Mental Health Resources
General Mental Health
- National Alliance on Mental Illness – COVID-19 Resource and Information Guide
- Taking Care of Your Behavioral Health: Tips for Social Distancing, Quarantine, and Isolation During an Infectious Disease Outbreak
- Emotional Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Outbreak
- Mindfulness Exercises
- Strategies to reduce the stress of the Coronavirus crisis
- A Guide to Self Care while Social Distancing
- How to Stop Catastrophizing
- Center for Disease Control: Coping with Stress
- Top Ten Covid 19 Anxiety Reduction Strategies
- 23 Methods to Calm Corona-Related Anxiety
- Coronavirus Anxiety: Coping With Stress, Fear, and Worry
Depression and Loneliness
- How to Avoid Depression During the Coronavirus Outbreak
- How to Cope With Loneliness During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Strategies for Coping with Isolation and Loneliness During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Mindfulness & Meditation Videos to Get You Through
For Adults
- Hypnotherapy for relaxation and stress relief
- Grounding relaxation meditation
- Twenty minute guided meditation for reducing anxiety and stress
- How to calm down from anxiety in twenty seconds
- Break the Coronavirus Anxiety Cycle
- How to Tame a Worrying Mind During Coronavirus
- Calm Healing Music
- Insight Timer
- Yoga for Stress Management
For Children
- Stress Relief for Kids
Sesame Street: Common and Colbiei Caillat sing “Belly Breathe” with Elmo - Guided Meditation for Anxiety and Stress Relief
- Managing Worry and Anxiety for Kids
- The Magic Shell: A Guided Meditation for Anxiety and Worry
- Fight Flight Freeze: A Guide to Anxiety for Kids
- 4-7-8 Breathing Exercise
- Peace Out: Guided relaxation for kids
- Be the Pond: Mindfulness for Kids
- Five Minute Guided Meditation for Children
Books about Mindfulness & Meditation on eLibraryNJ / Libby
The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm – Thich Nhat Hanh
The Art of Mindful Living – Thich Nhat Hanh
The Miracle of Mindfulness – Thich Nhat Hanh
Radical Acceptance – Tara Brach
When Things Fall Apart – Pema Chodron
How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with your Mind – Pema Chodron
Everyday Meditation – Tobin Blake
Guided Mindfulness Meditation – Jon Kabat-Zinn
Wherever You Go, There You Are – Jon Kabat-Zinn
Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence – Daniel Siegel
Mindfulness for Dummies – Shamash Alidnina
Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics – Dan Harris
10% Happier – Dan Harris
Coping Skills – Tools and Techniques for Every Stressful Situation – Faith G. Harper
Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness – Ingrid Fetell Lee
Happier at Home – Gretchen Rubin
Cozy: The Art of Rearranging Yourself in the World – Isabel Gillies
Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope – Mark Manson
The Misleading Mind – Karuna Cayton
Beat Depression Fast – Ten Steps to a Happier You – Alexandra Massey
Happiness Hacks – Alex Palmer
It’s Ok That You’re Not Ok – Megan Devine
The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living – Russ Harris
The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens – Jennifer Shannon
Mindfulness for Teen Anxiety – Christopher Willard
Calm: Mindfulness for Kids – Wynne Kinder