John F. Kennedy High School Mental Health Team

Self-Care Resources

Need to talk to someone? (in an emergency, call 911!)

Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741 and a crisis worker will respond. Their website also has extra resources.
Suicide Prevention Lifeline - You can chat online or call 1-800-273-8255. Their website also has extra resources.
Crisis Hotline - 832.416.1199 (call) | 281.201.4430 (text)

fitness

Down Dog | Great Yoga AnywhereDown Dog provides a studio-like yoga experience in the comfort of your home.

Free Workout VideosFitness Blender provides free full length workout videos, workout routines, healthy recipes and more.

FREE WORKOUTS - LES MILLS ON DEMANDFree workout videos from Les Mills

YMCA Health & Fitness VideosYMCA 360 offers online exercise, fitness, wellbeing, and youth sports classes from the comfort of your own home. Popular classes like yoga, barre, bootcamp, tai chi, boxing, weightlifting and soccer are free for you and your family.

journaling

CharacterStrong 30 Days of Kindness JournalWe must demonstrate abundant hope. We will combat the spreading shadow with the fullness of our light. We may not all be doctors, but we can each use our platform to make Kindness a bit more normal and the world a bit more bright.

How to Use Journaling for Self-Care : Tools for Teens and Young AdultsResearch shows that journaling helps teenagers! It supports you in managing their mental health, making you happier, less anxious, and calmer overall.

Here's How Journaling Can Benefit Teens - Paradigm MalibuWhether your teen is looking for help achieving goals or an effective method to fight stress, journaling is a great practice to begin during the adolescence

55 Creative Writing Prompts for Teens and TweensGet your tween writing creatively today! Encourage expression and examination of ideas with these creative writing ideas for teens and tweens.

stress and anxiety

10 Hobbies That Combat Stress - Paradigm MalibuChoosing a hobby that helps combat stress is a great way to feel calmer and gain a new perspective on what’s bothering you. There’s no need to suffer from high stress levels.

Coping With Coronavirus (COVID-19)You may feel stressed and anxious about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Be informed and learn strategies for staying well through this difficult time.

Top 10 Stress Management Techniques for StudentsDiscover some of the best stress management techniques for students to help you stay healthy and do well in school.

Additional Resources:

mindfulness

Guided Meditations - Mindfulness for Teens You can practice with these guided meditation recordings from this website, or download them onto your portable device. It’s OK if it seems a little weird at first. To get the hang of it, you may wish to try practicing with a particular recording at the same time, every day, for a week. Once you’ve …

Meditation and Sleep Made Simple - HeadspaceLive a healthier, happier, more well-rested life in just a few minutes a day with the Headspace app.

Experience CalmRelax with Calm, a simple mindfulness meditation app that brings clarity and peace of mind into your life

feeling bored?

Audible Stories | Audible.comFree stories for kids of all ages. Audible Stories is a free website where kids of all ages can listen to hundreds of Audible audio titles across six different languages—English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Japanese—for free, so they can keep learning, dreaming and just being kids.

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general resources

Mental Health Resources (amazing list of resources that cover all sorts of topics. Check it out!)
TeensHealth (there are tons of different topics on this website)
GirlsHealth
National Alliance on Mental Illness (includes some great information about how to help a friend, too!)
The Trevor Project (excellent LGBTQ+ resource--also includes suicide prevention information)

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