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Anxiety | Panic | Mindfulness
4 -7 - 8 Breathing
Enjoy the calming effects of deep breathing with this simple guided exercise. The 4-7-8 rhythmic breathing is a core part of many meditation and yoga practices as it promotes relaxation and can also be used to help you fall asleep in a shorter period of time.
5 Senses
Use the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique to calm anxiety and panic attacks, and as a coping skill for emotion regulation. This coping exercise helps gets us out of heads or our emotional state by connecting with our senses.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Abide
Download the app to listen to Biblical meditations.
Marriage
4 Horsemen
Certain negative communication styles are so lethal to a relationship that Dr. John Gottman calls them the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. They predict relationship failure with over 90% accuracy if the behavior isn't changed. So, what can you do?
Emotional Bank Account
Ever wonder why some couples make it and others don’t? We’ve found it has a lot to do with the “Emotional Bank Account,” which represents the balance of positivity and negativity in your relationship.
Turning Towards|Accepting Bids
The easiest way to improve your relationship is to pay attention to your partner during life’s small, everyday moments. This video shows you how.
The Sound Relationship House
Gottman Card Deck
This app offers helpful questions, statements, and ideas for improving relationships.
Trauma
Trauma and the Brain
Trauma and the Brain is an educational video that outlines “normal” or healthy development of the key areas of the brain and how the brain may be impacted if someone experiences trauma (especially in the context of childhood development).
Parenting
Axis.org
Axis is an online resource that helps adults connect with teens & Jesus in a disconnected World. The site gives parents and mentors hope by being a guide through culture into conversation around Jesus.
Child Rescue Coalition
Child Rescue Coalition is a nonprofit organization that rescues children from sexual abuse by building technology for law enforcement, free of charge, to track, arrest and prosecute child predators.
Bark
Bark’s affordable, award-winning dashboard proactively monitors text messages, YouTube, emails, and 30+ different social networks for potential safety concerns, so busy parents can save time and gain peace of mind.
Love and Logic
Love and Logic is a research-driven, whole-child philosophy founded in 1977 by Jim Fay and Foster W. Cline, M.D. It is the approach of choice among leading educators, parents, and other professionals worldwide. The Love and Logic Institute is dedicated to making parenting and teaching fun and rewarding, instead of stressful and chaotic. We provide practical tools and techniques that help adults achieve respectful, healthy relationships with their children. All of our work is based on a psychologically sound parenting and teaching philosophy called Love and Logic.
Our Greater Good
Our initiatives are focused on strengthening families and do whatever it takes to see that every child has great opportunities to reach their full potential leading to a fulfilling adult life. With this mission implanted deeply in our convictions, Our Greater Good has found or developed programs to come along side our schools and families to accomplish these goals.