How to Encourage Friendships in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers

Tips & Tricks

Tips & Tricks, Teachers, Students, Schools

How to Encourage Friendships in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers

Posted by Smiling Mind on March 18, 2024
Forging healthy classroom connections is an integral part of a child’s emotional...

Tips & Tricks, Self care, Mental Fitness

Discovering Your True North: How to Find Your Purpose

Posted by Smiling Mind on February 16, 2024
“What’s my purpose?”

Tips & Tricks, Teachers, Schools, Anxiety

The Educator's Guide for Managing Student Anxiety in the Classroom

Posted by Smiling Mind on January 8, 2024
Anxiety can be one of the most impactful struggles students face in classrooms t...

Tips & Tricks, Children, Family

A GP’s top tips to support kids’ mental wellbeing

Posted by Dr. Preeya Alexander on November 22, 2023
Dr. Preeya Alexander is a mum of two and a GP. She’s passionate about doing what...
Tips & Tricks, Children, Family 2 minute read

Workplace, Tips & Tricks, Family

Empower Your Mind: How to Develop a Growth Mindset

Posted by Smiling Mind on October 13, 2023
Active learning, hard work and valuable feedback can change our brains—literally...
Workplace, Tips & Tricks, Family 3 minute read

Workplace, Tips & Tricks

Leading the Way to Wellbeing: How Managers Can Counteract Workplace Stressors

Posted by Smiling Mind on September 18, 2023
Investing in workplace mental wellbeing is quickly becoming the dividing factor ...
Workplace, Tips & Tricks 5 minute read

Tips & Tricks, Mental Health, Self care

Journaling for Mental Health: Where do you Start?

Posted by Smiling Mind on July 28, 2023
“I think the reason we turn to journaling is to try and find answers that are al...

Tips & Tricks, Self care, Anxiety, Informal mindfulness

The Power of Words: Why We Need to be Intentional With the Things We Say

Posted by Smiling Mind on April 11, 2023
Your words can be your most powerful tool. They have the power to change your br...

Workplace, Tips & Tricks

Can’t Stay Focused At Work? 4 Common Reasons Why And How to Overcome Them

Posted by Smiling Mind on February 22, 2023
We’ve all struggled to focus at work at one point or another—we’re only human, a...
Workplace, Tips & Tricks 5 minute read

Workplace, Tips & Tricks, Informal mindfulness

Overcoming the Mental Burden of Customer Service Work

Posted by Smiling Mind on March 1, 2022
In customer service, the number one rule that gets drilled into you from day one...

Latest

Mental Health in the Workplace: Why it Matters, with Mental Fitness Tips for SMEs

Did you know that one in three small and medium sized business owners identify mental health as their top concern? It's ...

Workplace, Business, Meditation 14 minute read

Moving from mental health to mental fitness, smashing the stigma

Smiling Mind, Australia’s leading digital-led, child focussed, mental health not-for -profit, has pioneered a new approa...

Mental Fitness 3 minute read

How to Practise Mental Fitness in the Smiling Mind App

Let's take a deep-dive into the new Smiling Mind App, with tips and tricks for navigating the new interface, content and...

Mental Fitness 10 minute read

Managing Teacher Burnout: A Mental Fitness Guide

Teacher burnout is one of the most pervasive challenges of working in education today.

Teachers, Self care, Mental Fitness 7 minute read

At home

Don’t forget Our Kids this budget, Prime Minister

Tomorrow’s budget announcement will be an important reflection of what we care about as a nation. There’s an opportunity...

Children, Family, Mental Health, Media release 3 minute read

Why a ‘Blended’ Approach to Social and Emotional Learning in Schools Can Create Greater Impact

Schools, and the educators that work within them, are in a unique and influential position. They have the ability to cre...

Children, Schools 18 minute read

Only 1 in 2 parents feel confident meeting the mental health and wellbeing needs of their child

Child mental health is declining, and only one in two parents feel confident meeting the mental health and wellbeing nee...

Children, Family, Mental Fitness 4 minute read

At Work

Mental Health in the Workplace: Why it Matters, with Mental Fitness Tips for SMEs

Did you know that one in three small and medium sized business owners identify mental health as their top concern? It's ...

Workplace, Business, Meditation 14 minute read

Empower Your Mind: How to Develop a Growth Mindset

Active learning, hard work and valuable feedback can change our brains—literally. Our intelligence is malleable and when...

Workplace, Tips & Tricks, Family 8 minute read

Leading the Way to Wellbeing: How Managers Can Counteract Workplace Stressors

Investing in workplace mental wellbeing is quickly becoming the dividing factor between a thriving business, and one tha...

Workplace, Tips & Tricks 11 minute read

At school

How to Encourage Friendships in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers

Forging healthy classroom connections is an integral part of a child’s emotional and social learning in school. These co...

Tips & Tricks, Teachers, Students, Schools 9 minute read

Why a ‘Blended’ Approach to Social and Emotional Learning in Schools Can Create Greater Impact

Schools, and the educators that work within them, are in a unique and influential position. They have the ability to cre...

Children, Schools 18 minute read

How to set your classroom up for success when it comes to SEL to build student (and teacher!) mental fitness

Cassandra Furst is a passionate primary school teacher who creates a positive learning environment that encourages curio...

Teachers, Students, Schools 8 minute read

News

"A social media band-aid won’t stick": Smiling Mind's take on Australia's Proposed Under 16 Social Media Ban

The recent petition to ban Australian children under 16 from social media is filled with great intentions in the face of...

Parents, Mental Health, Media release, Mental Fitness 3 minute read

Children’s mental health the losers of this year’s budget

The 2025 Federal Budget has failed our children, according to Australia’s leading children’s mental health not-for-profi...

Mental Health, Media release 3 minute read

Don’t forget Our Kids this budget, Prime Minister

Tomorrow’s budget announcement will be an important reflection of what we care about as a nation. There’s an opportunity...

Children, Family, Mental Health, Media release 3 minute read