A collection of short (<5 minutes) evidence-based exercises to help you with stress – developed with the Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation. 

Free app for daily meditation practice for sleep, anxiety and stress.

Check out the North Carolina Healthy Schools Employee Mental Health Toolkit to find resources for supporting your own mental well-being and the mental well-being of your peers.

Headspace offers free access to K-12 (primary-secondary) teachers and supporting staff in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. Whether you’re feeling inspired to connect more with your students or you’re looking for a new way to bring calm to your classroom, Headspace can help students build healthy habits that last a lifetime. Better focus, less stress, and happier thoughts are just a few minutes away.

“Make It OK” is a campaign to reduce the stigma of mental illnesses. It’s OK to have a mental illness - many of us do.  It’s time to spread the word, stop the silence and Make It OK. 

The Lee County Schools Human Resource Dept. has a variety of resources available to staff.  One of the most important is the ComPsych Guidance Resource Program.  Each staff member may receive no-cost counseling services for up to 3 sessions per school year.  

NCCARE360 provides community resource information for all 100 counties and includes more than 13,000 service listings and 26,000 service locations for most types of need including food insecurity, housing instability, lack of transportation access, or other non-medical social needs. To find resources across the state, please search below.