Where focus goes, energy flows.
Feeling stressed can affect how you relate to yourself, your children, and the world around you. Meditating improves your mental health and can help to reduce anxiety and depression in all of us.
Below are guided meditations you can listen to with your children and youth which can help everyone ground themselves emotionally, and develop compassion and grace. You only need to find four minutes in your day to sit quietly, close your eyes and benefit from the meditation.
These short meditations are led by Dr. Lisa Pion-Berlin in English with translations into Spanish can be done anywhere, and they are a great way to create peace and harmony in your life.
Meditation can help you:
Affirmations are positive statements you say to yourself that begin with “I…”. When you repeat the same affirmation 21 times, it has a positive impact on your self-confidence, and mental health. Affirmations help you cope with negative feelings, thoughts and situations and can be done anywhere, anytime. You can say them to yourself or out loud. Encourage your children and youth to do daily affirmations about themselves.
Explore affirmations of each of the seven energy points of the body called chakras.
I am present I am grounded
I understand my life's purpose
I understand myself and show myself compassion
I am here and safe
I know how I feelI know my strength
I am trust worthy
I am positive
I am fearless
I speak honestlyI express myself with love and support
I express my worth
I communicate peacefully
I speak courageously
I love myselfI love my children
I love my family
I am supportive
I am giving
I am in controlI am capable
I am stable
I am connected
I am my future
I experience joyI am secure
I am creative
I am nourished
I embrace change
I am well-balancedI am enough
I am centered
I am nourished
I am strong
You might feel a little silly at first, but stick with it, you will soon see the benefits. They really can be a powerful tool in improving your mindset and giving your self-confidence a boost! Affirmations can rewire your brain and change the way you feel. Everything you say or think about yourself affects your well-being. They can be an important part of your self-care. You deserve to be kind to yourself.
Click on any of the seven chakras of the body to view suggested affirmations.
Create An Affirmation
What’s one thing you can do every day to fill your soul and bring happiness? That’s create an affirmation and that starts with a sentence I am. I am a great mother, I’m a great student, I’m a great wife, I’m a great friend, I’m a loving neighbor. Whatever you believe you are you want to say it. But what’s most important is you need to say it 21 times either out loud or to yourself. I use my hands to count when I want to make sure that I’ve done it 21 times because that’s how it gets imprinted in my brain. Boy, do I feel much better afterwards! This is a daily dose of happiness and joy and well-being and you can teach your kids to do it no matter what age it is. It doesn’t mean that I am brilliant, “I don’t feel brilliant.” That’s why you do it, the affirmation is to move you in the direction you want to be by affirming these positive aspects about yourself.
