by Garth Sundem | Dec 8, 2021 | Digging Deep Project, Mental Health, Self Help, Social-Emotional Learning
This week, the U.S. Surgeon General warned of a youth mental health crisis, writing, “The coronavirus pandemic intensified a rise in adolescent depression, anxiety and mental health distress.” Working to improve mental health requires looking inward to...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Dec 1, 2021 | Digging Deep Project, Education/Parenting, Social-Emotional Learning
I lead the social-emotional learning curriculum for a K-8 school with a mission for gifted education and I wonder sometimes if self-awareness is a burden. I wonder this because some of our most successful students seem to lack self-awareness — they bring a kind...
by Garth Sundem | Nov 17, 2021 | Digging Deep Project, Education/Parenting, Self Help, Social-Emotional Learning
The Digging Deep Project is excited to announce publication of “The Shadow’s Edge Guide to Self-Awareness,” a social-emotional learning (SEL) workbook for teens. This engaging, high-visual guide is packed with engaging pen-and-paper activities...
by Guest Blogger | Oct 23, 2019 | Digging Deep Project, Uncategorized
Coming home after receiving a heartbreaking diagnosis from your doctor’s visit. Waking up with no voice, unable to hear. Losing a limb from a tragic accident. These are just some moments that can change a life in an instant. Where do you go? Who do you talk to? People...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Jun 12, 2019 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Education/Parenting
Everyone wants to feel special, right? Not necessarily. Many young people with serious or chronic illnesses talk about just wanting to feel normal. But it’s hard to feel normal when you’re bald from chemotherapy or everyone is staring at you as you roll past in a...
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