Self-care

Check out this link for articles, tips and tricks, videos and much more around living with anxiety. From fact based articles to peoples stories. Very interesting and informative.

Calm

Calm is an app you can access either on the internet or through an app on your phone.

This App can teach you some calming strategies from helping you sleep to meditation. Great for a beginner when learning how to meditate and be mindful when it comes to stress and anxiety.

Child Anxiety Network

This website contains facts about anxiety and different techniques to try for coping. Different techniques include different resources as well as ideas for distraction such as educational games/toys.

Mental Health Resources

If you are in need of immediate counselling supports/assistance, please consider calling the

Kids Help Phone (1-800-668-6868) or the
Distress Line of South Western Alberta (403-327-7905 or 1-888-787-2880).

If you are looking for a live chat option, you can follow this link to access supports:

Kids Help Phone Live Chat

If you are looking for a texting option, you can

text CONNECT to 686868

If this is an emergency, please

call 911 immediately

TedTalks the importance of diet and sleep

How Do Carbohydrates Impact Your Health?

Self-care is seen in many different lights, a major part of self-care is making sure what we eat benefits our body. This TedTalk discusses how carbohydrates like bread effect your body when consumed.

How The Food You Eat Affects Your Gut

How The Food You Eat Affects Your Brain

Keeping with the topic of what you put into your body here are two videos of how food affects the brain and your guts.

The Benefits Of a Good Nights Sleep

Sleep is a very important aspect of self-care and this video explains why.

What Would Happen If You Didn't Sleep?

What Causes Insomnia?

Connecting with the importance of sleep here is what happens if you do not sleep and what causes insomnia