Where It All Began
I didn't set out to write children's books. I set out to be the best possible parent I could be — and somewhere in that journey, I discovered a language that gave shape to what I had always intuitively felt was true: the way we raise our children, the stories we tell them, and the moments we choose to be fully present with them are among the most powerful forces in shaping who they become.
That language was Positive Psychology — the science of human flourishing. As I dove deeper into its research and principles, something quietly remarkable happened: I recognized myself in it. The principles weren't new instructions to follow, they were a reflection of what I had already been living, loving, and believing in as a parent. Finding Positive Psychology felt less like learning and more like coming home.
What moved me most was realizing how naturally these ideas belong in childhood, not as lessons imposed, but as seeds planted. When children grow up with words for their emotions, with stories that model empathy and resilience, those concepts become part of how they see themselves and the world. Blooming Petals grew from that realization that the stories we read together, in those quiet moments between a big human and a little human, are quietly shaping everything.
“The foundations we lay in our children allow the scaffolding of their lives to be built — and to be steady. This series is my offering to that foundation.”
What I Believe
I believe that parents matter more than they often give themselves credit for and that they are asked to do an enormous job with very little preparation. We pour everything into our children in those early years, and then too often step back too soon, trusting that the values and tools we've shared will hold on their own. But children need us to keep showing up, keep modelling, keep practicing alongside them.
I also believe that the work of flourishing is not just for children. As adults we sometimes find ourselves needing to relearn — or learn for the first time — tools that could have been ours from the beginning. Blooming Petals is for the little humans who deserve a head start, and for the big humans reading alongside them who deserve a gentle reminder that these lessons are for everyone.
My deepest hope is that the language of Positive Psychology becomes a natural part of everyday family conversation, not a clinical term, not a self-help concept, but a living vocabulary that children carry into adulthood, already fluent in the art of knowing themselves.
About Linda
Linda Grubic is a Human Flourishing Consultant and ICF Certified Coach. She works with individuals and organizations through workshops, programs, and speaking engagements centred on the science of happiness and the principles of Positive Psychology.
She is also a parent and she considers that her most foundational credential of all. It was through her own journey in raising children, and her deep immersion in the world of human flourishing, that the Blooming Petals series took shape: six books, six pillars, one world — Blossom Town — where every little character navigates a real emotion and discovers, with the help of a caring companion, that they have everything they need within them.
Linda speaks, teaches, and coaches on the conviction that wellbeing is not a destination but a practice. And it is one that is most powerfully seeded in childhood.
To bring Linda in for a school visit, author event, workshop, or speaking engagement, visit the Contact page or reach out directly at bloomingpetalsbooks@gmail.com.