Pastoral Care: Contemplative & Mental Health Practices for Children & Youth

shared a free downloadable poster of 5 Steps to Managing Big Emotions.

Poetry Unbound: incorporate poetry into a personal or group contemplative practice, worship/liturgical element, or fodder for small group discussions among tweens, teens and/or adults.

Listen to the trailer and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Overcast, or wherever you listen.

Why Mindfulness Is a Super Power

You Are Not Your Thoughts

The Labyrinth Society has a page of resources specifically for children.

Mindfulness Exercises for Children
Virtual Calming Room
Free Weekly Printables from GoZen

Quicksheets #78 Social/Emotional Health is a downloadable inventory that includes practices and activities - to share in small groups or for youth to practice on their own - to help them assess and engage with their emotional well-being.

iBme's website is informative. Retreats and courses may be life-changing.

Making Friends with Yourself: A Mindful Self-Compassion Program for Teens

8-week study on health and well-being via meditation and spiritual practices; online-friendly.

Includes Student Guide, Leader Guide, and free guide for leading virtually.

offering free online Mindfulness Classes for Kids.

Michel Gribble offers free online Story and Stretch (and other) videos along with liturgical elements and curriculum and Mindfulness and Meditation options.

Praying with Mandalas: teaches what mandalas are; includes a free downloadable mandala; and comes as an ecourse; youth-adults.

EmpowerU is built to help teens deal with stress and anxiety, including weekly free toolkits and a semester-long curriculum.

MYCepaz is a teen guide to mental well-being and includes calming yoga videos and several links to Mindfulness and Meditation sites, along with resources and supports for emergency interventions; includes a downloadable app to take mindfulness practices for use anywhere and anytime.

Strengthening Resilience: Promoting Positive School Mental Health Among Indigenous Youth

Mountain Plains MHTTC

University of Rochester Medical Center's Behavioral Health Partners' Melissa Nunes-Harwitt, LMSW, shares a method called Hand on Heart, to help ease a racing mind/anxiety.

shared 23 CHILDREN’S BOOKS ABOUT EMOTIONS FOR KIDS WITH BIG FEELINGS which is broken down by age group - toddler through young adult - along with books for parents

 has 21 Awesome Kids Books Exploring Feelings and Emotions.

offers several books for CHILDREN on noticing and coping with big feelings:

• I Calm Down: A Book about Working through Strong Emotions
• I Feel: A Book about Recognizing and Understanding Emotions
• Calm Down Time
  • which also comes in Spanish
• Exploring Emotions: A Mindfulness Guide to Understanding Feelings
• Sometimes When I’m Sad
• 1-2-3 My Feelings and Me
• Put Your Worries Away
• Face Your Fears
• Stress Can Really Get on Your Nerves

They also offer book bundles, such as their:

• Mental Health Resources for Kids
• Everyday Mindfulness Series
• Everyday Feelings Series which includes a Leader’s Guide to Everyday Feelings
• Best Behavior Series (5 titles which are also published in Spanish; ages 4 to 7):
  • Worries Are Not Forever
  • Waiting Is Not Forever
  • Germs Are Not for Sharing
  • Words Are Not for Hurting
  • and Hands Are Not for Hitting
• Best Behavior Board Book Series (ages 1-4; some different titles than the 4-7 iteration; also published in Spanish)

 offers several books for helping YOUTH deal with a range of emotions.

• Their Self-Help for Teens Series includes (among other titles):
  • The Struggle to Be Strong: True Stories by Teens about Overcoming Tough Times
  • Fighting Invisible Tigers: Stress Management for Teens
  • The Teen Guide to Global Action: How to Connect with Others (Near & Far) to Create Social Change
  • When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens