The Being Me Program
The Being Me Program is a six session, evidence based mental health education program, designed to help children understand anxiety and how it shows up in their thoughts, bodies, and daily lives.
Through fun, interactive learning, children gain practical tools to quickly recognize anxious thoughts & feelings, and respond with healthy coping strategies that build long term resilience.
Working Together to Raise Emotionally Healthy Children
The Being Me Program is available through one on one sessions for personalized support, classroom facilitation for group learning and shared growth, and soon through a digital format that will make these tools even more accessible to families everywhere.
Being Me One-On-One | An Evidence Based Mental Health Support for Children
Through six, one-on-one sessions with an intern therapist, your child will learn valuable tools to recognize and respond to anxiety, regulate emotions, and build resilience that can support them at home, at school, and in life.
Here's what you'll explore together:
Understanding Anxiety: Recognize the signs of anxiety, how it feels in the body, and why it happens.
The Body's Alarm System: Learn about the fight, flight, or freeze response and how the body naturally reacts to stress or perceived danger.
Everyday Worries & Fears: Identify common childhood worries and explore healthy ways to work through them.
Managing Big Emotions: Discover co-regulation and self-regulation strategies that help children feel supported while building confidence in managing their emotions.
The Goat Worry Box: Give worries a place to go! Learn a playful, practical technique that helps children express and process what's on their minds.
Piggy Belly Breathing: Practice simple breathing exercises that help calm the body, slow racing thoughts, and create a sense of calm.
The "Sit In" Method: Inspired by a pig sitting in the mud, learn the importance of allowing emotions to be felt rather than rushing to make them disappear.
By the end of the program, your child will have a toolkit of age-appropriate coping strategies they can continue using at home, at school, and in everyday situations. And you'll have a better understanding of how to support them along the way.
What’s included?
Six, one-on-one sessions with an intern therapist
Parent handouts to support learning at home
Interactive activity materials designed for skill building
One hands-on Being Me Toolkit to reinforce coping strategies
The Being Me Program is a proprietary, evidence based program developed by Lil’ Steps Wellness and facilitated by Lil' Steps Intern Therapists. Each session is billed at $50 per session.
Start Your Child's Being Me Journey
The Being Me Program is designed for children ages 7 to 12 who could benefit from learning practical emotional wellness skills in a supportive environment.
Complete the form below, and we'll match your child with an intern therapist who will guide them through the six session Being Me Program, helping them build emotional regulation skills, understand anxiety, and develop practical strategies for building resilience and confidence.
Learn More About the Being Me Program
Turning Big Scares Into Brave Moments
Cindy and Cristabelle are two fainting goats with big worries!
Even though life at Lil' Steps Farm is safe and full of caring friends, the goats spend so much time thinking about what might happen that they forget to enjoy what's happening right now. As their worries grow bigger and bigger, they aren't sure how to calm their busy minds.
Thankfully, they have Wilbert the Pig. With patience and wisdom, Wilbert teaches Cindy and Cristabelle how to slow down, notice the world around them, and regulate their big feelings. Through simple mindfulness and grounding practices, the goats discover that while worries may come and go, there are always reasons to feel safe, connected, and joyful.
A heartwarming story about anxiety, emotional regulation, and finding calm in the present moment.
The Being Me School Program brings our evidence based six-session framework directly into the classroom.
Facilitated in school classrooms, this program supports students in understanding how anxiety shows up in their thoughts, bodies, and daily experiences.
Through engaging, age appropriate activities and guided discussion, students learn practical strategies to recognize anxious feelings and respond with healthy coping tools. Delivered in a familiar classroom environment, the program encourages shared learning, peer connection, and the normalization of big feelings while building lifelong emotional resilience.
If you are you interested in bringing the Being Me Program to your school, get in touch with us by completing this form.