Mindfulness Matters: The Game That Uses Mindfulness Skills to Improve Coping in Everyday Life

The game is Great, I played with my 13 year old granddaughter, it was Fun, Informative, Transformative and Exciting. This game is a Blessing to those who play!!! Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to grow...

I’m a social worker and am always looking for games to play with the kids I work with that will teach them life lessons and values. This game is great, my kids love to play it and answer the questions or perform the small tasks on the cards. The kids have used the mindfulness skills outside of playing the game as well which is great! High recommend this game!

I work at a substance abuse residential treatment facility and I used this game in a group setting with my clients, they really loved it! The game is supposed to be geared towards teens and children, however I just pulled a couple a cards out that dealt with school and it worked perfectly for adults as well. There is a good mix of fun activity cards and cards that have great information on them, overall I highly recommend this game!

Using this in individual out-patient counseling sessions and small group sessions in public schools- Great game and resource that really facilitates teaching mindfulness (skills and psycho-education)! The only downside is that the game of spelling "MINDFUL" just isn't as engaging as some of the other games I've found. However, it doesn't take too much creativity to create more engaging ways to incorporate these cards. The skills and activities on the individual cards do easily translate into additional therapeutic activities for sessions.

I work with teens and adults in an intensive therapy setting. We have groups all day every day, and the main feedback we get about the groups is that they can feel repetitive after a while. I've used this game during groups a few times now, and have found that even the people who thought mindfulness and DBT were a little dry and hard to connect with are enjoying the levity and applicability that this game offers. I really appreciate that there's a wide spectrum of questions, everything from thought-based to getting the body involved in experiential breathing exercises. The questions are geared toward teens (e.g., lots of questions about school), but adults have had fun too, and can easily substitute "work" for "school" on the questions. People are starting to think about mindfulness, coping, DBT, and other therapeutic interventions in a different way, and have realized they're able to actually apply what we teach them in program. Even after "Mindul" gets spelled, I haven't yet had a group that wanted to stop and do something else! I'm definitely going to make this game a part of my regular rotation.

I got this on a recommendation to help my children grow into the well rounded, respectful, mindful, and amazing adults I know they'll be one day. If we don't start trying to fix things at home, while our children are young and impressionable, then we have failed as parents and as a society. Have them put the video games and phones away and spend real time having real conversations and making real connections. If we want the world and society to change, we have to start with ourselves and our children. Enjoy!

This is an AMAZING resource for therapists! I work as a therapist with junior and senior high school students and they love it. It helps teach copinng skills and provides thought provoking questions about things my kiddos don't usually think about. This also leads to some very good discussions. It is also a very simple activity. Buy this and use them!

Honestly, I had this for over a year and never reached for it. I gave it to another counselor to see if she might find it more useful.

My youth clients love this game!