Articles and Resources
Addicted to Bad News
“I think I have just been so overwhelmed by everything bad about the world, instead of seeing the large amount of good there still is.”
Helping Your Child Who Suffers From Anxiety
Marie Villeza with Elder Impact shares tips on how to help kids deal with anxiety.
Resources for Grief Due to Gun Violence
We wanted to share some resources for those dealing with grief due to gun violence – because many of us are grieving this tragedy from all over the country – as well as resources on how to talk to your kids about it.
Beat The Summer Blues – A Guide For Success
Whether your summer plans include a staycation or an extended vacation away, you can use this guide to help you plan, prepare, and get organized for a great summer.
Cultural Competence in Healthcare: Are We Doing Enough?
How to close the gap between cultural competence on paper and the actual embodiment of a culturally competent clinician in practice.
How to Address the Physical and Mental Health Effects of Being Young and Marginalized
The secret to supporting marginalized communities is not in praise or silence or pretending we’re beyond race or gender but in confronting the biases that underlie all our actions.
With COVID, Everyone Finally Gets the Anxiety of Illness
Is it immoral to feel relief that others have been forced to join your anxiety? Is it right or wrong to feel good that others’ risk actually reduces the risk for your own child?
An Activity to Externalize Anxiety and Visualize Hope During the Pandemic (and Beyond!)
By making a physical representation of my anxiety, I can look at it, name it, and eventually deal with it. I can label my fear and make it feel manageable.
3 Ways to Help Kids Adjust to the New Baseline of Anxiety and Stress
Your own knowledge and self-care can be the best way to help kids through times of uncertainty.
Q&A with Forbes 30 Under 30, Kristina Saffran, Co-Founder and CEO of Project HEAL
Kristina Saffran was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa at 10, and relapsing at 13. Here she talks about her journey.”Full recovery is possible”
Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis Through “Present Processing”
Present processing helps kids work with the emotions they’re feeling right now, creating strategies to use when they need them later.
4 Ways to Deal With the Uncertainty of 2022
You can shrug off small uncertain things. But what about health, finances and the future?
How to Help Kids Process Anxiety into Growth
By helping a child define and manage the anxiety associated with trauma, you can start laying the bricks of a path that leads to growth.
Suggestions from NAMI, Youth.gov & the CDC to Support Youth Mental Health
While older adults bear the brunt of the pandemic’s health effects, young people are shouldering the bulk of COVID’s mental and emotional health burden.
4 Printable Activities to Build Self-Awareness in Teens
Young people are experiencing a mental health crisis. Addressing the problem starts with self-awareness.
The Power of Self-Awareness for Teens
As kids become teenagers, many who seemed trapped by their self-awareness end up being propelled by it.
This Thanksgiving, I’m Grateful to Feel Grateful
There are so many proven benefits to practicing gratitude and my question is this: Why do many people only do this once a year?
NEW! Digging Deep Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Workbook for Teens
An engaging guide packed with activities including journaling, art, guided meditation and more to help young people ages 11-17 work through tough times on their way to self-discovery.
One Aspect of Family Dynamics in the Treatment of Chronic Pain
Changes in family dynamics can improve family members’ feelings and increase your child’s ability to live his life fully before and after pain resolves.
3 Ways to Prepare Your Mental Health for the Holidays
Once you step aboard the holiday bus, there’s no getting off ’till the ball drops.
How to Start or Restart a Journaling Practice
Somehow this past year I have felt overwhelmed by just the thought of putting into words what’s going on in my life. It just feels like there’s too much to tell and I just don’t know where to start anymore.
4 Ways the Arts Can Support Success for Children with Learning Disabilities
A quick primer with useful links exploring the benefits of helping kids with learning disabilities get involved with music, art, dance and theater.
Expectations and Outcomes in Players of the Mobile Self-Discovery App, Shadow’s Edge
Research reaffirms many young people feel stuck in the “now” of challenges including depression, anxiety, gender identity and loneliness.
Lessons from 31,000 Young Adult Journal Entries
Our free mobile self-help app, Shadow’s Edge, has now received over 31,000 journal entries from young adults seeking to build resilience. Here’s what they show.
How We Train Kids to Misrepresent Their Emotions
We focus so much on training the ability to regulate emotions that we fail to counterbalance this skill with the ability to express emotions.
We Write and Write…Here’s Why I Write Creatively
I have found a contentedness and confidence in myself through the process and writing creatively puts a smile on my face every day.
How to Appreciate the Power of Silence
When you identify silence as uncomfortable, allow yourself to understand why.
A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Affordable Mental Health Care
Why does it feel like searching for mental health care is bad for your mental health?
An Easy Meditation Exercise to Demonstrate the Power of Your Mind
Making the conscious choice to focus your energy and attention on positive ways of thinking can eventually lead to more positive ways of being in your body.