Scott Cranfield

The Wise Bear Stories are a powerful series of children’s personal development books, designed to help your child deal with the anxieties and emotional challenges they face in life, as well as giving them strategies to maximise their individual potential. In essence the stories help your child to develop a balanced mind.

As a father of 2 children (11 & 16) I am acutely aware of the mental challenge’s children face growing up in today’s world, and I wanted to use everything I knew from 30 years of coaching to help them grow up understanding 'How to Think' and not 'what to think' so they could cope with any challenge that life threw at them. For the last 8 years I have created stories to help them do just that but have only recently decided to publish after encouragement from friends and family who have experienced the benefit of the stories.

There are 6 stories in collection 1 of The Wise Bear Stories each covering a different aspect of life. For my family these have been wonderful bedtime stories, helping our children go off to sleep with a restful, calm and balanced mind, which means so do my wife and I! :)

I have been sharing the principles from these stories at many schools and received tremendous feedback from both teachers and pupils, accumulating in the UK’s leading broadcast channel The BBC filming a session. You can see the clip here… https://youtu.be/WcSvmW94tLM

The books work really well for 5 – 11 year old’s, although the principles apply to all ages!

My chief aim is for the stories to act as a ‘skilled’ preventative to potential mental health conditions. Giving your child the chance to learn these principles while they are young means they will learn the tools to maintain mental wellness throughout their life. A balanced mind is about the strongest guarantee you can give your child for mental wellbeing.

Recent research suggests that in USA approximately half of all American youth will have a diagnosable mental illness at some point before they are 18 (Child mind Institute) and in the UK as many as 1 in 6 young people (Anxiety UK) will experience an anxiety condition at some point in their lives, this means that up to 5 children in every state school class may be living with anxiety, whether that be OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), social anxiety and shyness, exam stress, worry or panic attacks. If there was a simple engaging medium such as stories that helped children (and parents) make sense of some of their challenges and bring their mind back to balance they might avoid mental health problems later on in life, as well as perform better now.

This is Where The Wise Bear Stories Can Help...

Wise Bear Stories are different… they are not morally based trying to teach right from wrong, nor do they always follow the common mindset models often promoted. Instead they share timeless principles of true human behaviour, which whilst known for centuries, is understood very little and coached even less. The strapline for Wise Bear is… ‘Helping You Through Life’s Journey’ and that's exactly what I hope Wise Bear will do for your child and your family, and other families across the World.

Each story ends with an affirmation and a short exercise to reinforce the lesson your child has been reading about. This is a great opportunity to work with your child and help them apply the lessons directly to their own life. I have already had many parents say they too are benefiting from the lessons! :)

Without doubt working on these stories has been the most inspiring work I have ever done. It's a project that has utilized and combined my 30 years of coaching and my 15 years as a father.

To give you a little more background on me... i am a PGA Master Professional and have coached at the highest level for over 30 years, appearing on TV, radio, magazines, as well as hosting multiple seminars and being a key note speaker. My coaching covers subjects from life coaching and family relationships, to sport and business. You can read my story here www.scottcranfield.com