How Are You Feeling Today?

When a shadow moves through the jungle and a bear steps into the banyan tree schoolyard, everyone stares, and Gus quietly decides he has one job: prove he belongs. Find out what happens when Kai, Theo, and the new student face their limits in a tower-building challenge. 

Resources, activities, and discussion tools for families are available at:
 🌱 howareyoufeelingtoday.net

Learn more about counseling and family resources at:
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Resources, activities, and discussion tools for families are available at:
 🌱 howareyoufeelingtoday.net

Learn more about counseling and family resources at:
 🌿 vothcenter.com

A boat race should be simple: build a craft, hit the water, reach the other side. But when the animals gather at the jungle pool, the race becomes something else entirely: a gentle doorway into grief, memory, and the kind of sadness that proves we cared. 

We talk about what grief means in plain language: remembering what we’ve lost so our hearts can heal and hope again. 

Resources, activities, and discussion tools for families are available at:
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Learn more about counseling and family resources at:
 🌿 vothcenter.com

In this episode we play “Liam’s Camouflage,” a game where kids decide if a moment is “Bright Green” (attention is met) or “Camouflage” (attention is missed). Together we walk through everyday scenarios and learn more about the need for attention. 

Resources, activities, and discussion tools for families are available at:
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Learn more about counseling and family resources at:
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It’s the first day back at school in the jungle! Kai is pacing, Ellie is checking her feathers, Theo is arriving early, Asher is full of energy, and Liam is trying his best just to keep up.

As the animals gather beneath the giant Banyan Tree, Liam discovers that sometimes we can look okay on the outside while something very different is happening inside. Thankfully, good friends care enough to notice.

In this episode of How Are You Feeling Today?, we explore the need for attention and help kids understand that we all need to feel seen, listened to, and cared for. Through Liam’s story, kids and parents can begin talking together about what it feels like to receive attention—and the different ways we sometimes try to get it when we need it.

Resources, activities, and discussion tools for families are available at:
 🌱 howareyoufeelingtoday.net

Learn more about counseling and family resources at:
 🌿 vothcenter.com

Click here to sign up for the "Parenting With Heart Workshop" on July 30th! 

We're taking a short two-week break before the rest of Season 1 begins on August 10th! In this special update, I'll share what's coming next for How Are You Feeling Today? and invite the grown-ups to a special Parenting Workshop on July 30th at the Voice of the Heart Center. 

Thank you for being part of the Gathering Pool. We can't wait to continue the adventure with you very soon!

Resources, activities, and discussion tools for families are available at:
 🌱 howareyoufeelingtoday.net

Learn more about counseling and family resources at:
 🌿 vothcenter.com

Join us for another Gathering Pool game! Today, you'll become a Comfort Detectives and practice spotting what someone's heart might need. Listen for the clues, think about how you could show comforting care, and discover how healthy touch can help people feel safe, comforted, and cared for.

Resources, activities, and discussion tools for families are available at:
 🌱 howareyoufeelingtoday.net

Learn more about counseling and family resources at:
 🌿 vothcenter.com

Ellie is excited for her family's annual picnic day, but when things don't go as planned, she learns that sometimes the greatest comfort isn't in the perfect words; it's in someone staying close. A heartwarming story about the need for healthy touch and the comforting care of people we know and trust.

Resources, activities, and discussion tools for families are available at:
 🌱 howareyoufeelingtoday.net

Learn more about counseling and family resources at:
 🌿 vothcenter.com

In this game episode, kids will play along with Ivy as they learn about the need for security. Security means, “I have a place to go when I feel lonely, scared, or uncertain.”

After hearing Ivy’s story in Ivy and the Great Kapok Tree, kids will practice listening to their hearts through a simple movement game called Move Ahead or Head Home. When a situation feels safe enough to keep going, they can move ahead toward the Gathering Pool. When their hearts need help, comfort, or a safe grown-up, they can head home to the Great Kapok Tree.

This episode helps kids and parents talk about safe places, safe people, and how security gives children courage to move toward hard things.

Resources, activities, and discussion tools for families are available at:
 🌱 howareyoufeelingtoday.net

Learn more about counseling and family resources at:
 🌿 vothcenter.com

In this episode, we learn about security: having a place to go when we feel lonely, scared, or uncertain. Ivy lives beneath the Great Kapok Tree, where her hiss and her heart are always welcome. But when Ellie flies away after hearing Ivy’s hiss, Ivy begins to wonder if her friends are afraid of her. Ivy’s story helps kids and parents see how security gives our hearts a safe place to tell the truth.

Resources, activities, and discussion tools for families are available at:
 🌱 howareyoufeelingtoday.net

Learn more about counseling and family resources at:
 🌿 vothcenter.com