Hello Friends, I have phenomenal news! The full-color edition of the Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Workbook for Kids, Volume 1 is available! Go ahead, you can order it now!! Buy the Workbook Note: If you live in Canada, the UK, France, Italy, Australia, or...
Sensitive Children
How to Help Kids Deal With Obsessive Thoughts
Research suggests that children can learn to think differently about sticky, intrusive thoughts so they don't feel controlled by them. Hello Friends! Mindfulness and self-compassion skills provide a foundation for kids to cope with any mental health challenge....
Full Cover Reveal
And other exciting opportunities! Hello friends! I have great news! Volume 1 of the Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Workbook for Kids is ready to go, and we have just four weeks until our October 24, 2024 launch date! Scroll down for the cover reveal 🙂 I had...
A Map to Well-Being
16 skills to get (your kids) there! Hello Friends! Today I’m sharing a map of sixteen skills that can help you and your kids be your most resilient, authentic and loving selves! One of my favorite aspects of the Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Workbooks for Kids is...
A Youth’s Journey to Mindful Self-Compassion
His mom's journey inspired his own When my colleague’s 17-year-old son attended my introductory Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens’ workshop and then signed for a Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens class, I asked if her son, Grant, would be up for being interviewed for...
Four Habits to Help Kids with Social Anxiety
I wrote this article for the Greater Good Magazine on how social anxiety can show up in kids and what we can do to help. Anjali sat at the kitchen table in front of a blank piece of paper. She sat, and sat, and sat. Then she got up from the table and walked away. The...
Overcoming OCD…Rohan’s Spectacular Recovery
Note: this blog is a continuation of my last blog: Overcoming OCD…how it all began. My last blog featured Rohan* who had a debilitating nighttime fear of someone breaking into his house and taking him away. Rohan had been unable to sleep in his own room for the past...
Overcoming OCD…how it all began
When Rohan was five years old, he was outside playing with a friend, and a man walked through the alley. Rohan’s friend pointed at the man in the alley and said that the man was a kidnapper. Rohan ran into the house to find his mom. His mom assured him that he was...
How Self-Compassion Saved My Daughter…and Me
My older daughter Maya was born sensitive, curious, and creative. As Maya grew, I learned that all of her five senses were extra sensitive. For her sounds were louder, smells and tastes more acute, she had a strong draw to everything tactile, and she saw “light...