Mindfulness activities may help teens and students reduce stress and anxiety, manage their emotions, and pay attention to the present. Mindfulness exercises may also help with mild depression in teens ...

Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD, a clinical psychologist based in Princeton, New Jersey, told TODAY Parents that mindfulness is about being aware of one’s present moment experience without judgment. "It ...

TAMPA, Fla. — At 8:30 a.m. on a sunny winter day, the cafeteria tables at the Patricia J. Sullivan Partnership Elementary School are packed. Dozens of students – from kindergarten through the fifth ...

Back when Travis M. Spencer's daughter was in fourth grade, there were times when she struggled to fall asleep. On those nights, Spencer used to take a few minutes for mindfulness. First, Spencer ...

As her Churchland Academy Elementary students faced COVID learning loss, community traumas and rising gun violence, first-year principal Karla Jakubowski knew she wanted to address social and ...

Emotions show up before shoe laces are tied and long after lights out. For busy, modern families, the goal is not to stop big feelings. It is to help kids understand them, move through them, and ...

Mindfulness, I'm sure you've at least heard the phrase before. But what is mindfulness? Mindfulness is essentially just another word for meditation or being in the moment. Other WRAL Top Stories ...

1. Notice and name body sensations, thoughts, and emotions. “My chest feels warm and I feel so happy when we are playing outside together like this.” “It sounds like you might be nervous about this ...

As an 11-year old, Hawn watched a “duck-and-cover” Cold War atomic bomb preparation film in school. Its frightful effect on her developed into anxiety and panic attacks that lasted through young ...

Botany for Kids associates Grace Jackson and Grace Schmalz operate the new summer camp program at Point Loma Native Plant Garden. (Photo courtesy of Botany for Kids / Coastal Sage Gardening) Botany ...

Mindfulness is one of those things that can be hard to put words to. We reference it in wellness circles and associate it with calming themes like meditation, yoga, and peaceful beaches with balancing ...