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How to Get Over Your Fear of Flying | If you suffer from aerophobia, this collection of 17 tips and ideas will make overcoming your anxieties and phobias related to airports, airplanes, and flying more manageable so you can travel more comfortably without medication. #fearofflying #aerophobia #aviophobia #phobias #anxiety #mentalhealth

How to Get Over Your Fear of Flying: 17 Tips to Overcome Aerophobia

If your kids are prone to after school temper tantrums, this post explains why they occur, how to identify triggers, and the best coping strategies to prevent an after school emotional meltdown. Perfect for kids of all ages and abilities, included special needs kids with autism, sensory processing disorder, and ADHD, these parenting tips will also help your children with self-control and self-regulation! #tantrums #meltdowns #backtoschool #autism #SPD #ADHD #specialneeds #parenting #parenting101

The After School Emotional Meltdown: 15 Preventative Tips for Parents

17 Tools to Include in a Calm Down Kit for Kids | Does your child suffer from anxiety that makes self-regulation difficult? Perfect for children in preschool, kindergarten, middle school, and beyond (even for teens!), we’re sharing 6 coping skills and 17 calming tools to help your child with anger management and explosive feelings at home, in the classroom, and while on the go. #anxiety #mentalhealth #selfregulation #selfregulationactivities #zonesofregulation #selfcontrol #autism #calmdownkit

23 Tips for Creating an Effective Calm Down Kit for Your Anxious Child

Journal Prompts for Women | If you’re looking for inspiration to help you get started with journaling, we’ve got 90 daily journal prompts! Some are fun while others are serious, so you can pick and choose depending on your mood. Whether you prefer a ‘this is me’ approach, need a guided journal, or prefer freestyle writing in a blank notebook, there are 3, 30 day lists to keep you motivated to get your thoughts on paper. #journal #journaling #journalprompts #writingprompts #mentalhealth #selfcare

Journal Prompts for Women: 90 Journaling Prompts for Self Discovery

Therapy Toys for Special Needs Kids | 19 easy and fun occupational therapist approved toys for kids with developmental delays like autism, sensory processing disorder, and cerebral palsy. Perfect for use in speech therapy, play therapy, occupational therapy, and at home, these products and activities help kids develop their gross motor and fine motor skills, aid in language development, and help improve cognitive skills.

19 Therapist-Approved Therapy Toys and Games for Special Needs Kids

Visual Schedules for Children with Autism | Looking for daily routine charts to use in the classroom? Need free printables to use at home? Looking for DIY daily and weekly visual schedules for autistic children? From simple charts that teach life skills, to behavior support ideas, to portable PECS pictures, learn how to make your own visual routines and where to buy ready made communication boards that last.

Visual Schedules for Children with Autism: How and Why They Work!

How to Stay Calm When Your Child is Yelling | Want to know how to stay calm as a parent, even when your children are out of control? We’re sharing 9 tips for moms and dads who want to know how to be more patient, calm, and present with their kids. Whether your child is just misbehaving, or struggles with developmental delays like ADHD, autism, sensory processing disorder, and/or ODD, these behavior management tips will help!

Special Needs Parenting: How to Stay Calm When Your Child is Yelling

Autism and School Anxiety | 13 tips and coping skills to help kids with Asperger syndrome, autism, and sensory processing disorder handle feelings of anxiety and overwhelm in the classroom (and beyond). We’ve included tips for teaching students with autism as well as our favorite products and ideas to help parents empower their anxious kids and teach appropriate self-regulation at school and at home.

Autism and School Anxiety: 13 Tips to Help ASD Kids Cope in the Classroom

Anxiety in Children | Everything you need to know about the signs and symptoms of childhood anxiety (stomachaches, lack of sleep, school anxiety, etc.), the best parenting tips for mom and dad, and 7 coping skills and activities for kids with big worries. #anxiety #mentalhealth #kidstherapy #playtherapy

Anxiety in Children: 15 Tips and Coping Strategies to Teach Self-Regulation

Journaling for Depression | This post is PACKED with tips and ideas to teach you how to get started with journaling for anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues. Whether you prefer to write your truths on paper, or need a guided journal (we love our bullet journal!), we’ll teach you how to start a journal and keep your thoughts and creativity flowing with 33 journal prompts for depression!

Journaling for Depression and Anxiety: 33 Journal Prompts for Mental Health

Essential Oils for Autism and Sensory Processing Disorder | If you’re looking for natural remedies for autism to help alleviate symptoms of stress, anxiety, insomnia, anger, aggression, lack of focus, ADHD, etc., we’re sharing our favorite single oils you can use to create your own recipes and blends, as well as our recommended doTERRA and Young Living essential oil blends for kids.

Beginners Guide to Essential Oils for Autism and Sensory Processing

Anxiety and Autism | With over 23 coping strategies and anxiety activities for kids, we’re sharing our best tips and strategies to help children with autism, sensory processing disorder, and other special needs deal with the feelings of anxiety, stress, and nervousness they often experience at home and in the classroom. These coping skills and play therapy ideas will help and inspire parents and teachers alike!

Anxiety and Autism: 23 Coping Strategies and Activities for Kids

How to Take Care of Yourself | As a woman (and as a mom), it can often feel impossible to find ways to incorporate self care into our weekly routines. Taking care of our emotional health is important both physically and mentally, and we’ve got 34 tips and tricks to teach you proper stress relief and anxiety relief for a healthy, happy existence!

How to Take Care of Yourself: 34 Stress Relief Tips for Busy Moms

6 Yoga Poses for Stress Relief & Anxiety | Whether you suffer from chronic anxiety and/or depression, or need stress management techniques to help restore a sense of balance and calm, these simple yet effective yoga poses are perfect for beginners and beyond! Not only will they help you reach a state of Zen and relaxation, but they will also help you enjoy restorative sleep. Namaste!

How to Reduce Stress and Anxiety: 6 Yoga Poses for Stress Relief

30 Play Therapy Activities for Kids | 30 simple therapeutic activities for children you can use in a counseling setting or at home to help a child express their emotions surrounding a trauma or ongoing feelings of anxiety. Perfect for toddlers, kids in preschool, school-aged kids, for tweens and teens, and kids with autism, ADHD, and anxiety, these activities offer a great way to teach healthy anger management and coping skills.

Play Therapy Techniques: 30 Therapeutic Activities for Children

Breathing Techniques for Anxiety in Children | If you’re looking for simple relaxation techniques and breathing exercises for kids that work at home and in the classroom, we’ve got 10 ideas to help. These calming activities are perfect for anxiety and stress as well as anger management, and help teach healthy coping skills so kids can calm down on their own when big emotions strike.

Breathing Techniques for Anxiety: 10 Calming Activities for Kids

Gluten Free Casein Free Diet for Autism | The GFCF diet is one of many alternative autism treatments, and some parents see an improvement in autism behaviors when they put their child on a gluten free and dairy free diet. We’re sharing our best beginner tips for a smooth transition to the diet as well as 20 of our favorite kid-approved GFCF recipes to help get you started.

Gluten Free Casein Free Diet for Autism: 29 Tips & Recipes for Parents

DIY Good Behavior Chart for Kids | Looking for a reward system to support your positive reinforcement efforts with children either at home or at school? Perfect for parents trying to control rambunctious boys, teachers trying to enforce classroom rules, and moms who desperately want their morning routines to run smoother, these ideas also work well with special needs kids with autism, ADHD, etc.

Positive Parenting: DIY Good Behavior Chart for Young Kids

21 Sensory Break Activities for Kids | Also known as ‘brain breaks’ & ‘movement breaks’, these sensory breaks for kids are perfect to help students with ADD, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, autism & other developmental delays calm down & focus in the classroom. Perfect for teachers & parents, these fun ideas also develop gross motor skills, improve self-regulation & help with behavior management in the classroom.

Sensory Integration at School: 21 Sensory Break Activities for Kids

7 Home Remedies for Anxiety and Panic Attacks | From essential oils to simple relaxation techniques to deep breathing exercises to help you calm down, this collection of 7 tips to help relieve overwhelming stress and anxiety at home and at work is a must read for those in need of natural anxiety relief!

7 Home Remedies for Anxiety and Panic Attacks That Actually Work!

11 Phrases to Calm an Anxious Child | The internet is full of all the things you should never say to an anxious child as well as great coping skills and tips about children and anxiety, but what parents really need is a list of things to say to an anxious child when big emotions take over. We're sharing 11 ideas and our favorite anxiety books for kids!

How to Help Kids with Anxiety: 11 Phrases to Calm an Anxious Child