Kidevolve Imaginarium Podcast

Do you ever get hurt? On the outside, or even on the inside? In this journey YOU become the doctor who whips up a batch of feel-good medicine that you can use whenever you need it. Shine it on an achy elbow, slather it on an achy heart or send it out to someone else who might need it. This medicine is guaranteed to brighten up your sore spots, so apply generously and repeat when needed! Helps build: compassion, concentration, inner calm, self-love, resilience Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

Do you have pain in your body that's hard to forget? Why then ... it's time to say: Get Lost Pain! Take a nature hike through a magical forest, where we'll explore spreading cool healing IMAGINATION CLAY onto the places where you feel little bits of ouch-ey-ness... Let's see if we can't turn that annoying pain dial way, way down! Helps build: ability to cope with physical pain, space from tension that comes from fighting with pain Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

Calling all kids who love to draw. It's time to express your inner monster. Will yours be tall, plump, angry or shy? Zany, inspiring music will help you create the silliest monster you can think up... right out of your imagination. But there's one catch: you're only allowed to draw one body part at a time. When you're finished, you might just have a new friend (who's been waiting for you all this time!). Helps build: the capacity to make strange, explore the unusual, push your own boundaries in a safe way, alleviate loneliness Suggested age range: 4-10 years old

What happens when a bunch of noisy, bossy, playful ants crash your mellow picnic? You can't sit down, you've got to dance! Helps build: energy, joy, happiness Suggested age range: 4-7 years old

Do you ever feel like everything around you is completely BLAHHH? Like you have no energy and life is like one long BORING dinner that never ends? Well then – it seems you are in need of a visit to an extraordinary place inside us called Colourland. In Colourland, everything is quite wonderful and electric with possibility (to say nothing of the tree hugging opportunities). We teach you to climb aboard your very own internal elevator and rise up and up and up. Each level gets more and more colourful … and guess what? It's YOU who controls all the action. Note: If you like this track, you'll love Calmland - same elevator, opposite direction! Helps build: capacity to move from states of boredom/low-energy/mild depression to states of increased happiness and optimism, increased self-awareness and emotional intelligence Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

“Ho’oponopono” is a cool and magical Hawaiian ballad that literally means: “I'm sorry, Please forgive me, I thank you, I love you”. It’s super catchy, and you can use it any time you want someone to know you CARE ABOUT THEM a WHOLE LOT, and might even like a DO-OVER on something you did or said. Try it out and see how well it works. This wonderful tool for self-healing and connection has been used for many, many years… and carries with it much wisdom and humility. Helps build: connectivity with others, appreciation, gratitude, accountability, self-awareness Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

Imagine walking through a beautiful garden when suddenly you stumble upon a magical jar of 'compliments' They are flying around inside the jar like little butterlies ... all you have to do is take off the lid to let them out. BEHOLD: a whole jar of compliments, especially for you! Of course you are welcome to keep some for yourself, but you may also decide to send some flapping over to your family and friends and maybe even people you hardly know! FORTUNATELY, there are enough compliments in here for everyone. Helps build: optimism, compassion, joy, sense of community, happiness, self-love, connectivity Suggested age range: 6-10 years old

Are you ready for your tongue to REALLY taste the food when you eat? For your eyes to REALLY see all the spellbinding colours on your plate, and for your nose to REALLY smell all the delicious aromas? If you are feeling a little 'BLEH' or 'BLAH' or BORED with the things you do every day, you may want to try this Magical Gratitude Wand (along with your own cool made-up sound and movement!) that can change EVERYTHING (and we do mean everything) in just a few seconds. Wanna know the best part? Once you learn how to handle your wand, you can use it to reveal an extra special SECRET LEVEL to everything you eat, try, dream, do! Check it out... Helps build: gratitude, positivity, joy, optimism, relief from depression Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

Sometimes our worries get stuck, and its like they are racing around and around in our heads like crazy chickens and we don't know how to get these worry chickens out! In this adventure, we get creative, and send our worries down into our magic drawing fingers, and then all the way onto the floor. Then we go "OH YEAH" as we peel each worry up like a dirty sock - or maybe a banana peel - and drop them one by one into a special Worry Box. And then we go on more adventures in our imagination, because imagination is the best. Eventually we give all our worries to the Worry Master, who loves worries and likes to safe-keep them. A really fun way to feel better. Helps build: ability to cope, space around worries and extreme anxieties Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

Do you ever get so worried about stuff that you became a freakout worry freakazoid? I know I do. When this happens, one cool trick is to use our imaginations and climb into a big puffy space suit and then float up to the ceiling and into the sky. When we get space like this, our worries get less strong. We can see how everyone else also has worries and feels different emotions. Our worries become a way for us to feel more connected to people, and that feels really nice. When this happens, our worries may actually begin to shrink. We feel more room inside and can open our arms W-I-D-E, W-I-D-E, W-I-D-E! Try it out! Helps build: ability to cope, space around worries and extreme anxieties. Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

Do you ever get so stressed out that it feels like an elephant is trapped in your chest and can't get free? In this adventurous animal-packed track, you'll learn to breath out stress... and see which other animals are trapped inside along the way. As you set each animal free, you might begin to feel lighter, happier and calmer. Doesn't that sound WONDERFUL? Helps build: stress relief, breath control, inner calm Suggested age range: 6-10 years old

For this adventure, we beam you inside an imaginary snowglobe, and explore how it feels inside our bodies when the swirling snows of anxiety start to settle, settle, settle... Helps build: anxiety relief, inner calm, emotionally settled feelings Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

Are you ready for a MAGICAL heart breathing challenge? In this delightful track, you'll breathe in "THANK YOU" and breathe out "I LOVE YOU", sending your positive vibrations out to the four corners of the land, and perhaps also into the ocean, since fishies love your breath too. Sound easy? It can be - but it also requires focus. Let's learn together how to breath in this very special way, and notice what happens inside our minds and bodies when we do. How exciting! Helps build: optimism, compassion, joy, happiness, self-love, connectivity Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

Well I can tell you that some days going to school can really SUCK. It can be STRESSFUL - making us tired, sad, mad and even plain lonely. Lots of hard things can happen: for example, maybe you haven't finished your homework and you're worried about what your teacher might say. Or maybe there's a kid at school who's not letting you play. Well, FORTUNATELY, in this track, we explore the wonderful possibility that each of us has our own magical ball of answers that we can listen to when we need to figure out our own problems. All we have to do is get VERY quiet, use our imaginations, and hear the soft intelligence of our hearts. Let's explore. Helps build: confidence, compassion, sense of security, self-love, connectivity, resilience Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

Most people think robots are simply machines, without any feelings at all. Well - not this robot! Not only is he quite HI-larious - given to hugging toasters and forks - he happens to have a sparky personality and a vest that's absolutely jam-packed with robotic, loving, delicious goodness. The next time you're feeling sad or lonely, listen to this robot - try on his special vest - and see for yourself what amazing, interconnected, happy feelings might start zooming around inside you. Helps build: optimism, compassion, joy, sense of security, happiness, self-love, connectivity Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

Sometimes life can be really FRUSTRATING and it can seem like our FEELINGS are taking over - like, for example, when your sister steals (yes - steals!) your favourite t-shirt and won't give it back no matter what you say. Or, when you're at the grocery store helping with the shopping and you ask your mom or dad to buy a food treat for you, and they just say a flat-out 'No' without even listening to you. When these kinds of things happen, do you ever get really upset and all shook up.... so mad you don't know what to do? Well, the awesome thing is, it is possible to see what is really going on inside of you when those strong feelings come up, and then you can DO something about them and SAY the things you really need to say.... and it's all about using a Magic Switch. Listen to how... Helps build: inner calm, inner resourcefulness, self-awareness, insight, resilience Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

Do school bullies have you feeling upset? Or maybe you're worried about a big class presentation, or are generally feeling quite shy? Not to worry - all this is perfectly normal. Fortunately, you have inside you a magical and sparkling Can of Delight! In this hilarious adventure, we explore how to give ourselves a fun boost of energy and confidence right when we most need it. We hope it will help you care less about what others think, stand up to your fears, and maybe even poke a little fun at yourself along the way. Helps build: confidence, fortitude, emotional resilience, the ability to laugh at one's fears and insecurities Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

Are you ready to go on an underwater adventure that will help you get SLEEPY for bedtime? In this zany, wet journey, you get to take a dive to the bottom of the ocean, explore the beautiful worlds beneath the sea... and actually harnass the power of miraculous ocean creatures to become a swift, speedy dolphin and a multi-tentacled octopus! After all that swimming and frolicking in the sea, you'll be ready to get dry and drift off to a peaceful sleep. Helps build: capacity to fall asleep, sense of calm, ability to quiet the mind, connectivity, animal-empathy Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

Do you feel like you have so much energy you're going to explode? Are your parents or teachers pleading with you to please settle down? Well, my little friend, I do believe we must at least entertain the possibility that they have a point. FORTUNATELY, there is a quite amazing and very peaceful place inside us that we can visit called ... Calmland. It's really quite wonderful. Do you want to make a visit? Well then: we'll teach you to climb aboard your very own internal elevator and drop down and down and down. Each level gets calmer and calmer... and guess what? It's YOU who controls all the action. Note: If you like this track, you'll love Colourland - same elevator, opposite direction! Helps build: capacity to move from highly active and agitated states to more calm and settled states, increased self-awareness and emotional intelligence Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

The sun has set, you’re in your pjs, you’re all ready for bed when the doorbell rings. Who could it possibly be? Feeling curious? Then get ready for a very special bedtime journey that will help you let go of the day and sink your WHOLE body into your warm, comfortable bed. It won’t be long before you’re SO cozy and SO relaxed that you’re ready to churn out some Zzzzzz’s of your own. Helps build: capacity to fall asleep, full body relaxation, release of anxiety, inner calm Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

It's bedtime but you're not tired AT ALL. How are you ever going to feel sleepy when you're so totally awake? Fortunately, we have just the thing: a magical tortoise shell that will take you on a journey down a lazy river of delicious sleepy goodness. Along the way, you'll be entertained by a blues band of musical bears, and you'll collect dazzling crystals from a sparkling underwater cove. Let this dreamy adventure drift you right into the current of sleepy-time. Helps build: capacity to fall asleep; sense of calm and connection; ability to quiet the mind Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

Kids who have explored Be a Ninja and Ninja School 2 are ready for Ninja School 3. Test out your new Ninja powers as you practice feeling dignified and in control. Can you stop on a dime when we say "Stop!" or do you keep running around like a chicken without a head? Can you play the freeze game of LIFE? And are you ready to step inside our virtual reality imagination simulator, and explore how to stay cool in situations that usually make us feel mad, sad or frustrated? Get ready to take the extreme Ninja challenge. Helps build: self-control, emotional resilience and maturity, inner calm, anxiety relief, self-respect Suggested age range: 6-12 years old

Are you ready for Level 2 Ninja training? This one is all about flexibility. Can you learn to switch back and forth between being DELIGHTFULLY bouncy and being PEACEFULLY calm? This is a key Ninja power - the ancient art of self-control. Helps build: physical self-control, increased awareness of calm vs. activate states (and ability to move flexibility between these states) Suggested age range: 6-10 years old

Calling all kids for Level 1 Ninja Training. Explore your inner Ninja as you learn to notice, breathe and focus on your thougths and actions more clearly and with better self-control. Helps build: anxiety relief, inner calm, focus, self-control Suggested age range: 6-10 years old