Curated Video
Understanding Defense Mechanisms: The Mind's Protection Squad
Have you ever said or done something you later regretted? Or felt like your emotions run the show? Our minds use hidden strategies called defense mechanisms to protect us from uncomfortable feelings. In this video, I explain what they...
Curated Video
What Does It Mean To Be Neurotic?
In this video I discuss three ways to define neurotic. 1. Using the five-factor OCEAN model developed by Lewis Goldberg 2. Using the concept of neurosis developed by Sigmund Freud 3. Using personality organization construct developed by...
Curated Video
Coping skills and Psychological Defenses - An Introduction
In this video I discuss coping mechanisms and defense mechanisms. Coping skills are the thoughts and behaviors you engage in that help you manage distressing situations. They can be divided into emotion-focused and problem-focused....
Neuro Transmissions
How to cope with your awful family at the holidays
The holidays are supposed to be the best time of the year. But let’s face it, family can be stressful. They don’t just know how to push your buttons, they installed them there in the first place! But that doesn’t mean your family...
Neuro Transmissions
What social distancing does to your mental health (and what to do about it)
These are anxious times given the recent coronavirus outbreak. And if that wasn't stressful enough, now we have to add social distancing on top of it. If you're anything like me, you've taken your responsibility to flatten the curve...
Curated Video
Pressurized Part 2
Feeling overwhelmed by stress? Don't worry, Kevin at Can Do U has got you covered with an effective grounding exercise. In this enlightening video, Kevin explains how the 5-4-3-2-1 Technique can help you regain control when stress and...
Curated Video
Pressure and Priorities Part 2
In this video, we delve into the parallels between space shuttles experiencing Max Q and the pressure we face in our high school lives. Learn practical strategies to relieve stress and regain control of your time. Discover the power of...
Curated Video
Pressurized Part 1
Join Kevin at Can Do U as he unveils a powerful stress management technique in this insightful video. Discover the wonders of Box Breathing, a technique used by professional athletes and Navy Seals to combat stress and anxiety. Kevin...
Curated Video
Pressure and Priorities Part 1
In this video, we delve into the parallels between space shuttles experiencing Max Q and the pressure we face in our high school lives. Learn practical strategies to relieve stress and regain control of your time. Discover the power of...
Curated Video
Moods Part 3: How to Gain Control of Your Emotions
In this installment, we explore a potent way to manage our moods when emotions run high: introducing the N.E.R.D. method. We'll understand how to Notice Emotions, regulate them, and Distract ourselves to better handle situations that...
Curated Video
Balancing Act Part 1: Finding Harmony in a Busy Life
Welcome to "Balancing Act," a series designed to help you navigate the complexities of life and find harmony amidst the many responsibilities and challenges you face. In this first episode, we explore the concept of balance and its...
Mazz Media
Talk It Out: What Causes Eating Disorders?
This program explores the individual, family and cultural factors that have been linked to eating disorders. Students will come to understand that eating disorders can be triggered my major events in a person’s life such as a life crisis...
Mazz Media
My Blog: 5 Ways to Cope with Anxiety
Anxiety is just part of being teen. In this program students will learn 5 coping skills that will help them to manage their feelings of anxiety. When Claire has to make a presentation in front of her class, she learns that planning and...
Mazz Media
Get Along Monsters: Don't Call Me Names
You're stupid! You're a baby! As we all know, name-calling is one of many inappropriate ways that children express themselves when they're feeling angry or frustrated. To the child on the receiving end of name-calling it can be a painful...
Mazz Media
Get Along Monsters: We All Get Mad (Sometimes)
In this program, the Get-Along Monsters assist young children learn strategies that will help them to solve problems in safe and appropriate ways. Each segment combines humorous, animated segments and age-appropriate, live-action...
Mazz Media
Get Along Monsters: Stop Picking On Me
Each and every day children encounter bullies. Whether it's at school, on the bus or at home, bullies are a part of life. In this program students will learn simple, easy to understand techniques that will help them to deal with bullies,...
Mazz Media
Get Along Monsters: No More Teasing
The objective of this program is to demonstrate effective strategies kids can use to protect themselves against teasing, harassment and bullying. Several vignettes show situations in which kids are being teased. Peer actors then model...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children: Catch, Check, and Change Your Thoughts Part 2
Part two of a short video details the Catch It, Check It, Change It method. Scholars watch how a learner gets bad news, feels sad, then turns their mood around using positive thinking. A narrator explains the steps thoughtfully.
Transforming Education
Importance of Self-Efficacy
A short, animated video introduces viewers to the importance of self-efficacy. The narrator first defines self-efficacy then offers five ways learners can develop this social-emotional learning competency.
Social Skills Central
Social Skills Accepting "No"
When you are a kid, sometimes a grownup is going to tell you "No." You can respond in a couple of different ways... Learners discover how one youngster suggests how to approach hearing the word No from an adult in this quick...