Self Care
Meditation with Glenn
"In this time of self quarantine I am offering a series of meditative practices as strategies to deal with the new levels of stress, anxiety, and uncertainty. While I am making these in response to this new situation the Special Needs Community finds ourselves in, I offer them to everyone. Feel free to explore them to the degree that you can either use them outright or adapt from them whatever strategies support your journey." - Glenn Buzurg Ben-Ezra Subscribe to Glenn's Channel!
Insight Timer
30,000 guided meditationsWe believe everyone deserves access to a free daily meditation practice. Which is why we publish the world's largest collection of free guided meditations, with over 30,000 titles.
DeStress Mondays
DeStress Monday is an initiative of The Monday Campaigns, a nonprofit public health initiative associated with Columbia, Johns Hopkins and Syracuse Universities. It helps people put a positive start on each week, while reducing stress throughout the week. DeStress Monday provides helpful, evidence-based stress reduction tools and resources distributed through our website, social media and our weekly newsletters. These assets are made available for individual use as well as for companies, hospitals and schools at no charge.
Why fear is infectious & A Brain Hack to Break the Coronavirus Anxiety Cycle (or any worry habit)
Fear + uncertainty = anxiety. Anxiety + social contagion = panic.
Panic makes your thinking brain go offline.
Here's how to keep your thinking brain thinking.
This is an animation of Dr. Brewer's New York Times article: "A Brain Hack to Break the Coronavirus Anxiety Cycle"
Unwinding Anxiety
Sharecare’s Unwinding Anxiety® is a step-by-step program developed bypsychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Jud Brewer MD PhD – delivered via your smartphone or tablet.
Feel Less Anxious Each Day: Evidence based daily guidance designed for anyone suffering from anxiety. In around 10 minutes a day: Uncover what triggers your anxiety, Identify your “Anxiety habits”, Break the cycle of worry & panic, Learn specific anti-anxiety tools. This is a subscription service.
Good Grief
Good Grief builds resilience in children, strengthens families, and empowers communities to grow from loss and adversity.
Some Good News with John Krasinski
Some Good News is a 2020 web series created and hosted by actor and filmmaker John Krasinski. The show, which is hosted on YouTube, is "a news show dedicated entirely to good news" with Krasinski operating inside his home during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.
Healthy Lifestyles Project
The Arc of New Jersey and the New Jersey Self-Advocacy Project are very pleased to receive a $25,000 grant from The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey to fund the Healthy Lifestyles Project. This is the 6th year we have received this funding for this very special project and we are grateful to The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey as these monies will help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities learn how to live a healthy lifestyle through diet, exercise and stress management.
Mindful
Mindful is a mission-driven non-profit. We’re dedicated to inspiring, guiding, and connecting anyone who wants to explore mindfulness—to enjoy better health, more caring relationships, and a compassionate society. Mindful is the voice of the emerging mindfulness community. We’re the place to go for insight, information, and inspiration to help us all live more mindfully.
Calm
Our mission is to make the world happier and healthier. We're a small and mighty team passionate about mental fitness, relaxation and sleep. We're an app for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation, with over 50 million downloads and over 700,000 5-star reviews.
The American Institute of Stress
The American Institute of Stress is a non-profit organization established in 1978 at the request of Hans Selye to serve as a clearinghouse for information on all stress related subjects. Other founding members included Linus Pauling, Alvin Toffler, Bob Hope, Michael DeBakey, Herbert Benson, Ray Rosenman and other prominent physicians, health professionals and lay individuals interested in exploring the multitudinous and varied effects of stress on our health and quality of life.
Mental Health Foundation
https://www.mentalhealthfoundation.net/
The mission of The Mental Health Foundation is to encourage, develop and support educational campaigns and other initiatives to improve understanding of mental illness and ensure access to quality care. The Foundation is particularly concerned with reducing the stigma of mental illness and encouraging individuals to seek early diagnosis. Nearly every community in America is struggling with a myriad of challenges related to inadequate behavioral health policy and services. It is a part of the Mission of the Mental Health Foundation to bring together diverse stakeholders for coordinated effort toward improvements and a more integrated approach to behavioral health. We seek to be a catalyst for positive change around Behavioral Health issues.
Kindness 101 with 'On the Road's' Steve Hartman
CBS reporter Steve Hartman and his kids have launched this free online course as a means of offering some educational content to America’s children during their time home from school, his lessons in compassion are valuable to everybody—regardless of their age.
Kindness, Empathy, Character, Gratitude, Optimism, Courage, Friendship, Altruism....
tiny buddha
Tiny Buddha is about reflecting on simple wisdom and learning new ways to apply it to our complex lives—complete with responsibilities, struggles, dreams, and relationships. Founded in 2009, Tiny Buddha has emerged as a leading resource for peace and happiness, with close to three million monthly readers and a vibrant community forum. Click the link below to get started...
45 Simple Self-Care Practices for a Healthy Mind, Body & Soul