Best Mental Health and Wellness Podcasts for Kids, Tweens, and Teens

Last updated: March 12, 2025

This list of podcasts serves as a toolkit to help kids, tweens, and teens with their physical, mental, and emotional health and wellness. These shows offer both preventative and therapeutic approaches. Some guide listeners through physical movement like yoga, stretching, and dance. And others focus on mindfulness techniques to calm the mind and soothe the nervous system, including meditation, breathing, and visualization. Younger listeners and their parents and caregivers will find shows that help them name emotions, express how they feel, and communicate these feelings to peers and trusted adults. Tweens and teens will find resources to help them understand the changes their bodies are going through in adolescence, how puberty can affect their emotions, how to navigate and alleviate stress, mental health challenges, and more.

This insightful curation takes a holistic approach when it comes to our kids' well-being, no matter what age. These shows aim to help kids and families build positive habits for physical and emotional health, and they offer accessible tools to use in challenging moments. That said, while many of these podcasts can be helpful resources, they aren't a replacement for professional mental health evaluation or treatment.

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Rise Little Earthling: The Podcast

age 2+

Sweet mindfulness routines for little ones and parents.

Social Emotional Learning Independent (Average run time: 5 minutes)
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Be Calm on Ahway Island

age 3+

Bedtime stories and meditations with positive messages.

Mental Health & Wellness Sheep Jam Productions (Average run time: 20 minutes)
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Charm Words: Daily Affirmations for Kids

age 3+

Short powerful guided affirmations promote confidence.

Mental Health & Wellness ABF Creative (Average run time: 4 minutes)
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Good Morning, Good Night

age 3+

Mindfulness, affirmations, movement for morning and night.

Mental Health & Wellness A Kids Company About (Average run time: 5 minutes)
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Goodnight, World!

age 3+

Relaxing stories help sleep strategy & emotional regulation.

Storytelling Sesame Street , Headspace (Average run time: 22 minutes)
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Little Kids, Big Hearts

age 3+

Helps younger kids develop social and emotional skills.

Social Emotional Learning Sparkler Learning (Average run time: 20 minutes)
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Charm Words Español: Afirmaciones Diarias Para Niños

age 4+

Brief, clear declarations of well-being and compassion.

Mental Health & Wellness ABF Creative (Average run time: 3 minutes)
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Peace Out Podcast

age 4+

Guided relaxation practice for kids with some nature facts.

Mental Health & Wellness Independent (Average run time: 16 minutes)
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The Emotion Motion Podcast

age 4+

Underwater adventure teaches social-emotional learning.

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Yoga Kids Adventure

age 4+

Yoga podcast for kids encourages imagination and movement.

Sports & Health Tumble Media (Average run time: 10 minutes)
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Mini Meditations for Kids

age 5+

Short mindfulness practices in English and Ukrainian.

Mental Health & Wellness The Paper Girls Show (Average run time: 5 minutes)
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A Kids Book About: The Podcast

age 8+

Important relevant topics tackled, some difficult content.

Social Emotional Learning A Kids Company About (Average run time: 18 minutes)
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American Girl: The Smart Girl's Podcast

age 9+

Talk show for tween and teen girls; promotes book series.

Kids & Family American Girl , Talk to Jess , Cloud10 (Average run time: 35 minutes)
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Canción Exploder

age 10+

Spanish-language pod goes behind the music.

Music Adonde Media (Average run time: 20 minutes)
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Girls Make Beats Podcast

age 10+

Young female DJs talk life, music, and passions; empowering.

Music Independent (Average run time: 30 minutes)
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Mostly Mindful for Teens and Tweens

age 11+

Quick mindfulness practices to build resiliency.

Mental Health & Wellness Independent (Average run time: 10 minutes)
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We Got You

age 11+

Tweens and teens get real about difficult topics.

Mental Health & Wellness Sonic Union , TRAX from PRX (Average run time: 18 minutes)
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A Slight Change of Plans

age 13+

Inspiring tales of resilience; some heavier topics.

Mental Health & Wellness Pushkin (Average run time: 30 minutes)
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Archetypes

age 13+

Explores how labels impact women; some mature topics.

Entertainment Archewell Audio (Average run time: 55 minutes)
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Express Yourself!

age 13+

Relatable teen talks and life skills; some heavy subjects.

Kids & Family VoiceAmerica Empowerment (Average run time: 50 minutes)
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