How Kind Mind helps Promise Early Education Center teach the internal regulation skills children need to learn, connect, and thrive

At Promise Early Education Center in Lewiston and Auburn, Maine, th...

How Kind Mind helps children move through change with more calm, confidence, and connection

The end of the school year can feel like a celebration, but it can also bring a lot of emotion into the cla...

How Kind Mind helps children thrive when the adults in their world are using the same tools, language, and supportive practices

As the school year comes to a close, children are often moving from ...

Humility is the ability to recognize the fundamental goodness within ourselves while also seeing how we can continue to evolve and grow. It means we can acknowledge our own mastery and still embrac...

How often do your students feel nervous, worried, or anxious? As educators, we witness this daily: before presentations, during assessments, when raising hands to participate, or navigating social ...

At Red Clover Children’s Center in Middlebury, Vermont, social-emotional learning starts early, in the everyday moments that shape how young children feel, connect, and move through the day.

The nonp...

In late March, Kind Mind joined early childhood leaders from across the region as an exhibitor at the New England Head Start Annual Conference. In early April, Kind Mind founder Lee Sowles also presen...

Finding balance is challenging in a culture that values efficiency, productivity, and constant busyness. When we're not highly motivated, we risk being labeled as lazy—a mind trick that affects edu...

At Growing Minds Early Learning Center in Bangor, Maine, Kind Mind isn’t a “special lesson.” It’s part of the day, especially in hard moments: transitions, structured activities, and the in-between...

There is profound power in physically connecting with our hearts. Our hearts are strong, resilient organs that feel and process emotions in ways our minds cannot fully comprehend. What if we stepped b...

The start of a new year always feels like an invitation to pause. Not necessarily to plan or set big goals —sometimes it’s simply a moment to reconnect with yourself, breathe, and notice how you wa...

Perfection is sneaky.

Even when we know it’s unrealistic, it still creeps into our thinking — our appearance, our work, our homes, our families, our achievements. And in a world where social media...