Kids and Teens
A Guided Meditation Script to Help Kids Explore Feelings About Change
This meditation can help children mindfully notice and cope with the big emotions that come with the nature of change.
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Teens
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Health
How Self-Compassion Can Improve Teen Mental Health
Research has demonstrated that cultivating self-compassion—learning how to be kind and supportive to oneself—can act as a shield for teenagers against the negative impacts of social media, trauma, depression, and various other challenges. While self-compassion is not a magical solution, it can help alleviate some of the difficulties that adolescents encounter on a daily basis.
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Well-Being
5 Ways to Help Teens Engage in Mindfulness Sessions
Mindfulness with teens sounds amazing, but how do we get past the eye rolls and resistance? Over the years I’ve thought a lot about this, with a few successes and many failures. So, I’m sharing these five Rs as tips to help get things started. Relevance A…
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Kids and Teens
How WholeSchool Mindfulness is Empowering Entire School Communities
Ben Painter and Selena La’Chelle Collazo believe that mindfulness should be foundational learning for all students, and they’re teaching schools how to bring that vision to life.
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Focus
New Study Finds School-Based Mindfulness Program Doesn’t Work—And May Even Be Harmful for Some Children
A large UK school-based mindfulness program did not improve the mental health of 11- to 14-year-olds. Here are five takeaways.
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Mindfulness Research
Mindfulness May be a Useful Tool for Dealing with Stress Associated with Autism
A look at the latest mindfulness research gathered from Providence College, Arizona State University, and others.
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Mindfulness Research
Easing Teen Angst with Mindfulness
Research gathered from Harvard Medical School, University of Regina, Shanghai Mental Health Center, and others.
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Focus
Can Mindfulness Help Ease Aggression in Youth?
The nuances of improving attention, the possibility of unwanted side effects from meditating, and more highlights from current mindfulness research.
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