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A few years ago, two CDs were released: "You Are Great!" and "You Are Awesome'" by Carsten Sommerskov. These CDs contain stories for children in the age-groups of 4-7 years and 8-12 years. These stories are not just a story, but also a fantasy journey that focuses on boosting the child's self-esteem through positive messages and repeating affirmation.

In my clinical practice as a child psychologist, I have, throughout the years, frequently recommended these CDs for children who needed more relaxation and my own copies of these CDs are well worn. Thus, it is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that there are now 5 additional stories from Carsten Sommerskov.

The stories are called: The Queen’s Council, The Cuttly Cuties, The Ocean King, The Zoo. Each story lasts for around 20 to 25 minutes. There is a soothing background music that fits beautifully with the process in the stories. Each story is structured so that it starts with the child either sitting or lying down, and closing their eyes.

The child is then guided into focusing on his body, getting a comforting and relaxed feeling. And then begins an enchanting fantasy journey. The child is the protagonist of the story and it meets challenges along the way, as well as friendly helpers that help the child cope with the challenges that it will meet. Each story contains delightful symbols for the child. All of the stories have a focus on the child as someone specially chosen; specially good, sweet and wonderful. This allows the stories to give the child a sense of value; and appreciation of the child for just being the person he or she is.

Child Psychologist, Marie Elbinger Gramstrup, continues:

In my practice as a child psychologist, I meet with both the parents and the children. The children may be having difficulties in kindergarten or school, in their family, or with themselves. I often work with relaxation and a form of body-scanning as a means for creating relaxed and safe environment when I am working with the child. I give the child a sense of being appreciated; and then, we work together with the child's thoughts, feelings and behavior; and how they themselves can influence their own thoughts, feelings and behavior despite the fact that they feel they are in difficult situations. It is the younger children, in particular, that need this kind of work, which is done as a kind of game with the help of symbols and fantasies.

Child Psychologist
Marie Elbinger Gramstrup
Authorized Child Psychologist

Positive Mental training brings peace and an overall sense of wellbeing into Preschools.

Dear Carsten Sommerskov.

When I called you in February to purchase your CDs for our kids here at our preschool, you asked if we would write a bit about our experiences with them. It has now been around 3 months since our last contact, and we have learned a lot!

We have begun with the mental “workout” as we experienced that most of our 60 kids were restless, noisy and, well, a bit too much!  We noticed that most of “our kids” simply had more than they could manage during the course of the day. From arriving early in the morning and playing with the others non-stop until they are picked up by their parents. Then going on to the various after-school activities like swimming, football, girl or boy scouts, etc. This is all fine, but when do these youngsters have the chance to relax? We felt that this would have a chance of happening by using the Positive Mental Training CDs. And, while listening to these stories, it would help the kids to build their self-confidence and build on their best behaviors, like being a good friend and playmate, being nice, being friendly, etc. And, this would help the kids cultivate a sense of inner peace which would result in them being calmer and have a greater sense of balance.

In Preschool, we have the kids divided up by their ages, so we had a chance to observe the effect of the Positive Mental Training on each group; the 3, 4, 5 and 6 year olds.

The 3 to 4 year olds:

Each child lies down on their individual mat and rests during our quiet time. There are some of the kids that are boisterous when we first start to listen to the story. We go over to them and rub their back or do a little massage on their feet – and this helps them to quiet down and just listen to the story. After our Mental Training time, the kids get less wound-up during their playtime, and the noise level in the room is much easier to be in.

The 4 to 5 year olds:

  With this group, we can really notice a difference. Before we began using the Positive Mental Training, there was a lot of restlessness, agitation and disturbance. Now that we have started using the Positive Mental Training, we feel like we have been given completely new kids! They have become more peaceful, more balanced and the atmosphere is supportive and caring. And, there is not as much ‘acting out’ as there was before. Some of the parents from this group have said: ”This is a completely new child we have been given!” (This is meant positively). The parents as also said that they can clearly notice a difference in their child when we do the Positive Mental Training on that day, or not. (We do try to do it each day). The kids themselves have also come to us and asked how soon before they would get to do the Positive Mental Training again. Fantastic!

The 5 to 6 year olds:
These kids are also so happy for the Mental Training. They lie perfectly still and listen to the stories. The children in this group (just as in the other groups) have begun to be more relaxed and calm. They are definitely not as restless now as they were before we began with the Positive Mental Training.
       

To be honest, I cannot tell what exactly it is that the Positive Mental Training is doing for our kids, but I can say that it has helped them to feel cared for and secure. This in turn has helped them to develop their ability to feel positive about themselves and others. They have developed a wonderful sense of inner peace and harmony, and have changed gears to make the classroom a very happy place. Positive Mental Training is highly recommended!

Yours Truly,

Maria P.

Children with a greater sense of self-confidence and self-esteem.

Emails received from our previous customers:
Markus, who is 7 years old, has grown at least 1 year in maturity since he began listening to ”You Are Awesome!” for a few weeks. We actually had no idea he was having any problems, but he is so happy to go to bed each night with this CD. He says: ”You know what, Dad? This is the best way to go to sleep! I feel so relaxed.”
Our Simone, who is 4 years old, was not able to tell us herself about how she felt about the CD ”You are great!”, but we ‘grown-ups’ began to see that she is having fewer tantrums after she had listened to this CD for a period of time. Simone is happily ready to listen to it when she can begin to notice herself that she is feeling tired.
Our experience with both of these CDs has been fantastic! We need to remember that the most positive results will happen when our kids themselves like to listen to the CDs.
Sincerely yours – and thanks for some wonderful experiences for our kids.
Peter and Chris

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Hi!
Well, I am totally speechless!
I bought Carsten Sommerskov’s CD: “You Are Awesome!”
My son, Valdemar, who will soon be 9 years old, is the reason I bought this CD. He was being teased and bullied, and pretty much pushed beyond his limits at school.

We had him and his sister (8 years old) listen to the first story just before bedtime, without them knowing what they were going to hear. And, to be honest, I had not been able to listen to it before the kids did either.
 
I checked in with them around 20 minutes after the story had begun, and I thought they were sleeping. They were snuggled under their blankets and lying with their eyes closed. But, then I noticed that Valdemar had the biggest and most beautiful smile on his face. I stayed around until the end of the story and when it was over, Valdemar said to me: “Mom, I feel so good! I want to hear this every single day, ok? I think this is going to help me feel better about myself and to feel better when I am at school. Tomorrow, I think I am going to ask some of the kids I never play with if they want to play with me.”

Yes, I was simply speechless... and so very happy!

Please send my most appreciative and warm greetings to Carsten Sommerskov.

Sincerely,
Lea P.
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It has been about a month since we bought the CD ”You Are Great!” from Sommerskov International Inc., which has some great stories on it. Our oldest daughter, who is around 4 ½ loves to hear these bedtime stories. To be honest, I also enjoy falling asleep to these wonderful stories myself.

It is so important for me that my kids are able to have a greater sense of self-esteem and confidence than I had as a child. I am convinced that the stories on this CD will give just the right nudge to send them in that direction. Thank you!

Mark R.
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Our kids are these ‘balls of fire’ that have a real hard time calming down when it gets close to bedtime. They have a hard time concentrating on what we ask them to do, and want to see and hear everything that is going on around them.

I found Carsten Sommerskov’s CDs online, and though I had never heard of them, I went ahead and bought both of them. There was something in me that intuitively knew that these were going to be good for our kids.

Our kids listen to these CDs every night at bedtime and afterwards we turn out the lights. They fall quickly to sleep and sleep peacefully all night long. They stopped jumping out of bed and have a deep and restful sleep with has resulted in a much more relaxed and peaceful approach to our daily life. My son said to me after he heard the CD for the first time “Mom, this is made just for kids. And he is really talking to me!”

I do not have a single doubt that our kids believe more in themselves; and that they are able to really be themselves, much more than before. These CDs have made a huge difference in our kids’ lives. Thank you so much.

Lesley E.  

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