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Feel Your Best Self is a FREE toolkit to strengthen emotional well-being for kids! Developed by UConn CSCH and the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry.
2023 Kidscreen Award Winner - Best Web/App Series Original
08/10/2026
Back-to-school brings a mix of emotions—for kids and caregivers. 💛
Swipe through for three simple FYBS strategies to help your child navigate first-day nerves, then check out Dr. Sandy's new blog, "Butterflies Before the Bell: Feel Your Best Self Strategies Can Help with Those Back-to-School Nerves," for even more family-friendly tips!
https://www.feelyourbestself.org/fybs-blog/18
It's game time in the FYBS Playroom! Sephie draws a FYBS Quest card and dreams up a scenario about a friend who's home sick — then shows how Feel It Together helps her share heavy feelings instead of carrying them alone.
Let’s explore the feeling: Happy! 😊 Learn how to recognize and talk about happy feelings. Part of our Explore the Feelings series from Feel Your Best Self (FYBS).
Mae took Be A Kind Helper to the next level! 💛 We think she deserves five stars for effort… and ten for the narration. 🥹⭐
08/05/2026
🖍️ Coloring with a purpose!
Our new FYBS coloring sheet bundle — inspired by our animated shorts — teaches kids strategies to calm themselves, shift their feelings, and connect with others, all while having fun!
Shop now: https://www.feelyourbestself.org/shop-all/p/fybs-animated-shorts-coloring-pages
08/04/2026
🎙️ NEW EPISODE + NEW BLOG POST!
🎧 Episode 5: From Tantrums to Tension: Understanding Anxiety at Every Stage
Clinginess at 4. Stomachaches at 9. Avoidance at 13. Shutdown at 17. These aren't different problems—they're anxiety showing up in different ways across development. In this episode, Sandy and Jess explore how anxiety changes from early childhood through adolescence, why our instinct to protect kids from what makes them anxious can actually make anxiety worse, and practical strategies caregivers can use—especially when their own anxiety starts to take over.
📺 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/x1e9WRG3ox4
OR listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts!
📝 New Blog
Dr. Jess shares the inspiration behind The FYBS Playbook and how it helps caregivers navigate big feelings from toddlers to teens.
Read here: https://www.feelyourbestself.org/fybs-blog/17
A new school year means new feelings. 🌤️ Create your own Feelings Forecast and make daily emotional check-ins part of your family’s routine. Download free from the Shop Page on our website!
Sephie has some heavy feelings weighing her down as she gets ready to go to sleep-away camp. Watch as she uses Float Your Boat to help her summer camp jitters drift away!
07/29/2026
🍎 Get ready for the new school year with the FYBS Facilitator Bundle!
Hear from our co-founders about their favorite ways to bring social-emotional learning to life with these ready-to-use tools.
Start the year with confidence—shop the Facilitator Bundle: https://www.feelyourbestself.org/shop-all/p/bundle
Loneliness isn't the absence of people. It's the absence of being truly seen — and we're finding it everywhere: in kids who are constantly connected and completely alone, in teachers nobody pours back into, in families invisible to the systems meant to serve them. In this episode, Sandy and Jess look at what the research has to say, share honest admissions, and talk about something you can actually do about it.
Watch it here now: https://youtu.be/j9ZqqTQDmQA?is=oMXClTNDQq0Lt4h1