COURSE

Overcome Your Monkey Mind

This 10-day course is written and spoken in a fun and positive way to engage kids. Both adults and children will learn creative ways to navigate their way through 21st-century issues such as academic pressure, distraction, worry, low self-esteem, anxiety and day to day stress, providing an excellent toolkit for busy lives. As parents, a great way to listen to this course is with your kids in the evening while relaxing or in the morning to start the day on a positive note. As teachers and practitioners, if you are passionate about the mental health and emotional wellbeing of kids, this is also the perfect course for you. Listen with your students in the classroom or 1 on 1 within your practice to create lasting change that empowers children to live happier and calmer lives.

Stress Stress & Anxiety For Parents Mindfulness Secular Kids Meditation Mindfulness Meditation Secular Mindfulness Parenting Relationships

Meet your Teacher

Isabelle Fitzgerald

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Isabelle Mary Fitzgerald is a leading Mindfulness and Meditation coach with over 20 years of experience helping clients improve their own health and happiness. Isabelle is currently an administrator for Mindful Educators Australia, holds a Diploma in Energetic Healing with a Level 2 Certificate in Meditation and is a certified Mindfulness Mentor with the Mindfulness Mentoring Institute. She coaches teachers, parents and kids 1-on-1 in Mindfulness and Meditation and has curated a 1-year Mindfulness and Meditation program for children that can be easily accessed online within a practise, or within schools. Isabelle also loves running her own Mindfulness and Meditation classes for primary school kids, teaching children essential life skills to manage their own mental health and emotional wellbeing before the stress of high school, university and young adulthood.

10 Days

8.2k students

4.8 stars

15 min / day

Stress

English

Lesson 1

My Breath Is A Super Power

We all have a busy monkey mind that is chattering away in the background worrying, complaining and overthinking things which can make it hard for us to focus, relax and feel calm. In Session 1, I am going to show you an easy way to overcome your busy mind by simply connecting with your breath. Your breath is a superpower that lives inside you that you can access to feel calm and settled at any time, in any situation.

Lesson 2

Living In The Present Moment

Often when we are juggling so much like: school, homework, sports activities and technology, our minds can become busy and distracted, making it difficult to concentrate and do things really well. You can also feel a little grumpy and make more mistakes too! In Session 2, your going to really enjoy learning and experiencing what the present moment feels like so that you can complete all of your activities in a more focused, calm and positive way.

Lesson 3

Understanding Body Sensations

Do you get butterflies in your belly when you feel worried or nervous? Does your heart beat really fast when you're feeling afraid? When these feelings show up it can feel really unpleasant, which can make you react or try and push them away. In Session 3, I’m going to teach you all about body sensations and show you some great tools to help you manage and approach unpleasant feelings in a calm, confident and loving way.

Lesson 4

The Power Of Touch

How do you feel when you put your foot in the ocean or feel the sun on your shoulders? How do you feel when a friend gives you a hug when your feeling sad or upset? In Session 4, I will be teaching you how to use the power of touch to improve your life in so many amazing ways. For example, touch can help you feel more grounded, happier, safe and calmer inside, melting your worries away.

Lesson 5

Anchor Breathing

Does it ever feel like your mind is drifting here, there, and everywhere, and you just can’t get it to rest or sit still? In Session 5, I will help you learn how to settle and calm your mind whenever this happens by teaching you how to connect with your Anchor Breath. You will discover that just like a boat has an anchor, you have an anchor inside you too, which you can access at any time to soothe your worries, big or small.

Lesson 6

Popcorn Thoughts

Have you ever noticed that your mind is like a popcorn machine popping thoughts here there and everywhere? Like when your reading, eating or talking and then suddenly “POP” a random thought pops out of nowhere! In Session 6, I’m going to teach you some really positive tools to help you manage all your popping thoughts, as well as help you reset your busy mind so that you don’t get so caught up and distracted by them anymore.

Lesson 7

Positive And Negative Thoughts

We all experience positive and negative thoughts. But what can you do when negative and unhelpful thoughts stick around making you feel anxious? In Session 7, you will discover that you can switch the channel in your mind from negative to positive in an easy and effective way. The aim is not to feel bad about having unhelpful thoughts, but to teach our monkey mind how to make better decisions and choose more positive thoughts so you can live a more peaceful and happier life.

Lesson 8

Managing Difficult Emotions

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by feelings of anger, fear, or sadness? These kinds of difficult emotions can feel uncomfortable and it’s very normal to try and push them away. In Session 8, I’m going to teach you how to relate to difficult emotions. You will discover that when you give your emotions space to be there and approach them with love and kindness you can enjoy your life in a far more positive way.

Lesson 9

Attitude Of Gratitude

When your monkey mind is worrying, judging and constantly criticising things it feels so difficult to feel grateful about life. In Session 9, I will teach you how to overcome this by developing an attitude of gratitude. Instead of focusing on what’s going wrong in your life I will teach you how to appreciate and focus on what is going right. Practising gratitude literally changes your brain so get ready to feel happier and create an even more amazing life.

Lesson 10

Breathe And Smile

Congratulations, you have reached the final session and today we're going to celebrate with a big grateful smile! In Session 10, you will learn how smiling can improve your mood, your life, as well as make the people around you feel positive too. We will also take a look at everything you’ve learnt and how far you have come so you can feel confident and happy knowing that you now have the most amazing tools to help you overcome your monkey mind.

Ask your teacher

This course includes 53 community questions and 42 audio replies from Isabelle Fitzgerald. The community classroom and teacher audio replies are only available via the app.

4.8 (196)

Recent Reviews

Sendy

January 30, 2024

Excellent. Thank you.

Kirsty

March 14, 2023

My son (aged 12) and I did this course together, we really enjoyed it and have learnt some valuable techniques. Thank you

Aaron

July 12, 2022

Really great course for kids!

Deanna

November 17, 2021

This was such an amazing course. So many practical techniques to help us with the monkey mind.

Aimee

August 21, 2021

Thank you for all the good tips for my son. Now I’ll have to play it over and over until he remembers to implement these ideas when he needs them. -

Uday

May 2, 2021

Thanks for advice

Clare

April 30, 2021

missy

April 28, 2021

Wonderful!

Helen

March 25, 2021

😀👍👏🏼

Mary

March 1, 2021

Good for children, as well as adults. Practical and user-friendly suggestions.

Nathalie

January 28, 2021

Great introduction of the meditation tools to kids!

Steven

December 23, 2020

My son and I listened to this together. We both enjoyed it and found it very helpful

Jenn

December 7, 2020

Excellent course! We will work through it again to reinforce the messaging and keep practicing.

Stacey

November 9, 2020

Miss Charlotte my 5yo daughter and I enjoyed your course, and Charlotte loves the belly breathing, and thinks she will use it lots ☺️ thankyou for the course 🙏

thomas

October 12, 2020

Wonderful teacher and beautiful voice :-)

Karmen

October 11, 2020

Great job! My kids love the reference of thoughts to popcorn! This helped! My whole family loved it!

Lolo

October 6, 2020

Easy and simple to understand

Anne

September 26, 2020

wonderful for teenagers I've done many meditation insight timer courses and love sloths my mindfulness totem. Really recomend to parents

Kristine

July 1, 2020

Great for children and adults! Thank you!

Michael

April 22, 2020

Wonderful meditation course for everyone about managing your monkey mind. Thank you 🌺🙏🏼😊

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