Bloom Where You Are Planted

6/17/20

• Sleep Anxiety & How to Fall Asleep Faster, the Skimm
• Sleep, Learning & Memory, Harvard Healthy Sleep

6/12/20

• How to Protect from Social Media Stress, The Greater Good Science Center
• Managing Social Media Stress with Mindfulness, Child Mind Institute
• Coping with Social Media News Stress, The American Heart Association News

6/11/20

• Three Ways to Better Understand Your Emotions, Harvard Business Review
• Triangle Worksheet, Medical University of South Carolina
• Daily Emotion Chart for Adults, Karla McLaren
• Daily Emotion Chart for Kids, Karla McLaren

6/9/20

• 5-4-3-2-1 Technique, DeStress Mondays

• Donna Volpitta

6/2/20

• Anti-Racism Resources

• Talking About Race, National Museum of African American History and Culture

• Racial Justice in Schools Initiative, Center for Racial Justice in Education

5/19/2020

• Empathetic Skill: Conscious Complaining, Karla McLaren
• Emotional Vocabulary list, Karla McLaren

5/13/2020

• Remote Work Series, Anthony Kim, Education Elements
• 6 Practices for Remote Work, Video #1, Anthony Kim, YouTube
• The Importance of Keeping Routine, Very Well Mind

5/8/2020

• Dan Tricarico
• Mindset Permission Slips, NorthStarPaths
• Neuroscience Explains Why You Need to Write Down Your Goals, Forbes

5/5/20

• The Transformative Power of Gratitude, Dr. Randy Kamen, Huff Post
• Be Grateful in Just One Minute, Dr. Rick Hanson
• The Science of Gratitude, Happier Human
• Why Gratitude is Good, Greater Good Science Center

• Treating Yourself as You'd Treat a Good Friend, article by Dr. Kristin Neff
• Definition of Self-Compassion, Dr. Kristin Neff
• Self-Compassion and COVID, Drs Kristin Nedd & Chris Germer
• Self-Compassion Writing Exercise, Greater Good

4/24/20

• 20 Questions to Ask Instead of How Are You Doing Right Now?, Quartz at Work
• Trauma Informed Leadership webinar, Education Elements
• Copy of the 20 questions

4/20/20

• Health Care Experts Weigh in at One World Together at Home
• Doctor Sue Varma
• NPR interview with Dr. Varma

4/8/20

• Pink Cast Episode 1.16, Daniel Pink
• Why You Need a To Done List, Huff Post
• The Power of Small Wins, Harvard Business Review

4/6/2020

• Six Daily Questions to Ask Yourself, Greater Good Magazine
• Self-Awareness Matters, Positive Psychology
• A list of great check-in questions, Psych Central
• Checking In With Yourself, Peaceful Mind

4/2/2020

• Schedule the Big Rocks, Franklin Covey
• Work-Life Rhythm, What's Joy Got to Do With It?, September 2019 edition
• Virtual Reference Library, Internal to VBCPS staff
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3/30/20

• How to Stop Worrying, Customizing Life
• Circle of Concern, Circle of Influence guide, Improvement Network
• Circle of Influence worksheet, Then Somehow
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3/27/20

• 20 Minutes in Nature, Science Daily
• How Does Nature Impact our Wellbeing?, University of Minnesota
• How Nature Makes You Kinder, Happier, & More Creative?, Greater Good, Science Center, UC Berkeley
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3/26.20

• Mindful Mantras for Teachers, Left Brain Buddha
• Principles for Leading Organizations Through the COVID-19 Crisis, KelloggInsight, Northwestern University
• 17 Positive Mantras, Thrive Global
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3/25/20

• VBCPS Virtual Field trips Chart
• Tips for How to Stay Happy, BBC
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3/24/20

• Benefits of Box Breathing, Healthline
• What is Box Breathing?, Medical News Today
• Box breathing graphic
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3/23/20

• Resource page, Calm
• Learn more about the Calm Schools initiative
• Try a guided meditation practice, Head Space
• Meditation and Stress Reduction, Mayo Clinic
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3/20/20

• Learn more about Taylor Mali here
• Find metaphor dice here
• Watch Taylor Mali's "What Teachers Make" poem
• How Art Helps Your Brain, NPR
• Share you poem on Twitter here

3/19/20

• Download the Manifesto for Wholehearted Parenting here
• Learn more about Brene Brown here
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3/18/20

• The Power of Team Norms, ASCD
• Creating Rules at Home, CDC
• Y-Charts for Revisiting Rules, Responsive Classroom
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3/17/20

• How to change our mindset from obligation to opportunity?
• Reframing Situations to Create Less Stress
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3/16/2020