Breathe Move Journal

Patience takes practice! Having the tools to boost a skill and then using those tools consistently increases your ability to improve that skill--including patience! Today, kids can learn and practice 3 different tools to help increase their ability to wait and/or to keep trying as they learn and do new things. Listen today and see which tool you like best! Practice makes Patience! 

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This week the ABC's of mindfulness is brought to you by the letter O for OBSERVE! 
OBSERVING takes noticing to the next level. Noticing means paying attention to the present moment; observing means paying attention to something or someone and registering it as significant. And that happens through noticing detail. In today's podcast, kids can practice their powers of observation and boost them to super power status! 

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It's never too early to start practicing self-care! N is for Nurture gets kids started in understanding the importance of self-nurturing and what self-nurturing really means. Then we'll get mindful with some fun breathing and journaling tools to practice to help kids learn to notice when they need some self-care and what self-care looks like for them.  

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The magic in mindfulness comes from experiencing your own power and agency to self-manage wellbeing.  Magic happens whenever you pause to notice the present moment with kindness and curiosity and breathe into whatever is present without trying to change it. Today, kids can practice how to create their own magic with breathing, moving, and journaling! Give it a try now!

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L is for LOVE! Host Elizabeth Heller leads kids in a heartwarming meditation that asks children to call to mind someone who  loves them. Through this fun mindfulness practice, kids can open up to the benefits of noticing just how much they are loved as a way to be grateful, reduce anxiety, increase self-esteem, and feel loved and supported. Feel free to join your kids for a boost of wellbeing! 

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Listen to our #1 podcast (so far) of 2023! Worries are something we all carry with us at one time or another but what can you do with your worries so that you are free to embrace joy? Join in and learn a simple practice for letting worries float away just like a balloon!  Breathe. Move. Journal. Be well!

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Kindness is healthy for everyone! Acts of kindness reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. Kindness improves heart health, increases feelings of happiness and wellbeing, and can even help you live longer! Host Elizabeth Heller shares a kindness story with kids and asks kids to journal about a time when someone was kind to them. Kids can also make a list of kindnesses they received or offered to others and they can look at the list anytime they want to increase feelings of happiness and wellbeing. Join in the kindness journey and make the whole world healthier and happier!

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 Joy is something  you create by being mindful. Joy happens when you notice, on purpose, the details that show up in your day.  Kids will join host Elizabeth Heller in creating a mindfulness practice for noticing all the joy in their lives.  They can use this practice anytime, any day when they want to find some joy!

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Intention is the thought process behind what you plan to do or achieve. Big and small, everything you want to create, do, accomplish, or have begins with intention. Intention is a thought. Action follows intention. Kids will connect to their intentions through breathing and journaling and then set some intentions for the new year. 

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Honesty means sticking to the facts. And sticking to the facts is healthy for you! Researchers find that honesty is linked to less colds, less fatigue, less depression, and less anxiety. Telling the truth calms your nervous system and boosts self-esteem.  Join host Elizabeth Heller for simple, fun journey through the practice of being honest.

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