Mental wellness is critical to overall physical health. The psychological toll of weighing risks of the pandemic that brings a social isolation to cope with and school closures add to the existing stress every day. Managing your mental health and psychological well-being during this time is as important as managing your physical health. Participating in well-being activities helps manage stress.
Below is a collection of resources that provides support to our well-being.
Empowered Brain™ is the world’s first wearable system that helps individuals with autism, ADHD, and other social-emotional challenges learn the life skills
Educational brain breaks to help students review literacy and math skills, while getting in some exercise. Find hundreds of videos to help your child keep learning at home and burn off some extra energy. Best for ages 4-8.
As an autism mom she help other parents as a mindfulness coach. She works with special needs parents and provides coaching sessions, free learning materials, and free audio series on self-care.
It is developed by National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) and Hand in Hand to provide parents resources such as guides, checklists, contract templates, and tips when hiring nannies, house cleaners, or online distance learning pod supervisors.
Bookshare.org is a free online library with access to over 800,000 e-books for students with dyslexia, blindness, and other barriers to print reading. Students can read books in audio, follow along with karaoke-style text highlighting, in large print, etc
The Treatment and Learning Centers (TLC) is a private, non-profit organization located in Rockville, MD and try to improve the lives and expand possibilities for these individuals by offering a family of services within one organization.
Partnership for Extraordinary Minds (xMinds) is a non-profit group with the goal of improving K-12 education for students on the autism spectrum in Montgemery County, MD
A range of online and in-person services to Dubai families through direct therapy, online therapy, videos/ content shared on our Facebook/ Instagram pages and training courses to support development of childrens' skills at home.
Team of international pediatric health professionals working with infants and children of all ages to ensure their academic, physical, and emotional growth.
Dear WBG Parenting Now community, please check out the HSD Ergo Team Fall / Winter 2020 series of webinars which will be recorded and posted on the website for those staff who cannot attend in person. For any questions;ergo@worldbank.org. Please kindly note that this is accesible by staff so refer to your staff spouses/domestic partners.
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Pivot to Thrive: How to Prioritize Self-Care & Work/Life Balance to Achieve More Doing Less...All
While Feeling Great, Vibrant, and Happy
Do you feel anxious, burnt out and overwhelmed by uncertainties of Now and worries about Tomorrow? Do you
feel crushed at times by daily “must-do’s”, blurry boundaries and ever-shifting priorities and demands on your
time? Are you exhausted by endless decisions, chaotic schedule, work, kids, relationships, feeling overcrowded
or lonely, isolated, not-well, exhausted or no longer in control? Do you feel overloaded with information and yet
lost and frustrated with lack of a clarity and actionable plan how to reclaim your life and energy?
This no longer needs to DEFINE your reality. Take back CONTROL over how you work, parent, love, and live.
Join the Healthy Staff Working Group and Life Strategist and Empowerment Coach Olga Rines to make the shift
from Knowing what to do to Actually Taking Action and make real moves towards vibrant and healthy life changes!
Explore and experience ways YOU can:
• Harmonize your life, work, family & selfcare – bring your calendar and make time work for you
• Boost your energy, health, mood and productivity – get tools to achieve more doing less and feeling
energized
• Manage your overall wellness – thrive personally and professionally,
Integrate powerful strategies and practical tips to make simple and empowering choices for a stress-less and
FUN-FULL life. This will be self-care in action! Bring your calendar and come prepared to ACT.
This 1.5-hour highly interactive virtual workshop will be held via webex at 12:30 pm Wednesday, October 21,
2020. Please click here to register.
This session is the beginning of a series of virtual candid conversations, activities, and laser coaching on health,
wealth, mindset, relationships, productivity, and life in these unprecedented times.
Join us as we create, explore, integrate, and implement wholesome changes to uplevel your lifestyle and stay
healthy, energized, productive, balanced and focused during time of uncertainty and beyond.
About Olga Rines: Life Strategist; Resilience & Empowerment Coach; Communication & Performance Expert;
Holistic Health & Life Coach, CHC, CLC; Master Coach of Change; 5X Mom; Life-Adventurer; Passionate Wellness
Advocate
Olga works with high achievers who feel overwhelmed and depleted by life
demands and helps them pivot to thrive personally and professionally.
Olga’s group, individual, and corporate programs help busy executives to jump
off the hamster wheel, reclaim control and energy and design healthy, vibrant,
successful, and purposeful life.
You may go to this url if the link above is unreachable: https://bit.ly/3dcA9jr
Thank you!
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Dear WBG Parenting Now community, please check out the Mental Health America's (MHA) webpage on https://www.mhanational.org/back-school as they developed a 2020 Back to School Toolkit to help students, parents, and school personnel navigate the uncharted waters of COVID-19 and to attend to mental wellbeing.
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Well-Being
Last updated Nov. 4, 2020
Mental wellness is critical to overall physical health. The psychological toll of weighing risks of the pandemic that brings a social isolation to cope with and school closures add to the existing stress every day. Managing your mental health and psychological well-being during this time is as important as managing your physical health. Participating in well-being activities helps manage stress.
Below is a collection of resources that provides support to our well-being.
Kingsbury Wellness and Learning Group
https://kingsburywellness.org/
Provides quality services such as neuropsychological testing, psychotherapy, tutoring, speech/language and occupational therapy for families.
The Child Mind Institute
https://childmind.org/remote-learning-resources-for-families/
Provides guidelines and strategies to guide families in supporting their children's education during the coronavirus crisis.
An independent, national nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders.
The Parent Encouragement Program (PEP)
https://pepparent.org/
PEP provides in-person and online classes to parents, children, and caregivers.
Care.com
https://www.care.com
Provides services for child care, senior care, housekeeping, pet care, special needs, tutoring and home-schooling.
Unicef
https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covid-19-parenting-tips
Provides useful reading materials focused on parenting tips during the pandemic
For Love of Children
https://floc.org/
Provides educational services beyond the classroom to help students succeed from first grade through college and career
The Described and Captioned Media Program
https://brain-power.com
Empowered Brain™ is the world’s first wearable system that helps individuals with autism, ADHD, and other social-emotional challenges learn the life skills
Fluency and Fitness
https://fluencyandfitness.com/plans/
Educational brain breaks to help students review literacy and math skills, while getting in some exercise. Find hundreds of videos to help your child keep learning at home and burn off some extra energy. Best for ages 4-8.
Magui Moreno Support for Special Needs Parents
https://mindfulautismmama.com/coaching
As an autism mom she help other parents as a mindfulness coach. She works with special needs parents and provides coaching sessions, free learning materials, and free audio series on self-care.
Moovlee
https://www.youtube.com/c/Moovlee/featured
Moovlee focuses on using exercise, meditation and breathing techniques to help children with their social, emotional and physical development.
Calm
https://www.calm.com
An app that can be downloaded online that offers programs to help meditation, sleep, etc.
Care during COVID
https://employers.domesticworkers.org/
It is developed by National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) and Hand in Hand to provide parents resources such as guides, checklists, contract templates, and tips when hiring nannies, house cleaners, or online distance learning pod supervisors.
Fightmaster Yoga
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcox27Gc-NGbb2-X9hdLaMw
Lesley Fightmaster, a trained yoga teacher, provides online yoga classes in youtube in a variety of styles and for different levels.
Virtual Calming Room
https://calmingroom.scusd.edu/home
Offers sound & music, guided meditation, yoga, exercise, games, visual relaxation, live animal cameras, mindfulness and coloring activities for all ages.
Bookshare.org
https://www.bookshare.org/cms/ ; https://www.bookshare.org/cms/help-center/learning-center/school-%20closure?utm_source=partners&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=covid19
Bookshare.org is a free online library with access to over 800,000 e-books for students with dyslexia, blindness, and other barriers to print reading. Students can read books in audio, follow along with karaoke-style text highlighting, in large print, etc
gozenonline
http://www.gozen.com ; https://www.youtube.com/user/gozenonline
GoZen! is an organization dedicated to the relief of childhood anxiety.
Cosmic Kids
https://www.youtube.com/c/CosmicKidsYoga/featured
Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation for kids.
TLC - The Treatment and Learning Centers
https://www.ttlc.org/
The Treatment and Learning Centers (TLC) is a private, non-profit organization located in Rockville, MD and try to improve the lives and expand possibilities for these individuals by offering a family of services within one organization.
Sarah Beth Yoga
https://www.youtube.com/c/sarahbethyoga/videos
5-30 minute yoga videos
The science of well-being
https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being
A Yale university online course on happiness and how to achieve it!
Online Kids Ballet Class
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i71kKhc4xKU&feature=youtu.be
30-minute online ballet sessions available weekly (in english)
x Minds
https://www.xminds.org/
Partnership for Extraordinary Minds (xMinds) is a non-profit group with the goal of improving K-12 education for students on the autism spectrum in Montgemery County, MD
Elisabeth Herrera Asencio
http://wwreise.at/
Family counselor in Vienna
True Life Coaching
www.truceinc.com ; https://truceinc.com/5-mental-tricks-to-shift-from-stressed/
Weight loss coach, life coach, corporate wellness
Beijing Mindfulness Centre
https://www.beijingmindfulness.com/
Dedicated to providing a safe and inspiring environment for learning and growth through 1 on 1 coaching, classes, certification and programs
Fuller Yoga
https://fulleryoga.com/cromwell-yoga-pilates-barre/
Group classes and private sessions for yoga and pilates
Elevating the Soul
https://www.elevatingthesoul.com/IntentionProject
online support system and courses to reconnect with yourself and the world around you.
Metafitnosis
https://metafitnosis.com/
boutique personal training studio based in Islamabad and Karachi
Ghazal Qureshi
Personal Yoga classes
Gemma McFall
https://www.gemmamcfall.com/
Coaching for ambitious women and for those looking to relieve chronic pain
Melissa McCloud
https://www.facebook.com/SuccessWithMelissaMcCloud/
Life coaching for women
Paris Chez Vous
https://quefaire.paris.fr/104557/paris-chez-vous-des-videos-pour-rester-en-forme
French videos for keeping in shape at home
Sport en espace confiné
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-wwNDXFt8o
French exercice videos for small spaces
Inspire Therapy
https://inspiretherapy.ae/
A range of online and in-person services to Dubai families through direct therapy, online therapy, videos/ content shared on our Facebook/ Instagram pages and training courses to support development of childrens' skills at home.
Insight Psychology
https://www.insightspsychology.com/
specialist psychology clinic based in Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai, UAE.
Kids First Medical Center
https://www.kidsfirstmc.com/
Team of international pediatric health professionals working with infants and children of all ages to ensure their academic, physical, and emotional growth.
Illuminations Well-Being Center
https://illuminations.ae/
Dubai's leading Well-Being Platform for Holistic Healing, Mental Well-Being & Personal Growth
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Pivot to Thrive: How to Prioritize Self-Care & Work/Life Balance to Achieve More Doing Less...All
While Feeling Great, Vibrant, and Happy
Do you feel anxious, burnt out and overwhelmed by uncertainties of Now and worries about Tomorrow? Do you
feel crushed at times by daily “must-do’s”, blurry boundaries and ever-shifting priorities and demands on your
time? Are you exhausted by endless decisions, chaotic schedule, work, kids, relationships, feeling overcrowded
or lonely, isolated, not-well, exhausted or no longer in control? Do you feel overloaded with information and yet
lost and frustrated with lack of a clarity and actionable plan how to reclaim your life and energy?
This no longer needs to DEFINE your reality. Take back CONTROL over how you work, parent, love, and live.
Join the Healthy Staff Working Group and Life Strategist and Empowerment Coach Olga Rines to make the shift
from Knowing what to do to Actually Taking Action and make real moves towards vibrant and healthy life changes!
Explore and experience ways YOU can:
• Harmonize your life, work, family & selfcare – bring your calendar and make time work for you
• Boost your energy, health, mood and productivity – get tools to achieve more doing less and feeling
energized
• Manage your overall wellness – thrive personally and professionally,
Integrate powerful strategies and practical tips to make simple and empowering choices for a stress-less and
FUN-FULL life. This will be self-care in action! Bring your calendar and come prepared to ACT.
This 1.5-hour highly interactive virtual workshop will be held via webex at 12:30 pm Wednesday, October 21,
2020. Please click here to register.
This session is the beginning of a series of virtual candid conversations, activities, and laser coaching on health,
wealth, mindset, relationships, productivity, and life in these unprecedented times.
Join us as we create, explore, integrate, and implement wholesome changes to uplevel your lifestyle and stay
healthy, energized, productive, balanced and focused during time of uncertainty and beyond.
About Olga Rines: Life Strategist; Resilience & Empowerment Coach; Communication & Performance Expert;
Holistic Health & Life Coach, CHC, CLC; Master Coach of Change; 5X Mom; Life-Adventurer; Passionate Wellness
Advocate
Olga works with high achievers who feel overwhelmed and depleted by life
demands and helps them pivot to thrive personally and professionally.
Olga’s group, individual, and corporate programs help busy executives to jump
off the hamster wheel, reclaim control and energy and design healthy, vibrant,
successful, and purposeful life.
You may go to this url if the link above is unreachable: https://bit.ly/3dcA9jr
Thank you!
Dear WBG Parenting Now community, please check out the Mental Health America's (MHA) webpage on https://www.mhanational.org/back-school as they developed a 2020 Back to School Toolkit to help students, parents, and school personnel navigate the uncharted waters of COVID-19 and to attend to mental wellbeing.
Thank you!