Video Resources

This page contains videos which are helpful to use with each lesson in The Backpack Program.

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Lesson One

“Noah and the Whale- 5 Years Time”.



Lesson Two 

"The crawler video" 



Lesson Three 

"Where the Hell is Matt?"


Lesson Three 

"A supplementary video"



Lesson Four 

"Julia Ricklidge on nutrition"



Lesson Four 

"How to practice emotional first aid"


Lesson Four 

"There’s no shame in taking care of your mental health."


Lesson Five

"Neuroplasticity by Sentis"



Lesson Five 

"My Stroke of Genius"



Lesson Five

"God is in the neurons"



Lesson Five 

"Power Pose Study"


A super Ted Talk on Stress 

Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case.



Lesson Six

“Emotions and the Brain”



Lesson Seven 

"How to overcome social anxiety."