Mental Health

Self Paced + Online

🦋 Learn about how to manage your mental health through a guided course with videos, activites, and reflections!

Module 1: Understanding Mental Health

5-Minute Breathing Exercise

Video: What is Mental Health?

🦋 Mental health is our emotional, psychological, and social well-being, affecting how we think, feel, and act

🦋 Stress is a natural response to challenges, but chronic stress or anxiety signals the need for self-care and coping strategies

Resource: Why Is Mental Health Education Important for Students?

Activity: Stress Map - Identify what areas in your life feel stressful then color/label the intensity.

Reflection: What does mental health mean to you, and what are 1-2 ways stress shows up in your body or daily life?

Module 2: Recognizing Stress and Burnout

5-Minute Yoga

Video: Stress + Burnout

🦋 Stress is a normal response to challenges but can lead to burnout if ignored

🦋 Noticing warning signs and using coping strategies helps manage stress and build resilience.

Resource: Standing Up for Teen Anxiety – Infographic

Activity: Stress Soundtrack - Create a soundtrack with songs that reflect your experiences with stress and anxiety

Reflection: Think back to a time when you felt completely overwhelmed. What helped, or didn’t help, you get through it?

Module 3: Coping Tools and Healthy Habits

5-Minute Walking Meditation

Video: What are coping tools?

🦋 Coping tools help manage stress in the moment and build long-term resilience

🦋 Healthy habits like sleep, exercise, and digital breaks support mental well-being and replace unhelpful stress responses

Resource: How To Deal With Stress and Anxiety - Infographic

Activity: Choose 1 unhealthy habit (e.g. Doomscrolling before bed) and write down a realistic alternative to try this week

Reflection: What is one healthy habit that you think would make a difference if you incorporated it into your daily routine for at least a week?

Module 4: Building Confidence

5-Minute Affirmations

Video: How to build confidence

🦋 Confidence is trusting in your ability to handle challenges and grow, even when you doubt yourself

🦋 It can be built through small actions, affirmations, celebrating progress, and supportive daily habits

Resource: How to Boost Teen Self Esteem: A Practical Guide

Activity: Hype Letter - Write a letter to yourself to read when you are low confidence or need a boost

Reflection: What are 3 things you are proud of yourself for?

Module 5: Asking for Help

5-Minute Musical Meditation

Video: Tips on talking to trusted adults or friends

🦋 Asking for help is a sign of strength, showing self-awareness and courage to seek support when needed

🦋 Support from trusted adults or friends makes challenges more manageable and reminds us we don’t have to face them alone

Resource: How to Talk with Parents and Other Trusted Adults

Activity: Trusted Support List - Name 3 people you can go to for support and how to reach out to them

Reflection: Why can asking for help be hard? What could make it easier?

Module 6: Long-Term Mental Health Planning

5-Minute Box Breathing

Video: Planning for high-stress times (SAT, College Applications, etc.)

🦋 Long-term mental health planning is about preparing in advance for high-stress periods so you can respond with routines, tools, support, and a resilient mindset

🦋 By creating a personal plan—including warning signs, coping strategies, trusted people, and self-compassion reminders—you can navigate pressure more effectively and carry these skills into the future

Resource: 13 Tips for Surviving Finals Week in College

Activity: Create an Infographic of how you plan to deal with stressful times in the future. Use examples from the course and include warning signs, coping strategies, who to talk to, etc.

Reflection: What are 1-2 tools from this course you plan to carry with you into a high-stress moment like finals or college apps?