Anxiety

Learn how to help children manage anxiety, worries, fears, perfectionism, social anxiety, and separation anxiety while building confidence and resilience.

5 Ways to Help Your Child Build Strong Friendships

Help your child build strong friendships with 5 practical strategies—teaching communication, empathy, and confidence in social situations.

Help Your Child Learn To Manage Anxiety

The goal is to raise a child who has experienced the discomfort of being a bit worried, who knows that that's normal, and whatever happens, he can handle it.

Practical Mindfulness Tips To Shift Your Mood

Simple tips to shift your body chemistry and your mind when you get stressed. Train yourself to Stop, Drop, and Breathe the minute you notice you're stressed.

Transform Your Inner Critic Into Your Inner Nurturing Parent

Wouldn't it be lovely if your inner voice could become your cheerleader, encouraging you? Here's how to develop that nurturing inner voice and tame your critic.

Why Perfectionism Holds Kids Back

Perfectionism may look like high standards, but it’s really a defense against fear of not being good enough. In this article you'll learn how to focus on effort, normalize mistakes,...

Helping Children with Fears When They Hear The News

15 Tips to Help Children Manage Social Anxiety

We all want our children to make friends easily, to feel comfortable asking questions at school, to speak up for themselves. Here's how to support your child.

Why So Many Kids Feel Anxious (and What’s Really Going On)

Why are so many kids anxious today? Learn what’s really driving anxiety—and how to help your child build confidence and resilience.

Healing Yourself So You Can Be a More Peaceful Parent

The truth is that virtually all of us were wounded as children, and if we don't heal those wounds, they prevent us from parenting our children optimally.