Emotions

About the book Breathing Makes It Better: A Book for Sad Days, Mad Days, Glad Days, and All the Feelings In-Between

Inspired by the practices reflected in Buddhist visual culture, these resources may help you handle stress and foster peace of mind wherever you are.

Wendy O'Leary, co-author of Breathing Makes It Better, offers insights and suggestions for how to support children who are struggling.

Wendy O'Leary shares a short practice and reflection on emotion, imagination, and the power of connecting with our bodies.

Wendy O'Leary, co-author of Breathing Makes It Better, shows children how to relate to feelings of anxiety and shares a breathing exercise to help them feel calmer.

This guide offers complementary activities for teachers and caregivers to lead with children when reading Breathing Makes It Better.

This website offers an extensive selection of readings and resources, covering topics such as Social and Emotional Learning, mindfulness and awareness in education, the value of kindness and compassion in the classroom, and more.

This lessons offers students to understand and experience their basic goodness through different exercises and activities.

A song for engaging with our basic goodness through the image of the open, blue sky inside us all.

A short contemplation on the nature of our emotions and ourselves.

Breathing Makes It Better was written to help children aged 3–6 learn to work with difficult emotions using mindfulness, awareness, and breathing.

This sweet video by Mindful Schools demonstrates the power of mindfulness for working with difficult emotions, as explained by kindergarten students at the Citizens of the World Charter School, in Mar Vista, CA.