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6-Minute Meditation With Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH

Can a 6-minute meditation really make a difference? Try it for yourself!

In this excerpt from our March 17 episode, “Medicating with Meditation?“, Dr. Darshan Mehta leads us in a 6-minute meditation – right in the middle of our workday.

Everything You’ve Wanted to Know About Sleep, featuring Bernard Kinane, MD – Shrinking It Down

It’s our last episode of the season, but never fear – we are signing off with tips to last you the summer long. Today’s episode is all about sleep!

Listen wherever you get your podcasts – just search for “Shrinking It Down.”

Sleep is so important to our physical and mental health.

Activity #3: Practice Self-Care

It’s Week 3 of our Self-Care for Resilience Classroom Challenge! This week’s activity is to help students Practice Self-Care.

Don’t forget to log your progress here, when complete! You can also e-mail us, if you prefer.

Activity #2: Identify Forms of Self-Care

It’s Week 2 of our Self-Care for Resilience Classroom Challenge! This week’s activity is to help students Identify Forms of Self-Care.

Don’t forget to log your progress here, when complete! You can also e-mail us, if you prefer.

Activity #1: Recognize Stress

It’s Week 1 of our Self-Care for Resilience Classroom Challenge! This week’s activity is to help students Recognize Stress.

Don’t forget to log your progress here, when complete! You can also e-mail us, if you prefer.

What’s Up With Everyone? A Youth Mental Health Campaign With Academy-Award Winning Aardman

We all know that it is best to support young people who are struggling with life’s challenges upstream, and not wait until they need clinical interventions. I have been leading a new multi-media campaign to do just this.

Mental Health Challenges and Latinx Children & Teens, featuring Angel Caraballo, MD – Shrinking It Down

Over the past year, the Clay Center has worked to support even more young people by translating our free, online resources for Spanish-speaking parents and caregivers.

Prioritizing Parent Mental Health (Webinar)

As a parent, in order to support your child or teen’s mental well-being, you need to put on your own oxygen mask first.

A Closer Look at High-Functioning Autism, featuring Robyn Thom, MD – Shrinking It Down

Coming into April, Autism Awareness Month, we’ve noticed more families coming to our website with questions about high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

One Year Later: Young Adults and COVID-19 – Shrinking It Down

Everyone has been hit hard mentally and emotionally during COVID-19, but there’s growing research to suggest that young adults – that special 18-26 age group – are suffering more than we might think. GenZ and Millennials had already been flagged as possibly the loneliest generation, even before the pandemic.