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A gentle guide for raising calm and confident children
I’ve created a free downloadable mindfulness guide to support you in helping your child navigate big emotions, build resilience, and develop a steady inner calm.
Inside, you’ll find simple, practical practices you can use at home — whether your child is 5 or navigating the teenage years. These tools are designed to strengthen emotional awareness, confidence, and connection.
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Mindfulness for Children
Supporting Children’s Emotional and Mental Wellbeing
Teaching mindfulness to children empowers them with essential life skills — helping them to manage emotions and worries, develop focus and calm, build confidence, and cultivate kindness and compassion. I believe mindfulness is a basic life skill that every child should be supported to develop, whether at school or at home.
Through a blend of storytelling, arts and crafts, playful activities, short videos, discussion, and guided mindfulness practices, children learn practical tools to calm their busy minds and express their emotions in healthy and positive ways. As a result, they develop greater self-awareness, resilience, empathy, and self-compassion.
All sessions are delivered in a fun, creative, and child-friendly way — classes that children genuinely enjoy and look forward to… yes not boring!
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How Mindfulness Helps Children
Research suggests that regular mindfulness practice can positively influence how the brain and body respond to stress. For children, this can support improvements in memory, focus, emotional regulation, creativity, and overall wellbeing.
Children are naturally curious, joyful, and present. However, the realities of modern life — academic pressure, overstimulation, social comparison, and digital exposure — can impact their emotional balance and sense of ease.
As children grow into tweens and teenagers, we are increasingly seeing:
- anxiety and stress
- low self-esteem and self confidence
- difficulty concentrating
- emotional overwhelm
- exam pressure and fear of failure
Mindfulness offers children practical ways to pause, notice, and respond rather than react. It helps them navigate challenges with greater awareness, confidence, and emotional balance — skills that support them not only now, but throughout life.
And, of course, calmer and happier children often mean calmer and happier families, caregivers, and teachers.
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Benefits of Mindfulness for Children
Mindfulness can support children and young people to:
Reduce stress and feel calmer
Strengthen emotional resilience
Improve impulse control and behaviour
Reduce classroom behaviour difficulties and bullying
Understand and manage emotions
Develop self-awareness, self-compassion and self-acceptance
Cultivate empathy, kindness, and compassion
Enhance overall wellbeing and happiness
Improve focus, attention, memory
Build confidence and a positive sense of self
Establish healthier relationships
And more
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Group Mindfulness Courses for Children
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The 6-week Mindfulness for Children courses are based on Mindfulness in Education (MiE) programmes and are accredited by the EFT & Mindfulness Centre. Courses are delivered in schools and private group settings.
Sessions are grounded in neuroscience and offered in a fun, interactive, and age-appropriate way. Children are also given a home practice book to support learning and encourage integration into daily life. Parents are gently encouraged to support home practice, as children learn powerfully through connection and modelling.
Age Groups
- Children aged 5–11 years
- Young Adults aged 12–17 years
Children who attend the full course receive a Certificate of Attendance.
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Course Outline
Ages 5-11
Topics include:
- Understanding and training the brain
- Recognising and working with emotions
- Paying attention using the five senses
- Mindful eating and listening
- Breathing and calming practices
- Working with anger, impatience, and worry
- Developing balance, kindness, compassion, and gratitude
- Bullying awareness and healthy responses
- Connecting with happiness
Sessions include creative, playful, calming, and outdoor activities where appropriate.
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Cource Outline
Ages 12-17
Topics include:
- Understanding the brain and the “autopilot”
- Managing worry and reframing anxious thoughts
- Responding rather than reacting (anger management)
- Mindful eating, movement, sound, and breathing
- Developing self-compassion and self-acceptance
- Empathy, gratitude, and values
- Assertive communication
- Navigating stress, exams, and life transitions
- Connecting with happiness and purpose
Sessions for this age group include reflective discussion within a safe, non-judgemental, and supportive space, while remaining interactive and engaging.
“The difference in how my daughter handles situations is clearly visible. She looked forward to every session and learned skills she now uses in daily life.”
Juanita Azzopardi – Parent
Invitation
If you would like to explore how mindfulness can support your child, family, or school community, I would be happy to talk with you.
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1–1 Mindfulness for Children and Parents
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1–1 mindfulness sessions are offered for children, usually with at least one parent present. Parents often find that their involvement helps them better understand mindfulness and support their child’s practice at home — while benefiting themselves too.
Following an initial consultation, sessions are tailored to the individual needs of the child and family. These sessions may be particularly helpful where a child is experiencing specific challenges such as anxiety, emotional regulation difficulties, or life transitions.
Parents who wish to deepen their own practice may also find the Mindfulness for Adults section helpful (here).
I also share some Mindfulness activities you can do at home with your children in this blog article.
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Mindfulness for Families
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Mindfulness for families offers parents and children the opportunity to slow down, reconnect, and strengthen their bond through shared practices.
Families learn self-regulation and co-regulation techniques, mindful communication, and ways to integrate mindfulness into daily routines such as mealtimes, mornings, and bedtime. Courses are available as:
- Parent-focused programmes, or
- Parent and child programmes together
“Catherine brings mindfulness to life in a way children truly understand. Her calm presence leaves both parents and children feeling supported and connected.” Melissa Bugeja – Parent
If you would like to explore more about how mindfulness can support family life, parenting, and connection, I share this in more detail in my blog article.
Click here to read more about the many applications of mindfulness.
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Mindfulness in Schools
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As a Mindfulness Trainer in Education, I believe in a whole-school approach to wellbeing. This involves supporting not only students, but also teachers and staff, and embedding mindfulness within the wider school culture.
In addition to group courses for children and adults within schools, I offer:
- Mindfulness workshops for primary and secondary students
- Mindfulness for exam stress workshops
- Mindfulness workshops for teachers
These workshops support emotional regulation, focus, resilience, and wellbeing, and are particularly suitable for wellbeing weeks, staff development days, and exam preparation periods.
To learn more about how mindfulness can be implemented in schools, including benefits for students and educators, you can read my blog article: "Mindfulness in Schools: Supporting Wellbeing, Learning, and Resilience"
If you would like to explore more about Mindfulness for Adults, please go here.
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About Catherine:
Mindfulness Trainer for Children & Education
My passion for teaching mindfulness to children, parents, and educators is deeply personal. As a mother, and through my own experiences growing up and my personal development journey, I became committed to empowering the younger generation to live with greater awareness, confidence, and self-acceptance.
I am professionally qualified as:
- Accredited Mindfulness Trainer in Education (EFT & Mindfulness Centre)
- Certified Growing Up Mindful Programme (Dr. Christopher Willard)
- Currently completing Creative Mindfulness™ for Kids Training
I remain committed to continuous professional development to ensure my work is ethical, evidence-based, and child-centred.
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Incredible Testimonials
I had the pleasure to meet Catherine during a talk she was giving at a conference. I was intrigued by her passion towards the subject and wanted to know more. I made the right choice of contacting ti ask further questions. She was sweet, helpful and inspiring. I continued by taking on Mindfulness sessions with her. She opened my mind towards a better world... read more
Cheryl Tonna -- Mum, Executive, and Accredited MBCT Practitioner
Catherine Galea has captured the essence of mindfulness. During the course work she provides a marvellous and original perspective with scientifically proven evidence on how mindfulness is an exceptionally powerful tool that enables the learner to adopt a new mindset lasting impact on the self-management of tension, strain, pressure and worries... read more
Denise Buckingham – Play Therapist and Accredited Mindfulness Trainer
Nothing short of a 5* Review is appropriate for Catherine and her mindfulness professional service. She helped me tremendously in 2019, when the focus of my year was to instill certain positive changes in my life. Through her expertise, knowledgable ways and above all her genuine approach, she managed to help me tap deep into my psyche to maintain... read more
Vicky Zammit -- Founder of Malta Market Matters / Gifts That Matter
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Research & Evidence
Mindfulness in education is supported by growing research. The Mental Health Foundation states that mindfulness in schools helps children recognise unhelpful patterns of thinking, improve emotional balance, and develop positive coping strategies.
Further evidence and case studies are available through recognised mindfulness and education research bodies. For research links, read my blog article, Mindfulness in Schools: Supporting Wellbeing, Learning, and Resilience.
Related Reading
- Mindfulness for Families: Supporting Connection, Calm, and Emotional Wellbeing
- Mindfulness in Schools: Supporting Wellbeing, Learning, and Resilience
- Mindfulness for Children
Contact me directly for further information.
