By Lori Lite The Boston bombing sent a wave of shock, fear, and anxiety through families across the world. Children are vulnerable when faced with these types of tragedies and do not have experience coping with these extreme feelings and concerns. We all like to believe that we live in a safe world and as [...]

Thanksgiving is a family holiday meant for relaxing around a leisurely meal with friends and loved ones. A few easy tips can get your family to the Thanksgiving table with more smiles and less stress.

by Lylah M. Alphonse, Senior Editor, Manage Your Life  Note to Readers: Parenting stress is today’s normal.We do our best to keep our children healthy and safe…but are we protecting them from the effects of stress? Thanks to Lylah M. Alphonse for writing and publishing this article on SHINE from YAHOO. You may think you’re [...]

“A schedule change from summer to back to school is enough to create feelings of stress and anxiety for some children.” by Lori Lite With carefree days of summer coming to an end I couldn’t help but reminisce. In New York we identified back to school time as sweater weather. Finding the perfect sweater to [...]

Research-Based, guided  Relaxation Techniques with uplifting music focuses on stress management for teens. FREE domestic shipping (approximately 60 minutes) created by Lori Lite • ISBN 9780970863393 Available as a discounted mp3 download below. Also available on iTunes, Amazon and other digital retailers The American Psychology Association reports that 86 percent of tweens and 74 percent [...]

By Lori Lite A survey by KidsHealth found that 70% of kids said they wished they could get more sleep and 71% of kids said they felt sort of sleepy or very sleepy when it’s time to wake up for school. These fun bedtime tips for kids will give children what they want and create [...]

My husband and I were sitting at high school orientation when the principal began to brag about the amount of stress our teens would experience as a freshman. Suddenly the teenage dream of going to High School…began to feel like a nightmare. I felt my stomach tighten and my husband squeezed my hand. My husband [...]

Note to Readers: Music reduces stress and can be used to relax, inspire, motivate, and heal. Incorporating music into the lives of our children is one more way we can empower children by introducing them to emotional management tools. Thanks Marlene! By Marlene Cooper-Williams MUSIC IS POWERFUL – It’s a universal language that has been noted [...]

 This turnkey lesson plan teaching belly breathing comes with everything you need to introduce a research-based, stress management technique to your class, group, or home. Belly breathing is fun, effective and easy! This download package comes with 2 stories, 1 relaxation music download, 2 worksheets, and a Certificate of Completion making it effortless for any teacher [...]

Note to Readers: Teaching children ways of reducing anger in a healthy  manner is challenging for most parents. Children that do not learn to manage anger can suffer from emotional, physical and social consequences. I feel it is our duty as parents to give our children anger management skills. Jill Hope gives us a calm [...]