Mental Health

Helping you and your kids navigate a range of mental health struggles, from anxiety to autism to depression and everything in between.

How to Use RAIN Meditation to Manage Anxiety | What is RAIN meditation and how can it help with anxiety? In this post we cover Tara Brach's script for meditation, the benefits of RAIN, and how to practice it. Ease your anxiety, improve self-esteem, reduce stress, improve emotional regulation, reduce blood pressure, soothe your nervous system, and so much more with these 7 beginner meditation tips! Learn how to recognize, accept, investigate, and nurture to reduce your anxiety.

How to Use RAIN Meditation to Manage Anxiety and Difficult Emotions

50 Journal Prompts for Self-Love and Healing | Are you ready to prioritize self care, build confidence, and celebrate YOU? In this post, we explain the benefits of journaling as part of your self care routine, how to journal - and stay consistent with it - and we share 50 prompts for cultivating self-love and confidence. Add these prompts to your morning or nighttime routine for 30 days to see your emotional regulation steady, your confidence grow, and your stress reduce.

50 Journal Prompts for Self-Love and Healing

How to Do Progressive Muscle Relaxation: 8 Tips for Beginners | What is progressive muscle relaxation? If you've been looking for tips, techniques and exercises to reduce stress and anxiety, this post is for you! Learn the benefits of progressive muscle relaxation and beginner tips and steps on how to do it at home! Progressive muscle relaxation is perfect for kids, teens, and adults, helping to improve sleep and focus, reduce blood pressure and inflammation, and create a positive mindset.

How to Do Progressive Muscle Relaxation: 8 Tips for Beginners

7 Visualization Techniques for Manifestation | What is manifestation, visualization, and the law of attraction? How can visualization help with manifestation? If you're looking to learn more about how to manifest what you want, this post explains how to use visualization as part of your daily routine to create your dream life. From writing in a journal, to creating a mood board, to mind-mapping, and more, use these strategies work!

7 Visualization Techniques for Manifestation

How to Reduce Cognitive Dissonance | What is cognitive dissonance? If you're trying to improve your mental health, this post explains the type of mental discomfort that results from believing two conflicting ideas, values, or attitudes. You will learn different types of cognitive dissonance plus tips and activities to make healing possible. We all experience cognitive dissonance, but learning to recognize the signs and symptoms and acting proactively can improve your mental resilience.

How to Reduce Cognitive Dissonance for Better Mental Health

14 Sleep Hygiene Tips for Anxiety | The relationship between sleep and mental health is huge. Anxiety can cause insomnia, and sleep deprivation makes anxiety symptoms worse. It can feel as though you're caught in a negative loop that's impossible to break. Thankfully, there are many simple habits you can add to your morning and evening routines to help you fall asleep faster and get better quality sleep overall, so you wake up feeling refreshed and in control. Click for more!

14 Sleep Hygiene Tips for Anxiety to Help You Fall Asleep Faster

28 Mindful Morning Routine Ideas for Kids | Mindfulness isn't just for adults - it's for kids too - and starting the day off with intention can reduce stress and anxiety, increase focus and academic performance, boost self-esteem and self-control, and help with emotional regulation. If finding the time to practice morning mindfulness with children sounds impossible, this post has simple tips and ideas you can try before school to set everyone up for a positive day.

28 Mindful Morning Routine Ideas for Kids

55 Journal Prompts for Self-Discovery | Contrary to popular belief, journalling isn't just for kids, tweens, and teens. Writing in a journal on the regular can reduce stress, improve your mood, and help you identify triggers and work through challenges. If you want to improve your mental health, journaling is a great first step. Not sure how to get started? This post has tons of tips and prompts for self-improvement, helping you set goals, experience gratitude, and practice self-love.

55 Journal Prompts for Self-Discovery and Self-Growth

Cognitive Defusion 101: How to Unhook From Negative Thoughts | Widely used as a skill in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), cognitive defusion, also known as deliteralization, is the practice of separating oneself from their thoughts. It's particularly helpful with those experiencing anxiety and/or depression. If you need help challenging cognitive distortions, this post is a great place to start. We're sharing a list of 8 simple tips and techniques for adults and for kids that work!

Cognitive Defusion 101: How to Unhook From Negative Thoughts

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