Covid Triggers a Return of Anxiety COVID has wreaked havoc on everyone’s life in a variety of ways.  Most years, our family would have welcomed the need to work from home while our children attended school from home.  It would have made our life simpler and happier.  Instead of dreading each morning to get my daughter off to school,… Read More

As We Have Learned- Anxiety Can Relapse I honestly never thought the beast of anxiety would come roaring back with the same force we witnessed during our darkest moments, but there it was, once again wreaking havoc on our life.  After six months of pure happiness and joy, life-altering anxiety snuck in most unexpectedly. Even during the best of times,… Read More

Anxiety During the Holiday Season   The holiday season means more than just food, family, and gifts..it means the word “grateful” is thrown around like confetti.  Up until six weeks ago, I knew without a doubt that this holiday season, when asked to share what I am grateful for, I would reply, “my daughter has overcome anxiety”, with a giant… Read More

Promise Me This…An Open Letter to My Daughter’s New Teachers Dear Teacher, In one week my daughter starts her freshman year of high school. She is 14 years old. Whether she is 4 or 14, the back to school fears I have as a mother do not change. To all of her new teachers this year, promise me this; You… Read More

Overcoming Child Anxiety and School Refusal- A Success Story This update on my daughter’s progress with managing her anxiety, both at home and at school, is full of celebration and hope. It has taken me far longer to write this than I imagined. Each time I sit down to share what has transpired over the past 6 months, I begin… Read More

  The word soulmate conjures up whimsical images of a love too good to be true or giddy girls swooning over a man. In romcoms, the woman’s foot, once firmly planted on the ground, kicks up when she kisses her soulmate for the first time. In Hotel Transylvania, Mavis feels the “zing” when her soulmate arrives at the hotel. Cosmo… Read More