Self-Care for Humans Comics, Affirmations, and Meditations to Calm Your Inner Stress-Monster

A full-color illustrated book filled with friendly and whimsical illustrations, creative prompts, and healing meditations for readers searching for quiet and calm in this loud and overwhelming time.

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Vida Rose narrates short animations of whimsical doodles on her TikTok and Instagram, offering practical self-care advice for tired, stressed, and overwhelmed scrollers. Her expressive and simple style of line-art drawing and her soothing tone are both comforting and practical, affirming and thought-provoking.

In this colorful book featuring all new illustrations, her noodle-armed characters—called "helpers"—guide the reader through common human concepts and experiences: body care, emotions, energy, createivity, transitions, forgiveness, and love. Each chapter offers contemplations, creative prompts, meditations, and coping skills around one of these themes.

Vida Rose is a breath of fresh air in the world of online wellness. Known for her soothing voice and simple line drawings, her videos cover topics from creativity to mental health to self-care. What makes her stand out is her sense of humor and ability to break down big concepts and make them cute, fun, and accessible. Vida is continuously delving into the inquiry of what it means to take care of oneself, and sharing what she learns along the way. She lives in Seattle where she teaches and makes art.

Find her on TikTok and Instagram @comics_and_selfcare.