MGLVA Presentation with Jeff Yalden
Resources for our visit on May 5 and May 12, 2020: MI Great Lakes Virtual Academy Thank you for an amazing visit with you all today! Wish I could have seen you all. I am so thankful to have had this opportunity with you. – Jeff Power Point Slides: (MGLVA) May 5, 2020 Presentation Jeff […]
COVID-19 and Self-Care
One of the things that we most often forget in our desire and our compassion and empathy to want to help and serve people – is that we forget to take care of ourselves.
Why Teens Need a Mental Health Life Coach
Your teen needs a Teen Life Coach and a Mental Health Life Coach for support and encouragement and Jeff has been that trusted teen life coach for many years.
Inspiring Conversations: Ep.1 – Bobby Petrocelli
Today’s inspiring conversation is with Bobby Petrocelli the author of YOU MATTER . . . IT DOESN’T.
CORONAVIRUS: Managing Stress and Anxiety
In the above VIDEO, renowned mental health speaker and Amazon bestselling author Jeff Yalden lays out some important pointers to keep you present and centered in the midst of the global COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. How is your heart? Are you feeling OK in this time of uncertainty? How are you doing with your emotions and […]
THEORY ON TEEN SUICIDE
In The Trenches of Teen Mental Health Teen suicide is at epidemic proportions. I’ve been working in the trenches of teen mental health for three decades. With all my education, training and experience, I have never come across anything that benefited his work than a theory developed by Dr. Thomas Joiner, a professor at Florida […]
INSIDE THE TEEN MIND
Teens think differently than adults, plain and simple. And there’s more to it than the fact that maturity, life experience and wisdom serve as filters through which adults process their thoughts… The brain develops from the back to the front, starting with the cerebellum, amygdala and the nucleus accumbens. You might be thinking: “Did Jeff […]
SCREEN TIME AND MENTAL HEALTH
Too much screen time can hurt your child’s mental health. It’s not unusual to see little kids with smartphones or tablets. If you went to the grocery store right now, you might see a toddler sitting in a shopping cart, scrolling through an iPhone while a parent is busy shopping. It’s the new normal. As […]
High School Mental Health Speaker Brings Motivation, Dodgeball, Humor, and Yoga to Upper Scioto Valley
Last year, high school mental health speaker Jeff Yalden visited Upper Scioto Valley High School in McGuffey, Ohio and spent a full day speaking to the students, teachers, and parents. During his visit, Jeff connected with the junior class and developed a relationship with them via Facebook. Watch the video of Jeff’s in 2019. (Click […]
Why Teens Kill Themselves
When I woke up this morning, I wasn’t planning on writing about teen suicide and why teens kill themselves. I planned to slowly wake up, watch “Good Morning America” and make my way into the office without a plan. But things change quickly, and here I am doing just that. Let’s save some lives… I […]