Teaching Mindfulness to Children, to Teachers, to Lawyers, to Judges- My Playlist from June, 2015, "Mindfulness - Awareness"

During this turbulent & heartbreaking month.. perhaps, we all need some  Mindfulness-Learn-Speak?

This is a great introductory video to a series called "Go Strengths Online" which is designed to teach Mindfulness to children at home and at school. It is produced by a group called "gozenonline." Don't you wish you'd thought of that name? 

I have left my "2015 Mindfulness- Awareness" Playlist "Public" on the "Valerie Houghton" YouTube channel. This playlist includes a TEDx Talk by Dr. Daniel Siegel, MD on Neural Integration, another one by Megan McElheran, PhD titled "Trauma, Change and Resilience" plus three inspirational video clips from "Remember the Titans" and  public health video short film titled "The Best Medicine: Why Relationships Matter" by WatchRelate. 

AND if you want to find any of these goodies on your own, please do! As always, take what you like and share what you like. During this turbulent month... we need to practice MINDFULNESS. As they say in Titans, "teach (us) to trust the soul of a man rather than his look... no matter what aspect of our lives, I hope we can live by these words. 

Happy Sunday. Peace be with you.

Daniel Siegel, MD, Demonstrates Brain Development, Resilience and Exploring Relationships and Reflection in the Cultivation of Well-Being

"The Science of Neglect" is a Brief Video from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University: Brain Architecture's "Ground Zero"

This it the first of a series about the impact of neglect on our babies and young children. Neglect is the most common type of child maltreatment in the United States. It literally causes an immediate change in the development of the child's brain architecture and thus, alters the lifelong trajectory of their health and well being. Our community pays a huge price when we endanger the well being of our children- whether or not they are a part of our biological or familial relationship circle. The Center for on the Developing Child is a fantastic resource, to which I often return for updates and encouragement from my pediatric/public health "roots." :)) Happy Sunday!

Brain Flight: Happening TODAY! Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day National Launch

HAPPENING TODAY: 

National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day National Launch 1:45 p.m. EDT.

Please join us and watch live via http://ow.ly/wx3nh . 

Use Hashtags and Twitter to Join the Conversation. The Instructions Will Be Right There... 

                               (along with the support chat link, too! See you there?) 

Kind regards
- Valerie

"Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence and Trauma" Thank you, Office for the Victims of Crimes

Cow and Gate Supergroup: From the UK (Of Course!) Focusing on Feeding Their Personalities! Lovely!!