FYBS is an award-winning toolkit that brings credibility, accessibility, creativity, and joy to learning emotion-coping strategies. www.feelyourbestself.org
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
06/02/2026
Feelings change—just like the weather. 🌦️
Create your own forecast! Our new Feelings Forecast activity helps kids name what they're feeling and build the vocabulary to share what they're experiencing.
Download it FREE here: https://www.feelyourbestself.org/shop-all/p/my-feelings-forecast-activity
05/26/2026
Co-creator Dr. Sandy and Implementation Coordinator Molly Ferreira had so much fun presenting Feel Your Best Self at the CSCA Conference last Thursday! ✨
We loved connecting with passionate school counselors and sharing all things FYBS. Thanks to everyone who attended our session and stopped by to chat!
05/21/2026
We’re officially 3-time Telly Award winners! 🏆✨
🥉 Be A Kind Helper — Bronze Telly Award
🥈 Smell the Roses — Silver Telly Award
🥈 Feel Your Best Self Shorts Animated Series — Silver Telly Award
We’re beyond grateful to have our animated shorts recognized! 💛
You don’t need fancy supplies to spark creativity! ✨ Watch how Emily teaches Nico to make a sock puppet… mess included 😂
05/19/2026
Sometimes a small shift in perspective can make a big difference. Turn the Dial to look at the situation in a new way. ✨
05/15/2026
Last Friday, we had the best time at The Nan Project’s annual Empowering Youth Voices Summit hosting a puppet-making workshop with an amazing group of high school students! 💛
FYBS is for all ages—because no matter how old you are, everyone can use tools and strategies to better understand and navigate their feelings.
05/13/2026
We had so much fun presenting at The Nan Project’s annual Empowering Youth Voices Summit on Friday!
So grateful to share Feel Your Best Self with such an inspiring community. Stay tuned for more highlights from this event! 👀
05/11/2026
🎙️The FYBS Playbook: Big Feelings, Real Caregiving — Toddlers to Teens with Dr. Sandy and Dr. Jess Koslouski
Real conversations. Real questions. Real strategies. Built around YOU. So if there’s something you’re struggling with…we want to hear it!
Drop it ⬇or fill out the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8bjLd3ZEko0EEHjBYwXhRDhx57Hpp8354wGLJUN8Yvsy0Rw/viewform?usp=header
Launching soon—follow so you don’t miss it! 🎧
Dr. Sandy shares our newest animated tool for helping kids navigate emotions. 🌦️
Where do you fall on the Feelings Forecast today? Let us know below! ⬇️
05/05/2026
Team Tuesday 🩵
The women behind Feel Your Best Self! ✨
Co-creators Dr. Sandy + Emily Wicks, and Implementation Coordinator Molly Ferreira🫶