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10-10-10
3 minutesWill this matter in 10 minutes? 10 months? 10 years? Most worries don't make it far.
Anger journal
10 minutesTrack the anger — the trigger, the thought, the action, the aftermath.
Anger triggers list
12 minutesMap the things that reliably set it off — so they stop being surprises.
Angry pillow
2 minutesGive the anger somewhere to go that won't hurt anyone.
Bear breathing
3 minutesSlow, deep breaths shaped like a bear hug.
Big body squeeze
2 minutesDeep pressure for a small body that feels scared and shaky.
Body scan check-in
4 minutesA slow head-to-toe check to find where the worry is hiding.
Box breathing
4 minutesFour counts in, four hold, four out, four hold. Repeat until the system resets.
Breathing log
3 minutesTrack when a breathing technique helped — and when it didn't. Both answers matter.
Bubble breathing
3 minutesSlow the breath by trying to make the biggest, slowest bubble.
Calm spot
10 minutesFind and name the one spot where their anxiety gets quieter.
Carry their picture
5 minutesFind a photo together. Put it somewhere they can always find it.
Color the feeling
10 minutesA blank face. They color in the feeling.
Continuing bonds
20 minutesGrief isn't about moving on. It's about carrying them with you differently.
Cool-down menu
10 minutesBuild a personal menu of what actually works — before you need it.
Cost-benefit of anger
10 minutesIs acting on this anger actually going to get you what you want?
Draw the angry
8 minutesPut the anger on paper before it comes out somewhere harder.
Draw them
10 minutesDraw the person or pet who is gone — exactly how you remember them.
Drawing what's heavy
20 minutesA quiet drawing prompt for after a loss. They lead.
Emotion charades: advanced
10 minutesAct out the harder feelings — the ones without obvious faces.
Emotion log
3 minutesTrack one emotion a day for a week. Then find the patterns.
Facts vs fears
8 minutesSort what the worry is saying from what is actually happening.
Feeling detectives
10 minutesRead a picture book and stop to find the feelings hiding in it.
Feelings and bodies
10 minutesMap four feelings onto four bodies. They always look different.
Feelings charades
10 minutesAct out a feeling. Everyone guesses. Then name it.
Feelings in others
10 minutesPractice reading emotions in faces and body language — not just words.
Find something soft
3 minutesA simple sensory search to bring a worried toddler back to the room.
Five things you can see
3 minutesA grounding count-down for when worry is loud.
Four feelings chart
2 minutesA simple daily check-in: circle how you feel today.
Goodnight ritual
3 minutesInclude the one who is gone in the bedtime routine.
Grief in my body
10 minutesColor where the missing feeling lives in the body.
Grief waves
5 minutesGrief doesn't go in a straight line. It comes in waves — and the waves change over time.
How big is the feeling?
3 minutesUse your arms to show how big the feeling is right now.
Ice cube hands
2 minutesHold an ice cube. The cold pulls you back to your body.
Letter to them
15 minutesWrite to the person who is gone. Say what hasn't been said out loud.
Lion breath
2 minutesBreathe in like a lion waking up. Roar it all out.
Mad face mirror
3 minutesMake the maddest face you can together. Then try a different one.
Mad, sad, scared, glad
5 minutesFour feelings, four movements. Call one out and do it together.
Memory jar
20 minutesFold a small memory into the jar. Keep them all.
More words for mad
8 minutesMad is just the start. There are thirty words between fine and furious.
My worry cloud
8 minutesDraw the worry in the cloud. Then watch it drift.
Name that face
5 minutesLook at faces together and name what each one is feeling.
Name the knot
6 minutesLocate where the worry sits in the body. Give it a shape.
Name the secondary emotion
10 minutesThe feeling we show is often not the one we're really having.
Opposite action
3 minutesWhen anger says attack or shut down, do the exact opposite — and feel what shifts.
Permission list
10 minutesRead the list out loud together. All of these are allowed.
Red zone check
8 minutesLearn to catch the anger when it's still orange — before it hits red.
Rip it up
2 minutesOld newspaper, a pile of paper, and permission to destroy it.
Safe hands
2 minutesWhen the world feels too big, find an adult hand and hold on.
Squeeze and let go
2 minutesSqueeze every muscle as tight as you can. Then drop it all at once.
Stomp and shake
2 minutesThe mad has to go somewhere. Let it out, on purpose.
Stop, think, act
10 minutesPractice the three-second pause between the trigger and the response.
Tell me one thing
5 minutesOne small memory, shared out loud. No pressure for more.
The 90-second rule
4 minutesThe anger chemical lasts 90 seconds. After that, a thought has to re-trigger it — every single time.
The anxiety ladder
20 minutesMap the scary thing from least scary to most. Start at the bottom rung.
The comfort object
10 minutesFind one small thing that belonged to them. Let the child keep it close.
The emotion wheel
12 minutesStart with one word. Work outward until you find the precise one.
The feelings thermometer
8 minutesColor in where your feeling is on a scale of 1 to 10.
The goodbye box
20 minutesA box that holds small things that remind them. Theirs to add to whenever.
The mad map
10 minutesMap where anger lives in the body — and what it might be trying to protect.
The worry window
10 minutesSet a 10-minute appointment with the worry. Then close it.
Thought clouds
10 minutesWrite the scary thought. Then write what's actually true.
Thought record
12 minutesThe classic CBT tool, for an older kid who wants to understand their own mind.
Two feelings at once
8 minutesIt's possible to feel happy and sad at the same time. Both are allowed.
Unsent letter
20 minutesWrite what was never said — the hard parts, the complicated parts, all of it.
Values check
12 minutesStrong feelings usually signal that something important to you was touched.
Volcano breathing
4 minutesBig arms up like an eruption, then slow hands down.
Walk like you feel
3 minutesMove your whole body like the feeling. No words needed.
What I want to remember
20 minutesWrite it down before the details start to fade.
What they taught me
20 minutesFind the parts of them that are now part of you.
What's underneath?
8 minutesAnger is often the top layer. Find what's underneath it.
Wiggle and freeze
3 minutesShake the nervous energy out. Then notice the quiet after.