JULIE RENEE • RESOURCES

Resources for learning, reflection, and care.

Explore books, articles, professional work, and projects created to make complex experiences easier to understand and support.

Read & reflect Learn & practice Projects Addiction ADHD Anxiety AuDHD Big Feelings Coping Skills Depression Disordered Eating Food & Mood Grief Parent regulation guides Spiritual Distress

Audience color keyChildrenAdolescentsAdultsGeneral and all ages

01 / READ & REFLECT

Stories and ideas to spend time with.

BOOKS

Publications

Fiction, nonfiction, and works in progress, including AuDHD in Adulthood.

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ARTICLES

Journal

Independent writing on mental health, nursing, research, advocacy, and lived experience.

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02 / LEARN & PRACTICE

Clinical and academic perspectives.

PROFESSIONAL WORK

Nursing & PMHNP

Explore Julie’s nursing background and her path toward psychiatric mental health practice.

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SCHOLARSHIP

Academic Portfolio

Education, research interests, clinical scholarship, and professional experience in one place.

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PDF SCHEDULES • 2026

2026 American Academy of Family Physicians Vaccination Schedules

Recommended immunization schedules for children and adolescents through age 18 and adults age 19 and older.

Download child & adolescent schedule (PDF) Download adult schedule (PDF)

03 / TOOLS & SUPPORT

AccessKind and Braver Together™.

ACCESSIBILITY

AccessKind

Explore reading and focus tools designed with neurodivergent needs in mind.

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CHILDREN & FAMILIES

Braver Together

Meet a project centered on helping children and families find connection, safety, and hope.

Explore Braver Together

04 / FREE WORKBOOKS

Addiction

Age-specific workbooks about addiction, family safety, substance-use concerns, recovery, and support. Each includes practical worksheets, 30 optional prompts, and a 30-day tracker.

PDF WORKBOOK • CHILDREN

When Addiction Affects My Family

For children living with addiction in the family: safe adults, feelings, coping, and a plan for unsafe moments, with coloring and a maze.

Download children’s workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • ADOLESCENTS

Substance Use and Recovery Support

For teens concerned about their own use or affected by someone else’s: values, pressure, safety, and support.

Download adolescents’ workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • ADULTS

Addiction Recovery and Renewal

Notice patterns, plan for difficult moments, connect with care, and reflect on the next step in recovery.

Download adults’ workbook (PDF)

These educational workbooks do not replace treatment or emergency care. For suspected overdose or immediate danger, call 911. In the United States, call or text 988 for a mental-health or suicide crisis.

05 / FREE WORKBOOKS

ADHD

Practical workbooks for children, adolescents, and adults. Each includes age-specific planning tools and 30 optional journal prompts; the younger editions include coloring pages and mazes.

PDF WORKBOOK • CHILDREN

My ADHD Skills

Focus, feelings, morning routines, homework starters, and ways to ask for help for ages approximately 6 to 12.

Download children’s workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • ADOLESCENTS

ADHD Skills for Adolescents

Task starting, time awareness, school planning, digital distractions, and self advocacy for ages approximately 13 to 17.

Download adolescents’ workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • ADULTS

Adult ADHD Skills

Tools for priorities, routines, task initiation, emotional regulation, and conversations about care.

Download adults’ workbook (PDF)

These educational workbooks do not diagnose ADHD or replace individualized healthcare.

06 / FREE WORKBOOKS

Anxiety

Age-specific workbooks on understanding anxiety and panic, practicing coping skills, and seeking support. Each includes a 30-day journal and tracker.

PDF WORKBOOK • CHILDREN

Anxiety and Panic Skills: Children

Learn about worry and body clues, build a calm toolbox, try small safe steps, and use drawing, a maze, and 30 optional prompts.

Download children workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • ADOLESCENTS

Anxiety and Panic Skills: Adolescents

Map anxiety patterns, make a panic coping card, plan school and personal support, and use 30 optional prompts.

Download adolescents workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • ADULTS

Anxiety and Panic Skills: Adults

Explore anxiety and panic patterns, response strategies, daily supports, and treatment questions with 30 optional prompts.

Download adults workbook (PDF)

These educational workbooks do not diagnose a condition or replace professional care. New or severe physical symptoms need medical assessment. For immediate danger, call emergency services; in the United States, call or text 988 for crisis support.

07 / FREE WORKBOOKS

AuDHD

Printable guides for self reflection, daily support, burnout prevention, and planning ahead for difficult moments.

PDF WORKBOOK

Recognition and Daily Support

Explore patterns, sensory needs, assessment preparation, practical supports, and gentle focus activities.

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PDF WORKBOOK

Burnout Prevention and Crisis Planning

Map early warning signs, plan recovery, record support contacts, and prepare a personalized crisis sequence.

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PDF WORKBOOK · CHILDREN

AuDHD Workbook for Children

Explore feelings, sensory needs, routines, and supports with printable activities, coloring pages, and mazes.

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PDF WORKBOOK · ADOLESCENTS

AuDHD Workbook for Adolescents

Reflect on energy, identity, school, relationships, and practical supports with prompts and creative activities.

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PDF WORKBOOK · ADULTS

AuDHD Workbook for Adults

Map patterns, sensory needs, energy, and support strategies with worksheets and a 30-day tracker.

Download the workbook (PDF)

These educational workbooks do not provide a diagnosis or replace professional care. If you are in immediate danger, call emergency services. In the United States, call or text 988 for crisis support.

08 / FREE WORKBOOKS

Big Feelings

Two age-specific workbooks help children name feelings, notice body clues, choose safe ways to respond, and ask trusted adults for support.

PDF WORKBOOK • AGES 3–7

Big Feelings Little Hearts

Drawing and guided activities for young children to explore feelings, practice safe choices, and identify helping grown-ups.

Download ages 3–7 workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • AGES 8–12

The Big Feelings Guide

Writing and drawing prompts for body clues, worry, anger, coping tools, and a personal support plan.

Download ages 8–12 workbook (PDF)

For parents and caregivers, The Book of Big Feelings is Buy on Amazon

09 / FREE WORKBOOKS

Coping Skills

Choose from A to Z coping ideas, create a personal plan, and practice with a 30-day tracker. Children’s and adolescents’ editions include coloring and maze activities.

PDF WORKBOOK • CHILDREN

Coping Skills: Children

Notice feelings and body clues, choose safe skills, and ask a trusted grown-up for help.

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PDF WORKBOOK • ADOLESCENTS

Coping Skills: Adolescents

Find skills for stress, sensory needs, movement, focus, and connection at home or school.

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PDF WORKBOOK • ADULTS

Coping Skills: Adults

Build a personal coping menu, practice small resets, and review what helps over 30 days.

Download adults’ workbook (PDF)

These educational workbooks do not replace individualized professional care. For immediate danger, call emergency services; in the United States, call or text 988 for crisis support.

10 / FREE WORKBOOKS

Depression

Age-specific tools for noticing low mood, choosing small steps, and reaching support. Each includes a 30-day journal and tracker.

PDF WORKBOOK • CHILDREN

Depression Support: Children

Gentle feelings pages, a support team and tiny-step plan, with drawing, a maze, and 30 optional prompts.

Download children workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • ADOLESCENTS

Depression Support: Adolescents

Explore mood patterns, small actions, school support, and safety planning with 30 optional prompts.

Download adolescents workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • ADULTS

Depression Support: Adults

Reflect on symptoms, daily care, support and treatment, with a safety plan and 30 optional prompts.

Download adults workbook (PDF)

These educational workbooks do not diagnose depression or replace professional care. If you cannot stay safe, call emergency services; in the United States, call or text 988 for crisis support.

11 / FREE WORKBOOKS

Disordered Eating

Age-specific support workbooks for food and body distress, with reflection pages, 30 optional prompts, and support trackers. The younger editions also include coloring and mazes.

PDF WORKBOOK • CHILDREN

Food, Feelings, and Body Support: Children

Gentle pages for naming feelings, finding a safe grown-up, and planning comfort and support.

Download children’s workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • ADOLESCENTS

Food, Body Image, and Recovery Support: Adolescents

Explore body-neutral responses, school and social pressures, coping, and connections with trusted support.

Download adolescents’ workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • ADULTS

Disordered Eating Recovery Support: Adults

Notice patterns, plan support, set boundaries around body talk, and reconnect with personal values.

Download adults’ workbook (PDF)

These workbooks do not diagnose or replace medical, nutritional, or mental-health care. They avoid food, weight, and exercise tracking. Seek urgent medical assessment for concerning physical symptoms; for immediate danger, call emergency services. In the United States, call or text 988 for mental-health crisis support.

12 / FREE WORKBOOKS

Food & Mood

A gentle, seven-day practice for adults to notice how nourishment, fluids, stress, and everyday routines may relate to mood and energy. This is not a diet or weight-loss plan.

PDF WORKBOOK • GENERAL

Food Equals Mood

Seven daily worksheets with flexible meal ideas, low-energy options, and space to reflect without judging your food choices.

Download the 7-day workbook (PDF)

PDF MEAL GUIDE • GENERAL

Low-Energy Meals on a Budget

Fourteen flexible, low-cost meal ideas with easy swaps, a short food list, and space to make each recipe your own.

Download the meal guide (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • GENERAL

High-Quality Snacks

Seventeen flexible snack ideas with easy swaps, reflection space, and planning pages for work, school, and low-energy days.

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PDF WORKBOOK • GENERAL

Snack Guide Adaptations

Protein focused, vegetarian, and allergy-aware snack ideas with flexible ingredients, planning pages, and food allergy safety notes.

Download the adaptations workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • CHILDREN

Food Equals Mood for Kids

Ages 5 to 10: gentle activities about food, feelings, energy, family traditions, and asking a trusted grown-up for help, with drawing space and a seven-day reflection.

Download children’s workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • ADOLESCENTS

Food Equals Mood for Teens

Ages 12 to 18: practical pages for meals, snacks, stress, busy schedules, body image, a seven-day reflection, and asking for support.

Download adolescents’ workbook (PDF)

If food or mood tracking increases shame, anxiety, or urges to restrict, binge, or purge, pause this workbook and seek qualified support. This educational resource does not replace individualized care.

The companion nonfiction book Food = Mood is available on Amazon .

13 / FREE WORKBOOKS

Grief

Age-specific workbooks with reflection activities and 30 optional journal prompts. The children’s and adolescents’ editions include coloring pages and mazes.

PDF WORKBOOK • CHILDREN

My Grief and Feelings

Gentle pages for children approximately ages 6 to 12 to name feelings, remember, and ask for help.

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PDF WORKBOOK • ADOLESCENTS

Grief, Change, and Healing

Reflection, support planning, and creative activities for adolescents approximately ages 13 to 17.

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PDF WORKBOOK • ADULTS

Grief, Coping, and Meaning

Space to explore loss, daily care, connection, anniversaries, and what to carry forward.

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PDF WORKBOOK • PARENT LOSS • CHILDREN

Loss of a Parent: Children

Age-appropriate feelings, memories, safe people, coloring, a maze, and 30 optional journal prompts.

Download children’s workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • PARENT LOSS • ADOLESCENTS

Loss of a Parent: Adolescents

Reflect on family and school changes, feelings, support, memories, and 30 optional journal prompts.

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PDF WORKBOOK • PARENT LOSS • ADULTS

Loss of a Parent: Adults

Explore family roles, caregiving, identity, practical support, memories, and 30 optional journal prompts.

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PDF WORKBOOK • GRANDPARENT LOSS • CHILDREN

Loss of a Grandparent: Children

Gentle memories, feelings, comfort and a letter page, with drawing, a maze, and 30 optional prompts.

Download children workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • GRANDPARENT LOSS • ADOLESCENTS

Loss of a Grandparent: Adolescents

Reflect on family traditions, mixed feelings, school support, legacy, and 30 optional prompts, with drawing and a maze.

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PDF WORKBOOK • GRANDPARENT LOSS • ADULTS

Loss of a Grandparent: Adults

Explore family history, unfinished conversations, boundaries, remembrance, and daily care with 30 optional prompts.

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PDF WORKBOOK • PET LOSS • CHILDREN

Pet Loss: Children

Gentle pet memories, feelings, drawing space, a maze, and a 30-day journal.

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PDF WORKBOOK • PET LOSS • ADOLESCENTS

Pet Loss: Adolescents

Explore the bond with a pet, changed routines, difficult thoughts, support, and remembrance.

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PDF WORKBOOK • PET LOSS • ADULTS

Pet Loss: Adults

Reflect on companionship, caregiving, guilt, daily changes, and ways to remember a pet.

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PDF WORKBOOK • PET END OF LIFE

Pet Euthanasia Decision and Aftercare

Prepare questions for a veterinarian, reflect on quality of life, plan an appointment and aftercare, and use a 30-day journal.

Download the workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • SIBLING LOSS

Sibling and Surviving Child Grief

Feelings, family and school support, memories, drawing and a maze, plus 30 optional journal prompts for children.

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PDF WORKBOOK • CHILD LOSS

Loss of a Child

Reflection for bereaved parents and adolescents, with family support worksheets, memory pages, and a 30-day journal.

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PDF WORKBOOK • SUICIDE LOSS • CHILDREN

Suicide Loss: Children

Gentle activities for feelings, memories, trusted adults, drawing, and a maze, with 14 optional journal prompts.

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PDF WORKBOOK • SUICIDE LOSS • ADOLESCENTS

Suicide Loss: Adolescents

Space for complex feelings, remembering, support and safety planning, drawing, a maze, and 14 optional journal prompts.

Download adolescents workbook (PDF)

PDF WORKBOOK • SUICIDE LOSS • ADULTS

Suicide Loss: Adults

Reflect on questions, regret, connection, support and safety, with 14 optional journal prompts and a 30-day tracker.

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PDF WORKBOOK • SPOUSE OR PARTNER LOSS

Loss of a Spouse or Partner

Reflection and support worksheets, remembrance activities, difficult-date planning, and a 30-day guided journal.

Download spouse or partner workbook (PDF)

These educational workbooks do not replace professional care. For immediate danger, call emergency services; in the United States, call or text 988 for crisis support.

14 / FREE WORKBOOKS

Polyvagal Theory for Parents

Twelve printable workbooks for parents of children and adolescents, with practical ways to notice stress cues, adapt support, and work with trusted adults. Each includes scripts, planning pages, and a 30-day observation tracker. Polyvagal theory is used as a practical lens, not as a diagnosis.