Mindfulness Meditation

HEADSPACE - App
This meditation app and website offers evidence-based tools to support mental health, happiness, and habit formation. It has a free trial, but a subscription is needed for continued use.

INSIGHT TIMER - App
This free mobile app uses virtual “bells” to time and support your meditations. It also provides access to lots of guided meditations by many different meditation teachers.

CALM - App
This free website and mobile app provides guided meditation and relaxation exercises.

Emotional Regulation

Permision to Feel - Book
Mark Brackett empowers readers to tap into their emotions and cultivate greater emotional intelligence for a healthier and happier state of being.

“How to Teach Emotion Intelligence” - Article
Marc Brackett’s “RULER” acronym provides quick and easy steps for teaching emotional intelligence.

The Emotional Lives of Teenagers - Book
Lisa Damour offers invaluable advice for parents and educators seeking to comprehend and assist teenagers in their emotional growth.

Multiple Articles
Lisa Damour’s website contains a list of articles covering a broad range of topics relating to teens emotional health.

Anger Thermometer - Printout
The anger thermometer visually shows anger levels using varying degrees of "heat" to help manage and resolve conflicts.

Anxiety

What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety - Book
Dawn Huebner’s workbook helps children manage anxiety through relatable examples and exercises.

Rethinking anxiety: Learning to face fear - TedTalk
Dawn Huebner redefines anxiety and offers constructive strategies for managing it.

Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents - Book
Lynn Lyons explores the complex relationship between anxious children and their parents and gives families tools to promote resilience, confidence, and calm.

The Anxiety Audit - Book
Lynn Lyons offers practical strategies to manage and reduce anxiety.

Flusterclux - Podcast
This weekly podcast is full of relatable stories and concrete strategies for dealing with worry and big feelings.

Up and Down the Worry Hill - Book
Aureen Pinto Wagner utilizes the metaphor of riding a bike up a hill and then coasting down to share Cognitive Behavioral Therapy strategies she uses to treat anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Authentic Relationship

“Brené Brown on What it Really Means To Trust” - Article
Brené Brown explains the complexity of trust—how it’s gained, how it’s lost, and why trusting ourselves is so important.

The Braving Inventory - Printout
The Braving Inventory is Brené Brown's worksheet for discussing values, bridging differences in groups.

Parenting

How to Raise an Adult - Book
Julie LythCott Haims offers a guide for parents on fostering emotional well-being in teenagers - enabling them to become independent, resilient, and successful adults.

The Growth Mindset - Video
Carol Dweck and Sal Khan discuss the power of a growth mindset in children, emphasizing the need for resilience and adaptability for success in a changing world.

The Secret to Raising a Resilient Kid - Article
In this article Erik Vance discusses the significance of resilience and how challenges play a crucial role in children's growth into resilient individuals.