Helpful Resources

Stress and anxiety

• Tips on how to manage anxiety and stress

• Ten hobbies that combat stress

• Stress Management During the Coronavirus

Mindfulness

• Mindfulness for Teens

• Headspace

• Calm

• Smiling Mind

Fitness

• Down Dog (free app for yoga, HIIT, barre, 7-min workouts -- sign up with your DPS email and all of their apps will be free until July 1)

• Planet Fitness (offering free 20-minute at home workouts)

• Fitness Blender

• Les Mills (there are a variety of workouts here but I will make a special note about the dancing videos. If you like dancing, click on Born to Move. There are different age levels so you can do one for yourself or even grab your younger sibling for some fun.)

• YMCA On Demand (includes a variety of workouts)

Journaling

• 30 Days of Kindness Challenge

• Journaling for self care

• Benefits of journaling

• Journaling prompts

Feeling Bored?

• Free Audible Stories

• Virtual tours (zoos, national parks, museums, trips around the world)

General Teen Websites

• 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)

Need to talk to someone? (note: 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)