The key feature — and the reason why many people start incorporating mindfulness into their daily routine — is that it gives the person better and greater emotional management. That is, it helps to identify the emotion, accept it, cradle it and learn to manage it properly. In this way, over time the person becomes the master of their emotions, and the opposite — sadly so common — does not happen: that emotions end up overwhelming the child.

Although finding out what works for each child must be approached individually, the most common mindfulness practices include keeping a journal, sound baths, meditation and movement. Manifestation (that is, turning something into reality through the power of attraction and conviction) is one of the most popular techniques. Self-development author and coach Roxie Nafousi has turned it into the core of her work. Her most recent book, Manifest For Kids, published a few months ago, aims to provide children with the tools they need to better understand their own feelings and boost their self-esteem.

Learning to manifest is like gaining a new “superpower”, and with it they will be able to understand and work through their emotions, instead of letting them overwhelm or define them. It will help them see the world through a more positive lens, which will ultimately change their perception (and therefore their experience) of the world. It is a way of becoming aware and working both on themselves and on what they want to achieve.