Tuesday Treasures - In My Heart
Episode 9 · Naming big feelings · Released June 30, 2026 · 6:53
A tender look at the whole range of emotions living inside every child, from big and loud to small and quiet. The gentle framing helps young listeners feel understood rather than overwhelmed.
This episode is part of StoryBeam, a kids' story podcast co-hosted by a mom and her young daughter at the heart of StoryBeam Kids — a closed, parent-reviewed audio app with no open search and no algorithmic next-up.
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What to expect in this episode
A feelings-vocabulary book: happy, brave, mad, calm, broken, sad, hopeful, afraid, silly, shy — each named and normalized, including "mean words hurt" and a mad heart that "feels like it's going to explode," all framed safely.
The moral: Every feeling is okay — hearts hold all of them, and naming them helps.
Keep it going — ask your kid:
- How does your heart feel right now?
- What does your heart do when it's mad?
- What fixes your heart when it feels broken?
From our own listen-through of this episode. Asking a question or two after a story is "dialogic reading" — one of the best-evidenced boosts to early language. More on how we review everything in Parent Corner.