How to Teach Positive Mental Health Skills to Your Kids

Episode Highlights With Sara

• How she got into the work of creating resources to help kids through something tough
• The importance of talking to our kids about the hard stuff
• Why we need to have the real conversations with them or they will make up stories about what is happening to help them understand
• Why using simple language and explaining how this will affect them are two important pieces
• How a calendar had such an impact on her daughter and her anxiety
• The reason she wrote a children's book to help navigate those hard conversations
• The importance of therapists, accepting help when you need it, and healthy outlets for your own emotions

Resources We Mention

• Mighty and Bright - website
• What Happens When Someone I Love Has Cancer?: Explain the Science of Cancer and How a Loved One's Diagnosis and Treatment Affects a Kid's Day-To-day Life by Sara Olsher
• Nothing Stays the Same, but That's Okay: A Book to Read When Everything (or Anything) Changes by Sara Olsher
• Up and Down, Round and Round: A book about understanding and identifying emotions by Sara Olsher