Mental Health

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

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!

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