The stoke is not your imagination! A @Deakin study found that structured, six-week surf therapy programs significantly reduce anxiety, depression, and ADHD symptoms in youth while improving resilience, self-esteem, and social connectedness. Keep Surrrrfin
Art by @MattAllen_Art
So fun reading the @Mop_Rides books with kids in Big Sky Montana. They all agreed Mop needs to go snowboarding in the next edition. I couldn’t agree more
Sharing this new (for me) spin on an old meditation practice that I really love. Let me know if you try it or have your own way of practicing 🙏🤙✨ (also metta is spelled with two ts but closed captions 🤪)
Ran into @MattAllen_Art - illustrator of the @mop_rides books and creator of so much rad ocean art - on a road trip north for his OCN Culture art show tomorrow in San Anselmo. If you’re in the north bay go check out his photos and prints & maybe get a MOP book signed 🤙🛸🌊
To any of my new followers, here’s a friendly reminder that the Saltwater Buddha feature documentary is up on YouTube. I think I’m also posting this to manifest more surfing in warm waters. https://t.co/M7CT5FKUAo
Change is in the air - especially if you’re a cloud becoming a rain drop for the first time. Absolute blast reading THE ADVENTURES OF DRIP AND DROP to a lively crowd at @blackbirdbooksf this week! Left many signed copies. If you’re out shopping support your local indie bookstore
Thank you Sibley! Nice to see Drip and Drop readers making the connection between the science of the water cycle and the interconnection between us.
https://t.co/qImpAxzZGH
Happy Fathers Day Dad! Love surfing with you more than anybody (except Mom - haha). Thanks for being a rad dad - helping me breathe through the scary waves and believe in myself. Love you as wide as the seas on all the planets in the universe!
Mop
Fin unboxing The Adventures of Drip and Drop. Such a joy to get to write kidlit and have kids in the appropriate zone. Really love the way this book turned out. @MattAllen_Art did a stellar job w illustrations - just like all the @Mop_Rides books https://t.co/qImpAxzZGH
THE ADVENTURES OF DRIP AND DROP have officially dropped into bookstores everywhere! An adventure about the water cycle- but it’s also about embracing feelings & breathing into the unknown.
If your family struggles w transitions ya might want to check it out
Art @MattAllen_Art
THE ADVENTURES OF DRIP AND DROP are out today! Thank you to @MattAllen_Art and @parallaxpress @penguinrandomhouse for bringing these agents of change into the world. We had a blast making it. Grab one anywhere books are sold! https://t.co/q5WVcuujvt
Getting back to writing after the holidays is tough but these amazing cards are such a boost. Thank you to all the @city_of_dragons and @mop_rides fans who worked so hard on em! Love you guys! 🙏🏽🐉❤️🌊
The one and olnly @Mop_Rides illustrator, @MattAllen_Art, be reading the first book and hosting a stamp workshop this Saturday at #DaydreamSurfShop in Orange County. 10 am. Check it out if you’re in the neighborhood!
Hit up @UrijahFaber yesterday to see if he was around for the holidays. He said I’m hopping on a plane to @KSWaveCo in 30 minutes. Did I want join? Um…..okay 🤯 Thank you thank you for an insane day @kellyslater and Urijah. You guys are the kindest of legends.
Reminder from @mop_rides: when those uncomfortable feelings come, take a breath and feel the sensations in your body…. They come and go like waves.
Art by @mattallen_art from Mop Rides the Waves of Courage
Last stop on this west coast book tour I popped through the one and only @bookshopsc to sign the whole @city_of_dragons@mop_rides spectrum. Didn’t hurt there was a nice south pumping through. Thank to the super warm staff!