Monster Mindfulness & Haunted Herbalism: A New Approach to Emotional Regulation for Kids
A Spooky-Cute System for Emotional Regulation, Created for Neurodivergent Kids and Their Grown-Ups
“When your nervous system feels like a haunted house… sometimes you need a little monster magic.”
At Emerald Coast Alternatives, we don’t just sell tea, we help haunted humans reconnect with their bodies, emotions, and sense of safety through ritual, research, relief, and rebellion.
And one witch behind the magic? Katarina Scott! A queer, neurodivergent mother of four, herbalist, and creator of two radically playful, science-rooted frameworks:
🧟 Monster Mindfulness
🧠 Nervous System Necromancy
Together, these systems teach kids (and their grownups) how to regulate big feelings, calm their minds, and feel safe inside their bodies, using spooky storytelling, sensory rituals, and the power of tea.
👻 What Is Monster Mindfulness?
Monster Mindfulness is a spooky-cute mindfulness method made for neurodivergent kids who need more than “just take a deep breath.”
✨ Built on trauma-informed principles, it uses:
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Monster-themed rituals & character play
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Sensory grounding exercises
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Movement & breathwork with spooky flair
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Monster affirmations & mirror work
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Gentle co-regulation tools for grownups
It’s regulation that feels like play, wrapped in a world of enchanted tea parties, monster friends, and graveyard giggles.
💀 What Is Nervous System Necromancy?
Yes, it sounds like a spellbook from the underworld 👻 and that’s kind of the point.
Nervous System Necromancy is our science-backed, tea-fueled system for reviving “haunted” nervous systems shaped by:
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Trauma
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Overstimulation
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Sensory overload
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Emotional shutdown
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Chronic anxiety
Through herbal rituals, breathwork, somatic movement, and monster-inspired tea magic, we help both kids and adults return to safety, softness, and connection, one spell at a time.
📖 Meet the Monster Mindfulness Creatures
Each age group in our system is guided by a creature designed to reflect their unique emotional needs, sensory world, and developmental stage.
🍼 Bonelings (Ages 2–5)
“Even skeletons need soft places to land.”
Swaddled in shadowy blankets and glowing with wonder, Bonelings are sensitive little souls learning to feel big emotions in tiny bodies.
They thrive on cozy rituals, gentle sensory play, and connection-based calming.
💤 Core Ritual: Stillness Spells
🌿 Tea Pairing: Mellow Minds
🎧 Meditation Tools: Bubble Breaths, Monster Hugs, Calming Cups
🧒 Gravelings (Ages 6–9)
“Feelings don’t scare me, I just need the right story.”
Fluffy, wide-eyed, and full of questions, Gravelings are the scribes of their emotional world. They learn best through imaginative metaphor, monster storytelling, and hands-on rituals that let them explore their inner graveyard.
📚 Core Ritual: Ride the Storm, Little Monster
🌿 Tea Pairing: Restful Rascals
✍️ Tools: Illustrated Spellbook, Meltdown Scripts, Monster Journals
🧛 Fanglings (Ages 10+)
“Even monsters deserve softness.”
Fanglings are tween and teen monsters navigating shadow work, identity, and independence. With their bleeding hearts and sharp minds, they crave emotional validation, spooky self-reflection, and space to feel all the feels, without shame.
🪞 Core Ritual: Shame Spiral Séance
🌿 Tea Pairing: Mellow Minds or Let It Go
🖤 Tools: Monster Mirror Work, Affirmation Cards, Guided Tea Meditations
🔮 NEW: The Mindful Monsters Spellbook
A printable ritual guide for haunted littles and their grown-ups
🖤 Includes:
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Co-regulation rituals by age
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Printable meltdown scripts
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Monster affirmations
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Matching tea pairings
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Sensory support tools
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Witchy graphics & joyfully spooky design
📺 Coming Fall 2025:
Monster Mindfulness Meditation Series
On YouTube
🎥 Three age-based series with printable companion kits:
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Bonelings (Ages 2–5): Wiggly breathing games, bubble rituals, and bedtime spells
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Gravelings (Ages 6–9): Monster mantras, sensory grounding, and stormy emotions
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Fanglings (10+): Spooky affirmations, shadow work, and self-regulation skills
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🍵 Ritual + Tea = Regulation
Here are some of our favorite spell pairings from the system:
🌿 Mellow Minds
An herbal ADHD-friendly blend for mental clarity, focus, and emotional calm.
→ Pairs with “Ghost Your Thoughts” ritual 👻 for runaway minds and rumination.
🛒 Shop Mellow Minds → Mellow Minds Herbal Tea
🛌 Restful Rascals
A gentle bedtime tea to help little monsters fall asleep and stay asleep.
→ Pairs with “Ride the Storm” ritual ⛈️ a co-regulation script for meltdowns.
🛒 Shop Restful Rascals → Rest Rascals Herbal Tea
💔 Bleeding Heart Blend
A hug in a cup for kids dealing with grief, shame, or emotional overwhelm.
→ Pairs with “Shame Spiral Séance” ritual 🌀 a Fangling fave.
🛒 Shop Bleeding Heart or Let It Go Herbal Blend → Order Custom Herbal Blend
👻 Who Is This For?
Whether your child has a diagnosis or just feels big feelings in a big world, this system helps teach one of life’s most vital (and forgotten) lessons:
How to feel safe inside their body.
Made for:
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ADHD / AuDHD kiddos
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Highly sensitive children
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Emotionally reactive or shutdown children
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Kids struggling with self-trust, restlessness, or shame
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Neurodivergent parents who want to co-regulate instead of control
🖤 Final Witchy Words from Kat:
“If you’ve ever been told you’re ‘too much,’ ‘too sensitive,’ or ‘too emotional,’ this was made for you. You’re not too much. You’re just magic.”
🎃 Ready to Join the Cursed Crew?
🧙♀️ Download the Mindful Monsters Spellbook
📺 Subscribe to Monster Mindfulness on YouTube
🍵 Shop Haunted Herbal Teas
About the Author
Katarina Scott
Writer • Herbalist • Mindfulness Educator • Monster Mama
Katarina Scott is a neurodivergent mother of four, herbalist, and trauma-informed mindfulness educator who writes for the cursed but coping. As the co-founder of Emerald Coast Alternatives, she blends science-backed nervous system support with spooky storytelling, helping haunted humans (and their tiny monsters) explore emotional regulation through tea, rituals, and metaphor.
Her niche lives at the crossroads of soft horror, psychology, and self-love. She specializes in picture books, emotional regulation tools, and sensory-friendly rituals designed for ADHD, autism, PTSD, and the misunderstood magic of neurodivergent brains. Her signature project, Haunted Hearts & Monster Mindfulness, guides children through a haunted house of emotions using monster metaphors, mindfulness, and spooky-soft illustrations.
When she’s not writing children’s books and spellbooks, Kat leads mocktail mindfulness workshops, builds haunted tea parties, and teaches families how to turn emotional overwhelm into connection. Her work is a lifeline for the overwhelmed, the oversensitive, and anyone who's ever felt like too much.
She believes monsters aren’t meant to be feared, they’re meant to be heard.