Your Guide to Exploring Big Feelings!

Feel Your Best Self (FYBS) is an award-winning toolkit that brings credibility, accessibility, creativity, and joy to learning emotion-coping strategies.

“FYBS delivered exactly what we needed in our district! The results have been both immediate and meaningful for our K-2 students. The creative mix of puppets, videos, cue cards, and discussion tips makes it easy for students to connect with and apply emotion-coping strategies in real-life situations.”

- Tracy, K-12 District Supervisor of Health & Physical Education

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See why FYBS is special in UConn Today!

Your needs are unique, and so is our approach. FYBS offers supportive, flexible guidance to explore what works to help you feel your best. From school stress to bedtime struggles, the FYBS strategies fit into everyday life, making emotional navigation simpler.

Why FYBS?

FYBS follows three puppet kids - Nico, CJ, & Mena - as they navigate everyday issues and help each other work through big feelings using 12 different emotion-coping strategies. Explore with them through our materials, such as videos, tip sheets, and storybooks. Learn more about FYBS.

What is FYBS?

“We love reading the FYBS storybooks at bedtime. Anthony is really into counting along with Nico and CJ while belly breathing. The books have been a fun way to talk about what he can do to feel better when he’s having a big feeling.”

- Emily, parent of a 3 year old

Mena, A purple puppet character with blue hair, wearing red glasses and a red and white jacket, against a yellow background.

We invite you to explore with FYBS!

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Check out what’s new!

Your FYBS friends are back in new animated shorts that explore some of our favorite strategies!

FYBS Animated Shorts

♫♪♬ FYBS songs! ♫♪♬

These songs are created to help everyone from our littlest listeners to grown-ups explore their emotions!

Shop our FYBS Facilitator Bundle and more!

The FYBS bundle gives you everything you need—print and downloadable products—to explore big feelings and the FYBS strategies.

The Feel Your Best Self Facilitator Bundle includes storybooks, coloring page and reflection journal downloads, feelings forecast posters, strategy card game, strategy anchor cards, and downloadable images of the puppet characters and clouds.

Nico, A pink puppet character with red, curly hair and large eyes, wearing a blue and white striped shirt, standing against a light blue background.

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✨ NEW FYBS Animated Videos! ✨ We’re kicking off our brand-new FYBS Animated Series with Smell the Roses! 🌹 Nico helps CJ learn to use a Feel Your Best Self strategy called “Smell the Roses.” 🎬 Watch the full video now by tapping the 🔗in our bio or story. Let us know what you think down below! 🔽

✨ NEW FYBS Material! ✨ We’re thrilled to announce our brand-new FYBS Animated Series🎬 — 7 shorts that bring some of our strategies to life in a fun and engaging way. The best part? The very first video drops tomorrow! 🎉 #FYBS #AnimationSeries #ComingSoon

👀 Something new is on the way… We’ve been working on new FYBS material, and it’s almost here! ✨ Any guesses what it might be? Drop them below ⬇️ #FYBS #ComingSoon #NewMaterial

When you’re in the middle of work… but Nico reminds you it’s Taylor Swift o’clock 🎤 #TaylorSwiftTrend #feelyourbestself #TeamTuesday #taylorswift #puppet

✨Mindfulness Monday is back! We continue to share tips to help children manage big feelings during school transitions—straight from our very own Dr. Sandy C.’s Psychology Today article, “When School Transitions Bring Big Feelings: Caregiver Tips.” This week’s focus: sharing feelings together. Swipe through for strategies and sample phrases you can use to support your child’s emotional journey ➡️ ✨ Which phrase do you think your child would connect with most? Tell us below! 👇

Introducing our new card game that grows with you! The FYBS Quest Strategy Card Game is your go-to game for practicing emotional regulation, calming techniques, and peer connection—at all ages! Available only in the Facilitator Bundle. #socialemotionallearning #emotionalwellbeing #selactivities

Mena accepted the challenge 😎 @nickiminaj #legposechallenge #feelyourbestself #puppets

✨ This isn’t your typical Feel Your Best Self webinar! Instead of a set topic, we’re opening the floor for a LIVE “Ask Me Anything” – Conversations to Connect With Others! — a chance to: ✅Ask your FYBS questions ✅Connect with others in the community ✅Share ideas & learn new ways to use FYBS ✅Explore our new FYBS materials! When? 📆 Wednesday, October 1st 5:00pm-6:00pm EST Wednesday, November 5th 5:00pm-6:00pm EST Registration is free — save your spot today! [🔗in story & bio]

What if every story time also built real-world SEL skills? With the FYBS storybooks, each read-aloud becomes a calm-down lesson, a class discussion, and a strategy practice. 12 done-for-you lessons that fit into your day—and into your students’ lives. 📚 Get all 12 storybooks in the Facilitator Bundle now! Link in bio.

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