Favorite Apps:
Insight Timer
- Great selection of guided meditations for sleep, anxiety, self-esteem, grounding & soothing music
- Kate’s favorite: https://insighttimer.com/janaroemernidra/guided-meditations/wake-up-your-inner-wisdom?utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=app-share&utm_medium=GuidedMeditation&_branch_match_id=421448870484510082
- https://insighttimer.com/andrewjohnson/guided-meditations/power-nap?utm_source=Email&utm_campaign=app-share&utm_medium=GuidedMeditation&_branch_match_id=421448870484510082
Calm
- I love the guided breath function: great practice to use a couple minuets a day or when struggling with anxiety or stress
YogaWakeUp
- Great way to get yourself into a wonderful AM routine! Most yoga sessions are 15-20 min. Can be used as alarm clock
Podcasts:
On-Being with Krista Tippett
https://onbeing.org/series/podcast/
- All wonderful explorations of “big life stuff” things that connect us, our passions, issues of humanity and where we are as a society
Terrible, Thanks for Asking
https://www.apmpodcasts.org/ttfa/
- Refreshingly raw and humorous stories of loss
Books and Print:
- https://www.therapistaid.com/ great way to print worksheets, read about therapeutic models and discover easy to understand tools
How to talk to children about death & grief:
- https://www.npr.org/2019/03/04/698309351/the-dog-isnt-sleeping-how-to-talk-with-children-about-death?fbclid=IwAR0CHbDVsGcW7ppj8ruELKOFOCdRHwqBd7D1mWWM_s-rDkmW4NmnYQgZ5eU
- Book: The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
Books for kids:
- What Would Danny Do? https://www.amazon.com/gp/slredirect/picassoRedirect.html/ref=pa_sp_atf_aps_sr_pg1_1?ie=UTF8&adId=A02291292L1WJOIHY76TI&url=%2FWhat-Should-Danny-Power-Choose%2Fdp%2F069284838X%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1_sspa%3Fkeywords%3DWhat%2BWould%2BDanny%2BDo%26qid%3D1560526208%26s%3Dgateway%26sr%3D8-1-spons%26psc%3D1&qualifier=1560526208&id=8599925915767186&widgetName=sp_atf
- Choose your own adventure to demonstrate consequences related to behavioral choices.
- The Way I Feel: https://www.amazon.com/Way-I-Feel-Janan-Cain/dp/1884734715/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=The+Way+I+Feel&qid=1560526337&s=gateway&sr=8-2
- Great for building a feelings vocabulary and talking to kids about their feelings
- Angry Octopus: https://www.amazon.com/gp/slredirect/picassoRedirect.html/ref=pa_sp_atf_aps_sr_pg1_1?ie=UTF8&adId=A04045443TZIG8WKKBPJY&url=%2FAngry-Octopus-Management-introducing-progressive%2Fdp%2F0983625689%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1_sspa%3Fkeywords%3DANgry%2BOctopus%26qid%3D1560526409%26s%3Dgateway%26sr%3D8-1-spons%26psc%3D1&qualifier=1560526409&id=649029027812083&widgetName=sp_atf
- Great book that practices muscle relaxation
- Don’t Feed the Worry Bug: https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Feed-WorryBug-Soft-Cover/dp/0979286077/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Worry+Bugs&qid=1560526470&s=gateway&sr=8-1
- Great book about anxiety for kids
- The Confidence Code for Girls: https://www.amazon.com/Confidence-Code-Girls-Amazingly-Imperfect/dp/0062796984/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=COnfidence+Code+for+Girls&qid=1560526541&s=gateway&sr=8-1
- Good book for older girls to help them feel comfortable being true to who they are and build self-confidence.
Games
- Totem The Feel Good Game: https://www.amazon.com/gp/slredirect/picassoRedirect.html/ref=pa_sp_atf_aps_sr_pg1_1?ie=UTF8&adId=A0705479VPA2D4N6L4FS&url=%2FTotem-feel-good-game-Self-Esteem%2Fdp%2FB013J5RPHI%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1_sspa%3Fcrid%3D1W0OOD7S6FDJK%26keywords%3Dtotem%2Bgame%26qid%3D1560526713%26s%3Dgateway%26sprefix%3DTotem%2Bg%252Caps%252C161%26sr%3D8-1-spons%26psc%3D1&qualifier=1560526713&id=2718811871684810&widgetName=sp_atf
- I Love this game for families! Learn new vocabulary and talk about everyone’s strengths.