Helping Children Take a Mindful SEAT to Calm Down
A simple mindful exercise to help older children manage feelings of overwhelm, stay in the present moment, and not get caught up in strong emotions and thoughts.
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Christopher Willard
Christopher Willard, PsyD, is a psychologist and educational consultant based in Boston, specializing in mindfulness for adolescents and young adults. He has been practicing meditation for over fifteen years. He currently serves on the board of directors at the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy and the Mindfulness in Education Network. Dr. Willard has published five books on contemplative practice, including Growing Up Mindful. He teaches at Harvard Medical School.
A Mindfulness Practice for A Bullied Child
The Miracle Grow Breath Practice helps build confidence and was created by kids for kids (for ages 6 and up).
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When Your Kid is the Bully
Seven mindful strategies to help your children learn from their mistakes and heal the rifts they create with those around them.
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The Key to Raising Resilient Children
Teaching children how to bounce back from adversity starts with modeling our own mistakes and how we forgive ourselves for them. This expert Q&A with Sharon Salzberg, Dr. Chris Willard, and Dr. Mark Bertin explores what it means to go through the muck instead of around.
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A Mindful Kids Practice: The Breath Ball
Kids can learn the basics of mindfulness — how to follow the breath — using a timeless toy: an expandable ball called a Hoberman sphere.
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Help Your Kids Let Go of Stuff
By engaging children’s imagination and natural compassion we can help them live a simpler, more mindful life.
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A Kindness Practice for Families
This is a mindfulness practice that parents and kids can do together—offering good wishes and compassion to those who bring us joy, as well as those we find difficult.
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The Science of Fidget Spinners: Mindful or Mindless?
A look a the science of fidgeting—Plus 5 games that use fidget spinners to make mindfulness accessible and help it stick with both kids and adults.
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A Simple Strategy for Halting Old Habits
Four research-backed tips that will help you stave off temptation, follow through on your goals, and shift out of old habits and into new ones.
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A Holiday Gift for Your Stressed-Out Self
Try this short mindfulness practice the next time you feel triggered, tired, frazzled, or ready to fight—Consider it your mindfulness ACE in the hole.
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