Kids Super Journal Podcast

Listen to our #1 podcast (so far) of 2023! Worries are something we all carry with us at one time or another but what can you do with your worries so that you are free to embrace joy? Join in and learn a simple practice for letting worries float away just like a balloon!  Breathe. Move. Journal. Be well!Support the showHere's how you can join our community and make a difference:1. Support our podcast at this link https://www.buzzsprout.com/1845457/supporters/new 2. The Kids Super Journal activity book is available at www.kidssuperjournal.com. 3. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @kidssuperjournal. Please share this podcast with friends, family, and your school community!4. To stay up to date on all the latest, sign up for our newsletter at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Join our community of kind-hearted folks helping us with our mission to empower every child in the world with the simple and universally accessible tools of breathing, body movement, and journaling to self-manage wellbeing. THANK YOU!Breathe. Move. Journal. POWER UP THE TRUE YOU.

This episodes wraps up our Mindfulness Tools from A-Z series with letters W, X, Y, and Z!  W for walk; X for x-ray; Y for yes; and Z for zigzag! Listen and learn four super simple tools that can help you super-boost your wellbeing!Support the showHere's how you can join our community and make a difference:1. Support our podcast at this link https://www.buzzsprout.com/1845457/supporters/new 2. The Kids Super Journal activity book is available at www.kidssuperjournal.com. 3. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @kidssuperjournal. Please share this podcast with friends, family, and your school community!4. To stay up to date on all the latest, sign up for our newsletter at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Join our community of kind-hearted folks helping us with our mission to empower every child in the world with the simple and universally accessible tools of breathing, body movement, and journaling to self-manage wellbeing. THANK YOU!Breathe. Move. Journal. POWER UP THE TRUE YOU.

We are almost through the entire alphabet of Mindfulness Tools from A-Z. Today we explore S, T, U, and V! Each letter represents a simple and effective tool for managing emotions, embracing the positive,  and self-managing challenge. Listen and fill your wellbeing toolbox!Here's how you can join our community and make a difference:1. Support our podcast at this link https://www.buzzsprout.com/1845457/supporters/new 2. The Kids Super Journal activity book is available at www.kidssuperjournal.com. 3. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @kidssuperjournal. Please share this podcast with friends, family, and your school community!4. To stay up to date on all the latest, sign up for our newsletter at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Join our community of kind-hearted folks helping us with our mission to empower every child in the world with the simple and universally accessible tools of breathing, body movement, and journaling to self-manage wellbeing. THANK YOU!Breathe. Move. Journal. POWER UP THE TRUE YOU.

Just like a battery, it can take longer to recharge your energy the lower your energy becomes.  Listen now for super breathing, moving, and journaling tools that kids (and adults) can use every day to maintain healthy energy levels with mindful self-care.Tips for Teachers, Parents, and Caregivers 1. Build in recharging time everyday2. Choose a go-to strategy for when you notice the first signs of low energy (breathing, moving, and journaling are awesome choices!)3. Check-in and recharge daily as a class or family!4. Ask kids for input about what they can do to recharge; do those things together!5 Give positive reinforcement when a child notices they need downtime to recharge and help them meet their need.Thank you for being a part of the Kids Super Journal community!The Kids Super Journal activity book is available at www.kidssuperjournal.com. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @kidssuperjournal. Please share this podcast with friends, family, and your school community!To stay up to date on all the latest, sign up for our newsletter at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Breathe. Move. Journal. BE YOU. Our mission to empower every child in the world with the simple and universally accessible tools of breathing, body movement, and journaling to self-manage wellbeing.

Quiet is essential to hearing ourselves and to hearing others. Without quiet, we are more distant from our longings, needs, dreams, and goals and from knowing the steps we can take to achieve them. In our Q is for Quiet podcast, kids will practice breathing, moving, and journaling tools to power up the skill of being in quiet!Thank you for being a part of the Kids Super Journal community!The Kids Super Journal activity book is available at www.kidssuperjournal.com. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @kidssuperjournal. Please share this podcast with friends, family, and your school community!To stay up to date on all the latest, sign up for our newsletter at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Breathe. Move. Journal. BE YOU. Our mission to empower every child in the world with the simple and universally accessible tools of breathing, body movement, and journaling to self-manage wellbeing.

Patience takes practice! Having the tools to boost a skill and then using those tools consistently increases your ability to improve that skill--including patience! Today, kids can learn and practice 3 different tools to help increase their ability to wait and/or to keep trying as they learn and do new things. Listen today and see which tool you like best! Practice makes Patience! Thank you for being a part of the Kids Super Journal community!The Kids Super Journal activity book is available at www.kidssuperjournal.com. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @kidssuperjournal. Please share this podcast with friends, family, and your school community!To stay up to date on all the latest, sign up for our newsletter at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Breathe. Move. Journal. BE YOU. Our mission to empower every child in the world with the simple and universally accessible tools of breathing, body movement, and journaling to self-manage wellbeing.

This week the ABC's of mindfulness is brought to you by the letter O for OBSERVE! OBSERVING takes noticing to the next level. Noticing means paying attention to the present moment; observing means paying attention to something or someone and registering it as significant. And that happens through noticing detail. In today's podcast, kids can practice their powers of observation and boost them to super power status! Thank you for being a part of the Kids Super Journal community!The Kids Super Journal activity book is available at www.kidssuperjournal.com. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @kidssuperjournal. Please share this podcast with friends, family, and your school community!To stay up to date on all the latest, sign up for our newsletter at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Breathe. Move. Journal. BE YOU. Our mission to empower every child in the world with the simple and universally accessible tools of breathing, body movement, and journaling to self-manage wellbeing.

It's never too early to start practicing self-care! N is for Nurture gets kids started in understanding the importance of self-nurturing and what self-nurturing really means. Then we'll get mindful with some fun breathing and journaling tools to practice to help kids learn to notice when they need some self-care and what self-care looks like for them.  Thank you for being a part of the Kids Super Journal community!The Kids Super Journal activity book is available at www.kidssuperjournal.com. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @kidssuperjournal. Please share this podcast with friends, family, and your school community!To stay up to date on all the latest, sign up for our newsletter at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Breathe. Move. Journal. BE YOU. Our mission to empower every child in the world with the simple and universally accessible tools of breathing, body movement, and journaling to self-manage wellbeing.

The magic in mindfulness comes from experiencing your own power and agency to self-manage wellbeing.  Magic happens whenever you pause to notice the present moment with kindness and curiosity and breathe into whatever is present without trying to change it. Today, kids can practice how to create their own magic with breathing, moving, and journaling! Give it a try now!Thank you for being a part of the Kids Super Journal community!The Kids Super Journal activity book is available at www.kidssuperjournal.com. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @kidssuperjournal. Please share this podcast with friends, family, and your school community!To stay up to date on all the latest, sign up for our newsletter at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Breathe. Move. Journal. BE YOU. Our mission to empower every child in the world with the simple and universally accessible tools of breathing, body movement, and journaling to self-manage wellbeing.

Kindness is healthy for everyone! Acts of kindness reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. Kindness improves heart health, increases feelings of happiness and wellbeing, and can even help you live longer! Host Elizabeth Heller shares a kindness story with kids and asks kids to journal about a time when someone was kind to them. Kids can also make a list of kindnesses they received or offered to others and they can look at the list anytime they want to increase feelings of happiness and wellbeing. Join in the kindness journey and make the whole world healthier and happier!Thank you for listening, we appreciate you! Our Kids Super Journal activity book available at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @kidssuperjournal and sign up for our newsletter at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Breathe. Move. Journal. Be well!

Honesty means sticking to the facts. And sticking to the facts is healthy for you! Researchers find that honesty is linked to less colds, less fatigue, less depression, and less anxiety. Telling the truth calms your nervous system and boosts self-esteem.  Join host Elizabeth Heller for simple, fun journey through the practice of being honest.Thank you for listening, we appreciate you! Our Kids Super Journal activity book available at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @kidssuperjournal and sign up for our newsletter at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Breathe. Move. Journal. Be well!

Intention is the thought process behind what you plan to do or achieve. Big and small, everything you want to create, do, accomplish, or have begins with intention. Intention is a thought. Action follows intention. Kids will connect to their intentions through breathing and journaling and then set some intentions for the new year. Thank you for listening, we appreciate you! Our Kids Super Journal activity book available at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @kidssuperjournal and sign up for our newsletter at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Breathe. Move. Journal. Be well!

 Joy is something  you create by being mindful. Joy happens when you notice, on purpose, the details that show up in your day.  Kids will join host Elizabeth Heller in creating a mindfulness practice for noticing all the joy in their lives.  They can use this practice anytime, any day when they want to find some joy!Thank you for listening, we appreciate you! Our Kids Super Journal activity book available at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @kidssuperjournal and sign up for our newsletter at www.kidssuperjournal.com.Breathe. Move. Journal. Be well!

As a tool to practice gratitude, Host Elizabeth Heller leads kids in a simple, guided visualization that asks children to call to mind someone who  loves them. Through this fun mindfulness practice, kids can open up to the benefits of noticing just how much they are loved as a way to be grateful. This heart-warming meditation is a tool kids can use again, on their own, to reduce anxiety, increase self-esteem, and just feel supported.  Feel free to join your kids for a boost of wellbeing! www.kidssuperjournal.com.

The latest in the ABC's  of mindfulness Season 4: F is for FOCUS.  Focus is the vehicle for creating a calm and for living a mindful, meaningful life. In today's podcast, you will move your body, breathe, and journal to practice focus! Kids can also use our 70-day mindfulness activity book, the KIDS SUPER JOURNAL, to establish a mindfulness practice to manage challenge and create wellbeing throughout their lives www.kidssuperjournal.com.

This week the ABC's of mindfulness are brought to you by the Letter E -- E is for EASE. Ease means making something challenging less painful or severe. EASE is not the same as EASY. Easy means something is not a challenge to begin with.  In this podcast, you will breathe, move, and journal to practice creating ease. You can use these tools to meet a challenge and help yourself find more ease as you manage through it. The Kids Super Journal provides 70 days of mindful journaling practice to empower kids to self-manage challenge and create wellbeing  www.kidssuperjournal.com.

Discover means to UNEXPECTEDLY find someone or something. Discovering yourself is like being a deep-sea diver. Divers have a process for learning how to discover what lies beneath the ocean waves. They start small, in a pool. They practice breathing a breathing pattern that helps them stay calm and remain longer under water. They move to shallow ocean depths and practice. They gain experience and build confidence. Then they can go deeper and travel farther to dive in new locations. They can do this all of their lives.It's the same for all of us and for kids. There is no end to what you can discover about yourself and the world. You can empower kids to create a process for self-discovery with breathing, body movement, and journaling tools. In our DISCOVER podcast, we'll practice 'divers breath' and journal about all the things you have discovered and hope to discover about YOU. www.kidssuperjournal.com.

Breathing mindfully, inhaling and exhaling with focus on the breath, is shown by researchers to decrease stress and anxiety, lower blood pressure, increase feelings of happiness and wellbeing, and reduce feelings of depression among many additional benefits. Kids will practice a fun and simple breathing tool called 'box breath' and during journal time they can choose a shape and create their own breathing tool! www.kidssuperjournal.com to sign-up for our newsletter and find our 70-day Kids Super Journal activity book! 

Creativity is more than being "artistic." Creativity is something kids engage in every day because every day kids make choices that create their life. Making mindful choices about things like how you treat yourself and others, how you use your talents, and how you spend your time all add up to the masterpiece that is your life. Empower kids with tools to create the life they want with the breathing, moving, and journaling tools in our podcast and in the Kids Super Journal 70-day mindfulness activity book available at www.kidssuperjournal.com. 

Welcome to Season 4 of the Kids Super Journal--the ABC's of mindfulness. We begin at the beginning with the letter A. A is for AWARE!  Awareness is the foundation for building wellbeing. Awareness begins with using the 5 senses to notice what is happening inside and outside of you. Listen and super journal to this podcast to practice becoming aware. Creating wellbeing, reducing stress and anxiety, building self-esteem, and managing challenge are as simple as A-B-C. Kids can create wellness with the research-backed tools of breathing, moving, and journaling.  The Kids Super Journal shows kids how with tools they can use for a lifetime.

Kindness is cool! And so is planting a kindness garden! Revisit this fan favorite podcast and check-in with how you mindfully grow your kindness garden every day! The Kids Super Journal activity book is now available at www.kidssuperjournal.com! Get yours and empower kids to self-manage and cultivate wellbeing--for a lifetime! www.kidssuperjournal.com

Before you can achieve a goal you have to set an intention to do so. An intention is the awareness and acknowledgement of what you want to achieve. It is the first step in creating all the wonderful things you'd like to have in your life. The new school year is the perfect time to take some time to notice and write down intentions. Writing them down is proven to be the most effective way to make intentions a reality. In today's podcast, kids will breathe to settle the body, use imagination to become aware of their intentions, and then journal those intentions on paper.  Join our community as we start the school year off together with the best of intentions! 

Embrace your inner chicken! Why? Because fear is an opportunity for you to find your courage. Fear and courage are best friends! Without fear, there is no need for courage.  Almost anytime you want to try something new or are experiencing something challenging or hard, fear arrives. The challenge is how to manage fear so that you can practice being brave and move forward. Join the Kids Super Journal community today as we breathe and journal about making friends with fear and embracing courage! Stay updated on all things Kids Super Journal by signing up for our newsletter at www.kidssuperjournal.com. 

Worries are something we all carry with us at one time or another but what can you do with your worries so that you are free to embrace joy? Join in and learn a simple practice for letting worries float away just like a balloon!  The Kids Super Journal Kickstarter campaign is live! Join in and support the activity book project designed for this generation of children who are managing unprecedented challenges, including the effects of the pandemic. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kidssuperjournal/kids-super-journalMy mission is to empower children with tools to self-manage life's challenges, embrace life's joys, and generate wellbeing with a simple, research-backed strategy that combines breathing, moving, and journaling. The Kids Super Journal is that tool.

A big black bear sets an example of how to manage your energy and still accomplish your goal! You don't always have to try harder--sometimes you just need to try smarter and enjoy the fruits of your labor! You'll hear the story of the black bear, breathe and move your body slowly, and then use your imagination to see yourself creating what you want just like the black bear! Sign up for our Kickstarter notification at this link and be first to support our Kids Super Journal activity book get one of only 50 discounted copies: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kidssuperjournal/kids-super-journal

The end of the school year is a great time to pause and  notice how you  have changed and grown over the school year and  celebrate you! When you stop to notice and appreciate your hard work and efforts, you can generate a healthy boost of wellbeing. We will do that together in today's podcast! There is so much to celebrate about you! 

The end of the school is the perfect time to pause and notice all the changes and accomplishments you have created over the year. This simple mindfulness practice is a powerful way to increase your self-esteem and self-confidence and boost your overall wellbeing. Join me for fun breath work, a little body movement, and three simple journaling prompts to help you appreciate all you have accomplished over the school year! Yay you!

Get tips and tools for making hard decisions as we focus on breathing and journaling! The Kids Super Journal mindfulness activity book is on its way! Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest updates at kidssuperjournal.com and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @kidssuperjournal.

Feeling worried or nervous or anxious is a part of everyone's life.  Sometimes worry can feel so big and overwhelming it can be a challenge to manage and it can get in the way of enjoying life.  In this kick-off to Season 3, you will explore what happens in the brain that causes you to feel worry and then practice fun and simple tools for managing this big feeling. Join our community email list at www.kidssuperjournal.com and follow us on FB and IG @kidssuperjournal for all the latest news on the Kids Super Journal book launch!

Revisit our most listened to podcast ever! From Season 1, The Power of Being a Good Listener is our fan fave!  Season 3 begins next week and the Kids Super Journal is getting ready to launch in June! Lots happening here as we head into summer! Always a great time to remind ourselves to LISTEN! Follow us @kidssuperjournal on FB and IG and sign up for our newsletter at www.kidssuperjournal.com for all our latest happenings! 

Staying connected with old friends has many healthy benefits including boosting joy and increasing feelings of wellbeing! Listen to my story of 4 old friends I have, and then we will explore the benefits of having old friends, practice gratitude breath, and journal about the special friends in your life! Old friends, new friends, hooray for all friends and  all the ways they make our lives happier and healthier! The Kids Super Journal book is getting ready to launch June 2022! Join our email list for updates www.kidssuperjournal.com and follow us on FB and IG @kidssuperjournal! 

Friendship is so important to kids wellbeing! Listen to the story of how I met Steve, a dog walker, and made two new friends--including one with four legs! There are tips about what a good friend is like, how they make you feel, and how you can be a good friend to yourself! (check out Facebook and Instagram for a photo of Steve and I walking A LOT of dogs!)Our Kids Super Journal activity journal is getting ready to launch in June 2022! For updates, join our email list at www.kidssuperjournal.com and follow us on Facebook and Instagram!

There are lots of ways to learn about yourself! One way is to pay attention to what you enjoy and what makes your heart light up and then noticing the details about why! In this episode,  we will do just that by bringing to mind a favorite animal! Join us for the fun and see what you can learn about yourself! Follow us on FaceBook and Instagram  @kidsssuperjournal and sign up for our newsletter at www.kidssuperjournal.com! 

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change! Join us for this simple and fun practice of noticing SHOOTING STAR  and FALLING STAR moments! Learn how to change a falling star into a shooting star and boost self-esteem! Be sure and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @kidssuperjournal and sign up for our newsletter and be the first to know when the Kids Super Journal activity book is available! www.kidssuperjournal.com!

Self-esteem is essential to building a happy life. A child's self-esteem dictates things like how they like and value themselves as a person, whether they recognize their strengths and positive qualities, if they try new or difficult things, and if they believe they matter and are good enough. Today's podcast explains a fun and simple way kids can begin to boost their self-esteem by practicing non-judgment. Kids will create their own characters called JUDGEY and NON-JUDGEY, move their bodies, and journal about self-esteem. Building self-esteem is simple and just takes practice! The Kids Super Journal podcast will show kids how to begin! Join our community on Facebook and Instagram @kidssuperjournal! 

Host Elizabeth Heller leads kids in a simple, guided visualization that asks children to call to mind someone who really loves them. Through this fun mindfulness practice, kids can open up to the healing and energizing benefits of noticing just how much they are loved. This heart-warming meditation is a tool kids can use again, on their own, to reduce anxiety, increase self-esteem, and just feel supported.  Feel free to join your kids for a boost of wellbeing! 

Kindness keeps us healthy! Research-back data says that receiving and offering kindness each day, and even observing others being kind, boosts our wellbeing! You can mindfully cultivate kindness  by planting a kindness garden in your home or classroom and watch everyone grow! This podcast offers kids lots of ideas for how to create their own kindness garden with friends, family, and even in their classroom! 

Transitions and change, big or small, can be a challenge for everyone! In this episode, we'll use butterflies to inspire simple and effective tools for managing any kind of change. We will mindfully breath and move like a butterfly and then settle in to journaling about change! Kids will also be asked to find something positive they discovered about a time they managed something new, some kind of change! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @kidssuperjournal for more!

Whether in the classroom or at home,  we adults hear from kids all the time, "I want to be first!" Listen to this original story by creator and podcast host, Elizabeth Heller, that tells the tale of two snake classrooms and their day at the park! We'll practice snake breath and journal about taking turns, cooperation, and being polite!

Join us for storytelling fun and find out who is stronger, the Sun or the Wind!  Kids can listen to this simple parable and explore their own feelings about what makes them strong.  We'll practice  sun breath and wind breath and journal about the nature of strength. 

For all of us, mistakes are a necessary and natural process of learning and growing that makes each of us more beautiful and unique!  The Japanese art of Kintsugi shows us how!  Kintsugi art repairs broken pottery by mending the breaks with lacquer mixed with gold, silver, or platinum. The imperfections are highlighted rather than disguised and the mistakes transform  the original art piece into something even more spectacular.  People are the same! We are all imperfect and make mistakes yet we often try to hide our imperfection from others and even from ourselves.  Listen and practice with the Kids Super Journal community and notice what happens for you when you highlight your mistakes as beautiful!

The practice of receiving kindness is as important as offering kindness. Receiving kindness enables us to better offer kindness to others. You need both to create a cycle of wellbeing! This fun mindfulness practice asks you to bring to mind a person who has shown you kindness and to spend  time noticing how that person made you feel.  Noticing and accepting kindness is powerful because it is the key to offering  kindness out into the world. 

Color is a simple and powerful way to create feelings of wellbeing but first you have to be  mindful of how a color makes you feel! Join us for this simple and calming mindfulness experiment to help you find out!Be a part of the Kids Super Journal community by following us on Facebook and Instagram @kidssuperjournal!

In 1960, Wilma Rudolph was the first woman to win 3 Olympic gold medals!  Wilma had to overcome the childhood effects of Polio that crippled her left leg and being told by doctors that she would never walk without a brace. Wilma's mother said, "You CAN" and Wilma believed it. Using Wilma's story as inspiration, you'll Super Journal your way to noticing when you tell yourself you can't and  then choose to practice telling yourself you CAN! Then  notice what happens! 

Understanding our connection to animals and noticing how they help us keep ourselves and the Earth healthy can be a mindfulness practice.  In this podcast, you can explore how your favorite animal helps keep you and your environment healthy, too!

The colors of a rainbow can be like feelings. We have so many feelings every day. Sometimes a feeling is bright, sometimes soft or warm, and sometimes big and bold. Have you ever thought of a feeling as a color?  Explore your feelings as colors and create awareness of your own rainbow!

Join me for a treasure hunt as I walk you through a peaceful,  guided visualization practice that can lead to the most spectacular treasure in the world! 

Home can be many things. It can be a building, a town, or a feeling. Home can even be you!  We'll  imagine we are getting on a rocket ship and heading in to space to get a long distance view of Earth – the planet we call home -- and we'll see what we can notice.

Our feelings are just like the weather--they are meant to shift and change all the time. It's completely natural. What might not always feel natural is our ability to manage our feelings.  This podcast outlines a simple way to remember a process for managing feelings by remember the word NICE! Each letter in the word nice stands for part of the practice you can use to help with feelings big and small! Give it a try!

Hi and welcome to the Kids Super Journal Podcast where you can learn and practice fun, simple, science-based tools to boost your physical and emotional health! Listen here and find out a little more about what the podcast is all about, how simple it is to do, and learn more about the creator and host, Elizabeth Heller!

Listening is the most important part of mindfulness! You are practicing this essential skill every time you listen to The Kids Super Journal Podcast! Join me as we explore additional ways to practice listening and notice what you can hear.