Articles and Resources
How to Keep Kids Motivated to Learn
How can you help your kids or students find and keep their motivation, not just for learning but for all the activities and tasks in their lives?
CASEL’s Reintroduction to Social-Emotional Learning
It’s time to check in with your understanding of the social-emotional skills that make kids ready to learn!
The Day Alex Decided to Prioritize Mental Health
Life is more complex than just a simple checklist we can follow
5 Reasons for Hope in Childhood Cancer
Cancer remains a life-altering diagnosis, but there are also reasons for hope. Here are five reasons the future looks bright for young patients.
Are We Experiencing a New Type of Fear?
When I led trips for Outward Bound, we spent a lot of time talking to our students about “real fear” vs. “perceived fear” and how difficult it is for your brain to discriminate between the two.
How to Shift Anxiety to Opportunity in the Unknown
The uncertainty swirls around me and churns inside me. And with each turn, my anxiety builds.
8 Gateways to Being a More Compassionate Parent
Breathe: You need nothing but to accept your child exactly as they are right now.
In Conversation About Teen Mental Health, Emotional Healing, and Resilience
Dale Larson, PhD, speaks with Digging Deep founder, Sheri Sobrato, about emotional well-being and resilience.
How to Cope With the Chronic Stress of COVID-19
Now is the time to take chronic stress seriously
My Mental Health Declaration to Myself
At the end of 2020, I want to feel more in control of my situation, my work-life balance and my body.
As Parents, How Can We Let Our Medically-Challenged Kids Take Risks?
It looks like we’ll never know exactly how Leif hit his head this week…
Like a Chronic Illness, We’re Done With COVID-19, but it’s Not Done With Us
People with chronic illness have hard-won wisdom to offer society about COVID-19.
For Emotional Health, Focus on the Space Between the Trees
To boost emotional health, move toward the things you love, not away from your worries
Distance Running Legend Melody Fairchild’s Tips for Helping Kids Learn to Love Running
“When we meet to run, I make it about what are we learning about ourselves today.”
How do school closures affect students in foster care?
With schools closed due to COVID-19, foster youth may have a particularly difficult time
WEBINAR: Santa Clara Professor Dale Larson, PhD, Helps Students Cope During COVID19
Teen Emotional Health: “Stress and loss are inseparable.”
Compassionate Self-Care Cards: An Insight Tool to Support Health and Wellbeing
“When we respect, value and honor our own emotions, our ability to offer compassionate care to others will miraculously improve.”
Building Identity in the Time of COVID19
Wouldn’t it be amazing if we all emerge from our homes knowing more about ourselves and being overall “more than” when this first began?
No, During Coronavirus, You Don’t ALWAYS Have to Live Your Best Life
Social media is full of workouts and sourdough. But what makes YOU feel better?
Dr. Khasho on Radical Acceptance of Coronavirus
We can be angry and place blame, or we can redirect this energy towards something positive.
3 Free Games to Support Emotional Well-Being in Students Learning at Home During COVID-19
I work as a school psychologist, leading the social-emotional learning curriculum for a K-8 private school with a mission for gifted education. Like many other schools, our doors are closed due to the covid-19 outbreak. This week, we are scrambling to put systems in...
COVID-19 Tips for Learning at Home
When schools close, learning doesn’t have to stop
A Basic Framework for Social-Emotional Learning
With yourself or others, SEL moves from understanding to actions
The Phone Rings. Life Falls Apart.
Love the people you love with all your heart. Because you never know when the phone will ring.
Conscious Health: Loving Yourself on Your Journey to Greater Wellness
At age 26, I was a single mother struggling with an eating disorder triggered by postpartum anxiety.
5 Ways to Help Kids Turn Failure into Growth Mindset
Effort not talent; process not product; learning not “bad at; practice not repetition; responsibility not blame.
The Challenge of Traveling with a Visible Chronic Illness
How can we get to a place when people with illness are treated like people?
4 Ways to Help Young People With Challenges Build Resilience
How to help teens find growth through struggle
Shadow’s Edge Reaches 20K Downloads in 2019!
“This game is the only thing that exists as a tool to help me emotionally.”