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JOURNAL OF THE WEEK

Stay present

mindfulness • focus • attention • grounding • overthinking • regulation

This journal explores how staying in the present means giving all of our attention to what is happening right now.

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Tech for Good and Bad

technology use • online behavior • digital citizenship • screen time • tech balance • internet safety

Can technology be helpful and hurtful?

In this journal, students learn how technology can be helpful & hurtful.

Quiz: What position are you playing in the gossip game?

gossip • drama • rumors • relationships • conflict • peer pressure

What do you win & lose with gossip?

Have students take this quiz to find out if they are winning or losing in the gossip game.

Fun or fake: the truth behind teasing

teasing • peer relationships • conflict • bullying • social skills • classroom behavior

Teasing can be fun or fake—let’s figure out the difference together

Help students discover why people tease and how to tell playful teasing from hurtful behavior.

Other people's vibes

empathy • peer influence • regulation • emotional awareness • boundaries • stress

Time for a vibe check

This journal gives students 3 ways to recognize and manage their nervous systems.

Start somewhere

motivation • executive functioning • overwhelm • getting started • productivity • follow through

When life piles up, start with one small thing

Help students learn how making a to-do list and starting with just ONE thing can help them feel motivated and accommplioshed.

Coaching 101

mental health • student support • coaching • SEL • asking for help • emotional wellness

What’s a coach and why do you need one?

This journal explains how Clayful coaches help set and achieve personal goals. It's like having a personal success assistant!

Unlock your top 3 hacks to build your ideal sleep routine

sleep • routines • health • self-care • regulation • focus

Everything gets better when you get enough sleep

Share this journal for hacks for getting more restful sleep.

Connection

loneliness • relationships • belonging • social skills • friendship • peer connection

We all feel lonely sometimes

This journal explains the value of the bonds we form with others when we feel seen, safe, and valued.

Focus

attention • focus • executive functioning • concentration • motivation • distractions

Procrastinating?

This journal shares helpful tips for staying focused and getting things done.

How are you?

check-in • emotions • self-awareness • SEL • feelings • mental health

We can feel it all

This journal explores how taking time to recognize and understand all feelings can help bring clarity and balance.

Launching Clayful with Students

Use the linked slides to introduce Clayful on launch day

You ARE good enough

self-worth • comparison • self-esteem • confidence • identity • motivation

Don't listen to the shame gremlins

This journal explores how to quiet harmful thoughts and tell a new story.

Goodbye

endings • transitions • grief • change • closure • emotions

Every goodbye is also a hello

This journal explores how to make goodbyes meaningful and welcome what’s next with intention.

What is love?

relationships • love • dating • emotions • connection

Love is more than romance

Love is about more than romance! This journal explores all the different kinds of love.

Intention

focus • goal setting • motivation • self-awareness • decision making • values

Make a new day's resolution

This journal teaches students that when they make an intention, they take time to consider what they really want.

Stress = kittens

stress • coping • test anxiety • school pressure • mental health • regulation

What do kittens and stress have in common?

This journal explores how pets can help us manage stress.

Trick yourself into feeling better

coping skills • mood • regulation • stress • quick tools • emotional support

What if you could choose how you feel with just a quick move?

Share this journal for hacks for feeling better instantly.

Words are powerful

kindness • bullying • communication • empathy • language • peer relationships

What to do about hurtful words

This journal helps students navigate conflict and bullying.

Why not ask for help?

help seeking • support • mental health • self-advocacy • stigma • vulnerability

Help might be more helpful than you think

Getting and receiving help is a big part of being human, and this journal invites students to take the first step and ask.

Student Feedback 2025

We want to hear from you!

Ask students to share their feedback so we can make Clayful better!

Thoughts are not facts

negative thinking • self-talk • anxiety • mindset • mental health • overthinking

Thoughts are not facts, thoughts are not YOU, & thoughts are not in control of you

Thoughts come and go. This journal helps students control them.

Should I tell my crush how I feel?

relationships • communication • social skills • confidence • emotions • boundaries

How vulnerable do I want to be?

Help students learn how and when to communicate about romantic feelings.

Quiz: What animal is your anxiety?

anxiety • stress • coping • emotions • self-awareness • mental health

There are lots of ways to be anxious

Have students take the quiz to find out which anxiety animal is most like them.

The secret to getting it all done

time management • executive functioning • productivity • stress • organization • deadlines

Ever feel overwhelmed by everything you have to do?

Have students explore how making a schedule and sticking to it boosts productivity.

Rumor has it

gossip • rumors • peer conflict • relationships • bullying • social dynamics

Has your friend or classmate ever started a rumor about you?

Help students learn how to navigate rumors and strategies to manage and ignore them.

The quickest way to feel better

coping skills • emotional regulation • stress • mood • mental health • quick strategies

Just breathe

Teach students how focusing on their breathing helps to regulate their nervous system.

You are more than your grades

grades • academic pressure • self-worth • student identity • perfectionism • motivation

Do you ever feel like your grades are the only thing that matters?

This journal explores how grades are important, but they aren't the only thing that matters.

When they don't like you back

rejection • heartbreak • relationships • crushes • disappointment • self-esteem

How to deal when someone doesn't feel the same way

This journal explores how students can deal when someone doesn't feel the same way as they do.

It's ok to feel angry

anger • emotions • regulation • behavior • impulse control • conflict

Feeling angry is totally normal, and even helpful sometimes

This journal shares 10 strategies for pausing when feeling angry and noticing an urge to act.

Butterflies

anxiety • nerves • new experiences • transitions • fear • excitement

Get your butterflies flying in formation

This journal teaches students to use their feelings to get excited, determined, focused, and ready.

Build your ultimate self care toolbox

self-care • mental health • regulation • routines • stress management • wellness

YOU are the most important thing to take care of this year

This journal helps students build a virtual self-care toolbox to get the care they need & deserve.

Ask for what you want

communication • self-advocacy • assertiveness • boundaries • confidence • speaking up

4 steps to ask for what you want

Show students how using helpful and effective communication in conflict can lead to better outcomes.

Build your own apology

conflict resolution • accountability • communication • repair • relationships • empathy

All relationships crack in some way

The way you apologize matters! This journal teaches students the 5 parts to crafting a meaningful apology.

Make the impossible, possible

hope • motivation • goal setting • identity • future thinking • strengths

You can achieve your goals, no matter how hard they seem

This journal explores the ways that with persistence and belief in one's self, progress is always possible.

Be kind to yourself

self-talk • self-esteem • self-compassion • shame • mental health • confidence

Sometimes it's easier to be kind to others than to ourselves

We're often nicer to others than ourselves. Help students learn that practicing positive self-talk is powerful!

Holiday quiz

gratitude • reflection • positive thinking • community • mental health • holidays

Sometimes holidays feel magical & sometimes they don’t

This journal helps students discover just how magical holidays could be—and get tips on making the most of them.

My friends are toxic

toxic friendships • peer relationships • conflict • boundaries • mental health • social-emotional learning

Have you ever been ghosted?

Help students learn that relationships and friendships are toxic when they leave them feeling mistreated or worthless.

Life is like surfing

emotions • resilience • regulation • flexibility • coping • mindset

Surfing can teach us a lot about life

In this journal, students will explore the relationship between surfing and emotions and say "yes" to new opporunities.

Talk it out

communication • venting • emotional expression • connection • mental health • relationships

Just talking about what is going on inside can make it better

Help students learn how talking about what is going on inside them rather than keeping it in can make their life better!

Mindless to Mindful Scrolling

scrolling • focus • attention • phone habits • self-awareness • digital mindfulness

Ever catch yourself endlessly scrolling without even realizing it?

Help students shift from mindless to mindful scrolling by teaching them how to take charge of their time and habits online.

Needs

self-awareness • boundaries • unmet needs • emotional regulation • self-advocacy

Your feelings might be trying to tell you something

Help students learn that feelings help us know what we need to survive, and negative feelings usually mean we have unmet needs.

Grief

grief • loss • sadness • emotions • trauma • coping

Loss is something that happens to everyone

This journal helps students discover healthy ways to cope and heal through the process of mourning.

Letting go

grief • change • emotions • transitions • coping • regulation

Let go of what's weighing you down

This journal encourages students to write about ways to release something that’s been holding them back or weighing on their mind.

Every body is different

body image • self-esteem • acceptance • confidence • comparison • identity

The lies about your body are holding you back

This journal helps to support body positivity or neutrality through simple, reflective practices that encourage self-acceptance.

Tech and Life Balance

screen time • tech habits • digital balance • self-regulation • online behavior • student wellness

Tired of feeling glued to your screen?

Have students explore how a few days away from screens can sharpen our focus, boost our mood, and help us get better sleep at night.

Behind the Screens

social media • comparison • online identity • real vs fake • student emotions • digital literacy

What you see online is never the full story

What we see online is a small part of someone's story. This journal reminds students: don't compare your life to other's highlight reels.

Reflect

self-awareness • reflection • growth • SEL • goal setting • journaling

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom" - Aristotle

This journal helps students learn that when they reflect, they learn from their experiences.

Happy chemicals

mood • motivation • brain science • habits • mental health • coping skills

What if you could choose to be happy?

This journal explores practical ways to boost happiness and emotional well-being.

Feeling left out

loneliness • exclusion • belonging • friendship • connection • social skills

Feeling left out can really hurt

This journal helps students navigate the painful feelings that occur when they feel left out and rewrite the story about why it happened.

Party your way to success

motivation • goal setting • student engagement • rewards • self-confidence • positive reinforcement

The more you celebrate yourself, the more you enjoy what you are doing and the more motivated you feel.

This journal helps students learn to celebrate themselves.

Anything but anger

anger • emotional regulation • behavior • impulse control • big emotions • conflict

Anger is just a cover—let’s uncover what’s really going on beneath the surface

Help students answer the question: when you get angry, what's hiding underneath it?

Stressing about testing

test anxiety • academics • stress • focus • performance • coping skills

Sometimes the way we think about tests can stress us out

This journal explores how self-talk around tests is important and that what matters is preparing and growing from experiences.

The fear cycle

anxiety • fear • stress • overthinking • mental health • regulation

Face your challenge, teach your brain

This journal explores how feeling fear or anxiety is the brain telling us something is dangerous & that facing those fears helps us grow.

Knots

stress • anxiety • overwhelm • tension • burnout • pressure

When your thoughts & feelings are all tied up in knots

Sometimea thoughts & feelings are tangled up in a knot. This journal teaches students to pay attention to each thread so they can unite it.

Bing Bong Challenge

motivation • goal setting • student engagement • challenges • positive habits • mindset

What happens when you listen and don’t fix?

This journal teaches students that sometimes listening is more beneficial than trying to help fix things.

If you believe, you can achieve

self-confidence • motivation • mindset • encouragement • perseverance • belief in self

If you can believe it, you can achieve it

This journal helps students answer the question: what do you want to believe about yourself?

Boundaries

boundaries • self-advocacy • relationships • peer pressure • emotional safety • saying no

Take the quiz to find out how good you are at setting boundaries

This journal's boundary quiz identifies a student's current boundary style.

Tech for Good and Bad

technology use • online behavior • digital citizenship • screen time • tech balance • internet safety

Can technology be helpful and hurtful?

In this journal, students learn how technology can be helpful & hurtful.

Quiz: What position are you playing in the gossip game?

gossip • drama • rumors • relationships • conflict • peer pressure

What do you win & lose with gossip?

Have students take this quiz to find out if they are winning or losing in the gossip game.

Fun or fake: the truth behind teasing

teasing • peer relationships • conflict • bullying • social skills • classroom behavior

Teasing can be fun or fake—let’s figure out the difference together

Help students discover why people tease and how to tell playful teasing from hurtful behavior.

Other people's vibes

empathy • peer influence • regulation • emotional awareness • boundaries • stress

Time for a vibe check

This journal gives students 3 ways to recognize and manage their nervous systems.

Start somewhere

motivation • executive functioning • overwhelm • getting started • productivity • follow through

When life piles up, start with one small thing

Help students learn how making a to-do list and starting with just ONE thing can help them feel motivated and accommplioshed.

Coaching 101

mental health • student support • coaching • SEL • asking for help • emotional wellness

What’s a coach and why do you need one?

This journal explains how Clayful coaches help set and achieve personal goals. It's like having a personal success assistant!

Unlock your top 3 hacks to build your ideal sleep routine

sleep • routines • health • self-care • regulation • focus

Everything gets better when you get enough sleep

Share this journal for hacks for getting more restful sleep.

Connection

loneliness • relationships • belonging • social skills • friendship • peer connection

We all feel lonely sometimes

This journal explains the value of the bonds we form with others when we feel seen, safe, and valued.

Focus

attention • focus • executive functioning • concentration • motivation • distractions

Procrastinating?

This journal shares helpful tips for staying focused and getting things done.

How are you?

check-in • emotions • self-awareness • SEL • feelings • mental health

We can feel it all

This journal explores how taking time to recognize and understand all feelings can help bring clarity and balance.

Launching Clayful with Students

Use the linked slides to introduce Clayful on launch day

You ARE good enough

self-worth • comparison • self-esteem • confidence • identity • motivation

Don't listen to the shame gremlins

This journal explores how to quiet harmful thoughts and tell a new story.

Goodbye

endings • transitions • grief • change • closure • emotions

Every goodbye is also a hello

This journal explores how to make goodbyes meaningful and welcome what’s next with intention.

What is love?

relationships • love • dating • emotions • connection

Love is more than romance

Love is about more than romance! This journal explores all the different kinds of love.

Intention

focus • goal setting • motivation • self-awareness • decision making • values

Make a new day's resolution

This journal teaches students that when they make an intention, they take time to consider what they really want.

Stress = kittens

stress • coping • test anxiety • school pressure • mental health • regulation

What do kittens and stress have in common?

This journal explores how pets can help us manage stress.

Trick yourself into feeling better

coping skills • mood • regulation • stress • quick tools • emotional support

What if you could choose how you feel with just a quick move?

Share this journal for hacks for feeling better instantly.

Words are powerful

kindness • bullying • communication • empathy • language • peer relationships

What to do about hurtful words

This journal helps students navigate conflict and bullying.

Why not ask for help?

help seeking • support • mental health • self-advocacy • stigma • vulnerability

Help might be more helpful than you think

Getting and receiving help is a big part of being human, and this journal invites students to take the first step and ask.

Student Feedback 2025

We want to hear from you!

Ask students to share their feedback so we can make Clayful better!

Thoughts are not facts

negative thinking • self-talk • anxiety • mindset • mental health • overthinking

Thoughts are not facts, thoughts are not YOU, & thoughts are not in control of you

Thoughts come and go. This journal helps students control them.

Should I tell my crush how I feel?

relationships • communication • social skills • confidence • emotions • boundaries

How vulnerable do I want to be?

Help students learn how and when to communicate about romantic feelings.

Quiz: What animal is your anxiety?

anxiety • stress • coping • emotions • self-awareness • mental health

There are lots of ways to be anxious

Have students take the quiz to find out which anxiety animal is most like them.

The secret to getting it all done

time management • executive functioning • productivity • stress • organization • deadlines

Ever feel overwhelmed by everything you have to do?

Have students explore how making a schedule and sticking to it boosts productivity.

Rumor has it

gossip • rumors • peer conflict • relationships • bullying • social dynamics

Has your friend or classmate ever started a rumor about you?

Help students learn how to navigate rumors and strategies to manage and ignore them.

The quickest way to feel better

coping skills • emotional regulation • stress • mood • mental health • quick strategies

Just breathe

Teach students how focusing on their breathing helps to regulate their nervous system.

You are more than your grades

grades • academic pressure • self-worth • student identity • perfectionism • motivation

Do you ever feel like your grades are the only thing that matters?

This journal explores how grades are important, but they aren't the only thing that matters.

When they don't like you back

rejection • heartbreak • relationships • crushes • disappointment • self-esteem

How to deal when someone doesn't feel the same way

This journal explores how students can deal when someone doesn't feel the same way as they do.

It's ok to feel angry

anger • emotions • regulation • behavior • impulse control • conflict

Feeling angry is totally normal, and even helpful sometimes

This journal shares 10 strategies for pausing when feeling angry and noticing an urge to act.

Butterflies

anxiety • nerves • new experiences • transitions • fear • excitement

Get your butterflies flying in formation

This journal teaches students to use their feelings to get excited, determined, focused, and ready.

Build your ultimate self care toolbox

self-care • mental health • regulation • routines • stress management • wellness

YOU are the most important thing to take care of this year

This journal helps students build a virtual self-care toolbox to get the care they need & deserve.

Ask for what you want

communication • self-advocacy • assertiveness • boundaries • confidence • speaking up

4 steps to ask for what you want

Show students how using helpful and effective communication in conflict can lead to better outcomes.

Build your own apology

conflict resolution • accountability • communication • repair • relationships • empathy

All relationships crack in some way

The way you apologize matters! This journal teaches students the 5 parts to crafting a meaningful apology.

Make the impossible, possible

hope • motivation • goal setting • identity • future thinking • strengths

You can achieve your goals, no matter how hard they seem

This journal explores the ways that with persistence and belief in one's self, progress is always possible.

Be kind to yourself

self-talk • self-esteem • self-compassion • shame • mental health • confidence

Sometimes it's easier to be kind to others than to ourselves

We're often nicer to others than ourselves. Help students learn that practicing positive self-talk is powerful!

Holiday quiz

gratitude • reflection • positive thinking • community • mental health • holidays

Sometimes holidays feel magical & sometimes they don’t

This journal helps students discover just how magical holidays could be—and get tips on making the most of them.

My friends are toxic

toxic friendships • peer relationships • conflict • boundaries • mental health • social-emotional learning

Have you ever been ghosted?

Help students learn that relationships and friendships are toxic when they leave them feeling mistreated or worthless.

Life is like surfing

emotions • resilience • regulation • flexibility • coping • mindset

Surfing can teach us a lot about life

In this journal, students will explore the relationship between surfing and emotions and say "yes" to new opporunities.

Talk it out

communication • venting • emotional expression • connection • mental health • relationships

Just talking about what is going on inside can make it better

Help students learn how talking about what is going on inside them rather than keeping it in can make their life better!

Mindless to Mindful Scrolling

scrolling • focus • attention • phone habits • self-awareness • digital mindfulness

Ever catch yourself endlessly scrolling without even realizing it?

Help students shift from mindless to mindful scrolling by teaching them how to take charge of their time and habits online.

Needs

self-awareness • boundaries • unmet needs • emotional regulation • self-advocacy

Your feelings might be trying to tell you something

Help students learn that feelings help us know what we need to survive, and negative feelings usually mean we have unmet needs.

Grief

grief • loss • sadness • emotions • trauma • coping

Loss is something that happens to everyone

This journal helps students discover healthy ways to cope and heal through the process of mourning.

Letting go

grief • change • emotions • transitions • coping • regulation

Let go of what's weighing you down

This journal encourages students to write about ways to release something that’s been holding them back or weighing on their mind.

Every body is different

body image • self-esteem • acceptance • confidence • comparison • identity

The lies about your body are holding you back

This journal helps to support body positivity or neutrality through simple, reflective practices that encourage self-acceptance.

Tech and Life Balance

screen time • tech habits • digital balance • self-regulation • online behavior • student wellness

Tired of feeling glued to your screen?

Have students explore how a few days away from screens can sharpen our focus, boost our mood, and help us get better sleep at night.

Behind the Screens

social media • comparison • online identity • real vs fake • student emotions • digital literacy

What you see online is never the full story

What we see online is a small part of someone's story. This journal reminds students: don't compare your life to other's highlight reels.

Reflect

self-awareness • reflection • growth • SEL • goal setting • journaling

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom" - Aristotle

This journal helps students learn that when they reflect, they learn from their experiences.

Happy chemicals

mood • motivation • brain science • habits • mental health • coping skills

What if you could choose to be happy?

This journal explores practical ways to boost happiness and emotional well-being.

Feeling left out

loneliness • exclusion • belonging • friendship • connection • social skills

Feeling left out can really hurt

This journal helps students navigate the painful feelings that occur when they feel left out and rewrite the story about why it happened.

Party your way to success

motivation • goal setting • student engagement • rewards • self-confidence • positive reinforcement

The more you celebrate yourself, the more you enjoy what you are doing and the more motivated you feel.

This journal helps students learn to celebrate themselves.

Anything but anger

anger • emotional regulation • behavior • impulse control • big emotions • conflict

Anger is just a cover—let’s uncover what’s really going on beneath the surface

Help students answer the question: when you get angry, what's hiding underneath it?

Stressing about testing

test anxiety • academics • stress • focus • performance • coping skills

Sometimes the way we think about tests can stress us out

This journal explores how self-talk around tests is important and that what matters is preparing and growing from experiences.

The fear cycle

anxiety • fear • stress • overthinking • mental health • regulation

Face your challenge, teach your brain

This journal explores how feeling fear or anxiety is the brain telling us something is dangerous & that facing those fears helps us grow.

Knots

stress • anxiety • overwhelm • tension • burnout • pressure

When your thoughts & feelings are all tied up in knots

Sometimea thoughts & feelings are tangled up in a knot. This journal teaches students to pay attention to each thread so they can unite it.

Bing Bong Challenge

motivation • goal setting • student engagement • challenges • positive habits • mindset

What happens when you listen and don’t fix?

This journal teaches students that sometimes listening is more beneficial than trying to help fix things.

If you believe, you can achieve

self-confidence • motivation • mindset • encouragement • perseverance • belief in self

If you can believe it, you can achieve it

This journal helps students answer the question: what do you want to believe about yourself?

Boundaries

boundaries • self-advocacy • relationships • peer pressure • emotional safety • saying no

Take the quiz to find out how good you are at setting boundaries

This journal's boundary quiz identifies a student's current boundary style.