Refuat HaNefesh: A Guide to Mental Health in the Quarantine
This Refuat HaNefesh guide created by USY offers tips and tricks for teens experiencing social isolation as a result of COVID.
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This Refuat HaNefesh guide created by USY offers tips and tricks for teens experiencing social isolation as a result of COVID. Though this guide was created for COVID, the tips and tricks, and in particular, the conversation guides, are useful for teens generally supporting their friends and themselves.
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Plug-and-play lesson introducing Mussar concepts, texts, and guiding questions for teens.
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