Reframe It! is a game to help parents learn how to stop challenging behaviors before they start!
Category Archives: Mental Health Skill Building
A Picture Book with Help for the Fearful and Anxious!
My picture book “Adventures with phearnik!™” helps people with their fear and anxiety and thanks to Anna David at Legacy Launch Pad, I am using her Elevator Pitch Template for a pitch of the book. So, here it goes. See what you think! PITCH: My picture book, “Adventures with phearnik!,” is for fearful and anxious children …
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A Mental Health Toolbox for Social and Emotional Health and Well-being
Even if you are at risk for mental illness, you can maintain your social and emotional well-being by learning and practicing mental health skills. At the 2022 Mental Health America conference last week, “Forward Together – Recovery, Healing, Hope,” Kristen Harootunian, a young adult from Minding Your Mind, told a powerful and hopeful “story” titled, …
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Chill Kits! Helping kids and adults develop mental health / social emotional skills
Boost your mental health skills with a Chill Kit! Everyone needs one! And they’re easy to put together! Find out what to includ
Back To Basics: Practical Mental Health Information
An article from Mental Health America in celebration of May is Mental Health month
Parent Sharing and How to Get Your Toddler to Behave!
Background info on aws Studios and why parents can trust the Studios and look forward to my to-be-published picture book!
Another Why “There’s a Mental Health Crisis Among American Children”
Something’s Missing In the NY Times article, “There’s a Mental Health Crisis Among American Children. Why?: And the pandemic is not the only reason,” I noticed a missing “why”, a big one. Tingley lists many reasons why we have a mental health crisis in this country. These include issues with data collection, the ability for …
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Art, Artists, Anxiety and Overcoming Fear of the Blank Canvas
New Way to Handle Fear My picture book, “Phobe and phearnik! Fight BIG Fears,” is a story about a way for children (and adults!) to deal with fear and anxiety. Compared to how fear presents in other children’s books, my book introduces a new and, may I be so bold to say – revolutionary – …
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Social and Emotional Health Education Teaching Strategies Engage Students with Art
A Writer and an Artist I am a Gemini. Born between May 21 and June 21. I have always thought the Gemini symbol of The Twins defined me well. The two distinct personalities or personas speak clearly to my being an artist and a writer. Most of my posts to this point have been about …
Overcoming Anxiety During the Pandemic
My 2020 and 2021 collages, “Sunrise in the Preserve” and “Sunrise near Bellacina” are currently showing in the Venice (Florida) Art Center’s new “Near and Far” show (running now through February 11, 2022). The two works together in a series of three (including “Sunrise on the Bay”) tell the story about how creating art during …