anxiety

What Do You Do When Your Child’s Fears Are Realistic?

A friend shared with me that the other night during bedtime her son said he was worried about “everything.”  Everything turned out to be “the elections, climate change, school shootings, and what is going to happen next.”  Some pretty big fears for a still small person to have! And, in point of fact, not that … Read more

Facing Fear

Two friends, we’ll call them Sally and Jane, go on a roller coaster. Both feel their hearts race, their breath catch, as the car slowly climbs to the top of a huge drop.  Sally smiles as her body reacts, breathing in a big breath of cold air as the car hits the top and hurtles … Read more