ll never see her family or fly again. Ready to give up hope, Zuri stops believing in herself and her abilities. Gem is determined to help her new best friend learn how to spread her wings again, but how?

The second audio adventure in this series explores the deep bonds of friendship, dealing with feelings of anxiety, sadness and the power of intention and hope. Meant to help little listeners around the world learn to process big feelings of fear, this heartwarming episode shows us the importance of emotions, and the power of choice. When our thoughts & feelings are light, we just might be able to spread our wings and fly.

 

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]]> https://www.katiesoy.com/product/the-firefly-and-the-butterfly/feed 0 Book 2 – Conversation Guide https://www.katiesoy.com/product/book-2-conversation-guide Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:57:45 +0000 https://www.katiesoy.com/?post_type=product&p=1888 Corresponding to each audiobook, these PDF guides include themes from each story for discussion with the whole family. Conversation prompts include topics on how to be a good friend, mental health, responding to teasing and bullying, showing kindness in the face of adversity, the importance of self-talk, and more.

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]]> Book 2 Audio Affirmation: It’s Safe to Feel Big Feelings https://www.katiesoy.com/product/book-2-audio-affirmation-its-safe-to-feel-big-feelings Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:55:04 +0000 https://www.katiesoy.com/?post_type=product&p=1886 These audio recordings led by our firefly, Gem, are based on the themes for each story. The book 1 companion audio focuses on uplifting messages about being yourself, shining your light, and being fearless. The book 2 audio is all about safety feeling big feelings, kindness, and friendship. These affirmations will help your kids calmly focus their minds on positive stories and affirmations that will help them feel confident and resilient.

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]]> Book 1 – Conversation Guide https://www.katiesoy.com/product/book-1-conversation-guide Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:39:35 +0000 https://www.katiesoy.com/?post_type=product&p=1874 Corresponding to each audiobook, these PDF guides include themes from each story for discussion with the whole family. Conversation prompts include topics on how to be a good friend, mental health, responding to teasing and bullying, showing kindness in the face of adversity, the importance of self-talk, and more.

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]]> Book 1 Audio Affirmation: Be Confidently Being You https://www.katiesoy.com/product/book-1-audio-affirmation-be-confidently-being-you https://www.katiesoy.com/product/book-1-audio-affirmation-be-confidently-being-you#respond Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:33:17 +0000 https://www.katiesoy.com/?post_type=product&p=1871 These audio recordings led by our firefly, Gem, are based on the themes for each story. The book 1 companion audio focuses on uplifting messages about being yourself, shining your light, and being fearless. The book 2 audio is all about safety feeling big feelings, kindness, and friendship. These affirmations will help your kids calmly focus their minds on positive stories and affirmations that will help them feel confident and resilient.

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]]> https://www.katiesoy.com/product/book-1-audio-affirmation-be-confidently-being-you/feed 0 Book 1 – The Firefly and the Storm https://www.katiesoy.com/product/book-1-the-firefly-and-the-storm https://www.katiesoy.com/product/book-1-the-firefly-and-the-storm#respond Sat, 14 Aug 2021 08:43:17 +0000 https://www.katiesoy.com/?post_type=product&p=1720 About the story

Gem, an orphaned firefly adopted by grasshopper parents, wants the only thing in the world that she can’t have. Desperate to fit in, she wants to turn her glow off.  Growing up in a grasshopper village on a tropical island, she’s bullied and teased for her light at school.  Her parents enlist the help of a beloved village elder to help Gem learn to use her light and teach her how to become a bright, strong firefly.

Secretly, she wants to turn off her glow forever. But when her classmates are in grave danger, Gem's the only one who can save them. She faces the choice of becoming her true self or running away from the only home she’s ever known.

The first in the Gem's Island Adventures series, this story brings themes of belonging, owning your light, and learning from our elders - timeless lessons of the human experience - to young listeners.

Download the audiobook at the link below.

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Note to parents

This chapter of the young hero’s journey rings true for many of us, right? The loners, outcasts, weirdos, artists, and creators of the world. It’s about becoming who only you are meant to be. And it’s about growing up with lessons of failure, perfectionism, fear, diversity, belonging and so much more. Exposure to mental health tools at a young age can equip children to not only accept their uniqueness but embrace their differences as the superpowers that they are. This story touches on heartwarming poignant themes of diversity, adoption, nontraditional family models, and more.

I’ve been trained in NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) to facilitate subconscious shifts. This book uses guiding, persuasive language based on behavioral psychology and communication principles to help rewire negative subconscious stories that start for many of us at a young age.

story written & narrated by Katie Soy

illustrations by Jahje Ives

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]]> https://www.katiesoy.com/product/book-1-the-firefly-and-the-storm/feed 0 The Firefly and the Storm https://www.katiesoy.com/product/the-firefly-and-the-storm https://www.katiesoy.com/product/the-firefly-and-the-storm#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:59:22 +0000 http://www.katiesoy.com/?post_type=product&p=1290 About the story

Gem, an orphaned firefly adopted by grasshopper parents, wants the only thing in the world that she can’t have. Desperate to fit in, she wants to turn her glow off.  Growing up in a grasshopper village on a tropical island, she’s bullied and teased for her light at school.  Her parents enlist the help of a beloved village elder to help Gem learn to use her light and teach her how to become a bright, strong firefly.

Secretly, she wants to turn off her glow forever. But when her classmates are in grave danger, Gem's the only one who can save them. She faces the choice of becoming her true self or running away from the only home she’s ever known.

The first in the Gem's Island Adventures series, this story brings themes of belonging, owning your light, and learning from our elders - timeless lessons of the human experience - to young listeners.

Download the audiobook at the link below.

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Note to parents

This chapter of the young hero’s journey rings true for many of us, right? The loners, outcasts, weirdos, artists, and creators of the world. It’s about becoming who only you are meant to be. And it’s about growing up with lessons of failure, perfectionism, fear, diversity, belonging and so much more. Exposure to mental health tools at a young age can equip children to not only accept their uniqueness but embrace their differences as the superpowers that they are. This story touches on heartwarming poignant themes of diversity, adoption, nontraditional family models, and more.

I’ve been trained in NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) to facilitate subconscious shifts. This book uses guiding, persuasive language based on behavioral psychology and communication principles to help rewire negative subconscious stories that start for many of us at a young age.

story written & narrated by Katie Soy

illustrations by Jahje Ives

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