Resilience Tool #3 - Finding Your Breathing Anchor Spot
One of the main tools or resources that we give kids in our program is paying attention to their breath. Putting attention on the breath...
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Kara Schmidt
- Jan 14
- 3 min
Resilience Tool #2 - Focused Listening
In our program, we teach Focused Attention as one of the main aspects of Resilience. (Some people refer to Focused Attention as...
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Kara Schmidt
- Nov 6, 2021
- 1 min
HEY WARRIOR: A Book for Kids about Anxiety.
This is a fantastic book that helps kids understand their amygdala and how that part of their brain is affected by anxiety. It's written...
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Kara Schmidt
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
Learning about the Brain Part #2: Hippocampus & the PFC
Puppet Show Part 2! This is Part 2 of our puppet show (adapted from the book Rosie's Brain by Linda Ryden). In it, we focus on the...
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Kara Schmidt
- Sep 24, 2021
- 2 min
Learning about the Brain #1: The Amygdala (and the Polyvagal Ladder)
This week we did a puppet show for the kids adapted from the book, Rosie's Brain by Linda Ryden. We had so much fun doing it. Here is a...
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Kara Schmidt
- Sep 20, 2021
- 3 min
Resilience Tool #1: Paying Attention to Your Body
How many teachers and parents would love for their students & kids to be able to focus and pay attention better? We can't expect our kids...
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Kara Schmidt
- Sep 15, 2021
- 2 min
Building a Resilience Toolbox
One of the concepts that we are introducing to the kids we are working with in the schools is that of "building a resilience toolbox". We...
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Kara Schmidt
- Sep 11, 2021
- 1 min
Humpty Dumpty - After the Fall - A Story of Resilience
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) By Dan Santat Links that give lists of books about resilience and growth mindset......
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Kara Schmidt
- Sep 10, 2021
- 4 min
I am resilient. We are even more resilient together.
The week of September 7-10, 2021 we began the Growing Resilient Rams program at Throop Elementary School in Paoli, Indiana. We are...
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Kara Schmidt
- Jul 2, 2021
- 5 min
COVID-19 Update - It's time...
Dear all of you lovely, darling humans, I saw a short video today on Facebook that gave this basic message... "If we want to stop the...
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Kara Schmidt
- Jul 2, 2021
- 3 min
COVID-19: Finding ways to stay grounded - settled
Hello you beautiful, precious souls. How are you holding up? Even the most steady and grounded of us is likely feeling a little nervous...
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Kara Schmidt
- Jul 2, 2021
- 3 min
COVID-19 Tips for Your Health : Making a Retreat of Your Life
Hello. We are in some strange times right now. It is more important than ever that we find, learn and practice ways to keep ourselves...
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Kara Schmidt
- Jul 2, 2021
- 3 min
COVID-19: Live from Your Heart
Hello You Wondrous, Big-Hearted Friends. I am thinking about you all, and all of us on this planet, feeling the realness of our...
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Kara Schmidt
- Jul 2, 2021
- 2 min
COVID-19 Heart to Heart: Learn how to regulate your own and your loved one's nervous systems.
If the video won't load on my site, sorry. Here is the link & I hope it works for you one way or another! https://vimeo.com/399457363...
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Kara Schmidt
- Jul 2, 2021
- 1 min
10 Well-Being Tips
Full Article by Pelin Kesebir, Assistant Scientist at the Center for Healthy Minds https://centerhealthyminds.org/join-the-movement/10-we...
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Kara Schmidt
- Jul 2, 2021
- 1 min
Normal is Gone
Normal is gone. That is what is on my mind right now; what I'm trying to sit with and surrender to. I know people want to get back to...
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