Wellness Resources: Home

"Explore wellbeing and self-care, learn how to better navigate the healthcare system, and make lifestyle changes with evidence-based, ad-free information and tools." From the Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing at the University of Minnesota.

Free webinars, podcast, and more, from the University of Minnesota.

Free guided meditations, live online meditation sessions, and weekly podcast.

Free mobile app with guided meditations and sleep aids.

Free mobile app with programs to help with stress, anxiety, and sleep.

Another free app for mindfulness, meditation, and sleep.

Mobile app for on-demand help with reducing stress and anxiety. Premium content, coping tools, and peer support are currently available free.

Extensive yoga practices on YouTube for beginners and experienced alike.

Free yoga app with voice guided workouts for beginners.

A deep relaxation technique presented by WebMD.

TED Talk by psychologist Kelly McGonigal.

On rumination and constructive ways to redirect your thoughts.

A short meditation for stress or anxiety, from Olivia Luna Healing.

Taking care of yourself with guidance from Dr. Kristin Neff.

With guided meditations, nature sounds, and more.

Relaxation music, meditation tools, guided healing, elves, unicorns, and wolves.

Definitions of good news may vary, but sometimes it's nice to give yourself a break with a positive filter.

Search #SongsOfComfort on your social media of choice for more.

Adult Crisis Line: 651-266-7900
Children's Crisis Line: 651-266-7878
The county's two crisis lines operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Text MN to 741741
Suicide prevention and mental health crisis texting services, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

(800) 273-8255
24/7 Suicide Prevention, also available by chat on the website.

(800) 799-7233
Text LOVEIS to 22522
Advocates are available 24/7 in more than 200 languages. All calls are free and confidential.

Seniors are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation in many ways. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic worsened what was already a bad situation. It isolated seniors even more in 2020 and 2021, cutting their access to health care, counseling, and other services. The pandemic also stressed caregivers, causing some to take their woes out on senior citizens.

Directory of support groups and classes.

Connections to mental health treatment and service.

John Moe talks to comedians, musicians, athletes and others about depression, anxiety, addiction, and other mental health struggles.

Audio mood boosters and other mental health resources from the UK's National Health Service.

Anonymous mental health screening for yourself or a loved one.

Help understand your emotions better by finding the words to describe them. First published by Dr. Gloria Wilcox in 1982.

Mental health narratives of people from cultural communities, produced by NAMI Minnesota.

"A culturally lead, community-focused, and easily accessible free peer support warm line for African Americans and other communities of color that provide the community with some comfort in knowing they’re not alone," from HerSilincey.

A virtual concert with Hmong artists around the issue of suicide and suicide prevention, in collaboration with 3 Hmong TV.