The Owl and the Guard Dog | Zen Den
Self Regulation - Managing Big Emotions • 8m 56s
Jaime tells a story from a childhood math lesson, to illustrate how the amygdala (our 'guard dog') can be so good at protecting us - a little TOO good - that it stops the thinking part of our brain (our 'owl' - the pre-frontal cortex) from doing its work!
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Be the Pond | Zen Den
A short mindfulness video for kids. In this episode of Cosmic Kids Zen Den I explain in a kid-friendly way that we are separate from our thoughts. They come and go - and we can observe them. There's a really clever way of remembering this - our mind is like a pond full of fish. The fish are our ...
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How to Make Good Choices! | Zen Den
Jaime introduces us to the traffic light technique for making good choices. Stop - Breathe - Choose!
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Time Out | Peace Out
In this guided relaxation, we learn a special way of taking time out for ourselves, so that we can feel calmer and happier whenever we need to.
