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News and stories about youth mental wellness
4 tips for setting healthy new year’s resolutions
We share four actionable tips parents, caretakers, and children can take together to prioritize mental well-being while setting new years resolutions.
Approaching a New Year with Intention
Discover a roadmap for supporting children (and yourself) in approaching the new year with intention.
Managing the Stress and Fear of the New Year
From complicated families to tedious resolutions to sorrowful memories, thinking about the new year can be quite a challenge. Learn more about what you can do to mitigate the stress of the new year.
Managing Stress with Art: DIY Activities
Check out these easy and low-prep DIY art activities to help manage stress around the holidays.
Compassion During the Holidays
See how compassion plays an important role in making the holidays feel good for everyone.
Managing holiday anxiety in children
Holiday anxiety is a common occurrence in children during the busy holiday season. We break down the signs of holiday anxiety and six tips to help calm children down.
Word Kindness Day
World kindness day is an internationally celebrated day that commemorates the power of kindness and the mark it leaves on the people around you. Come check out what you can do to help the ones you love and the ones you have yet to love.
Our 2022 #GivingTuesday Campaign
Learn about My Good Brain’s goals for our 2022 GivingTuesday campaign
Wearing a “Mask”: Understanding Social Conformity in Youth
With Halloween right around the corner, the question, “What are you going to be for Halloween”, becomes increasingly paramount. Something scary, a superhero, or a pun, perhaps? Halloween is typically designated as the day dress up as something we’re not, but wearing a “mask” is actually something we do on a much more regular basis.
Celebrating a successful Fall 2022 Tool Kit Program
Learn about our Fall 2022 Tool Kit program!
ADHD Awareness Month
Debunk common myths of ADHD and learn more about the importance of raising awareness and building a shared understanding for ADHD Awareness Month.
What is Bullying?
Learn about how you can tell if your child is getting bullied or even if they are the ones doing the bullying.
Understanding Trauma
Trauma affects our bodies (how we feel), our brains (how we think), and our behavior (how we act). Understanding what trauma is and how it impacts each person differently is key to responding to and supporting those affected by trauma and preventing future retraumatization.
A Guide for Suicide Awareness
Want to learn more about Suicide Prevention? Here’s the guide for you and your loved ones to hold on to
World Suicide Prevention Day
Learn more about the importance of World Suicide Prevention Day. Get to know its significance, risk factors and warning signs, how to stay prepared, and what to do during a crisis.
Nutrition’s Role in Mental Health
Learn about the relationship between what we eat and how we feel.
Compassion for Oneself and One’s Community
Compassion is an important part of health relationship-building as it strengthens connections built on empathy and understanding and fosters collaborative problem-solving. Compassion is something we can cultivate (or grow) and can practice towards ourselves, others, and our community.
The Benefits of Exercise on Mental Health
Everyone is familiar with the physical benefits of exercise—lower rates of obesity and cardiovascular disease, better health outcomes, and much more. The benefits of exercise on mental health are just as important but aren’t as widely known. Regardless, incorporating exercise into one’s daily routine is a simple way to improve mental health and build healthy habits.
Support Children’s Mental Health
My Good Brain provides resources for children’s mental health and wellness because of you. As a nonprofit organization, donations from people like you sustain our ability to create fun, engaging, and accessible arts-based healthy coping tools for children everywhere. If you believe in what we do and support our mission, please donate today.