Letting the Thief Who Stole my Peace finally Know who is Boss

About the Book

Nine-year-old Punchi is on another adventure—this time it is to catch a thief! She has always been a deep thinker, and after spending a week with her granny, she’s following a good routine to keep fear, doubt, and worry at bay. But with the help of a friend, Joy, she realizes that her own mind can’t always be trusted. It is capable of lying and other things that can lead her astray. Even worse, Punchi is convinced that if her mind is left unsupervised, it will try to steal her peace, joy, and happiness. So she sets off to find out how to bring peace back into her crazy monkey mind; through practice, she hopes to get it to quiet down and stop it from jumping like a jack-in-the-box. In this children’s story, a girl named Punchi continues her adventures in self-care as she looks for ways to calm her mind and stop it from stealing her peace.

About the Author

Manel Halliday is a trained clinical family therapist and mental health clinician who has worked extensively with children, young adults, and their families in both private and public sector for more than thirty-fi ve years. She lives in Australia and spends several months in an ashram in India each year, following a routine that focuses on selfl ess service, silent yoga, meditation retreats, and environmentally sustainable community living.