Tag: Anxiety
Catholic education: mental health issues on the rise
A panel at the 2022 National Catholic Education Conference addressed the rise in mental health issues plaguing students since the end of the pandemic.
Dr...
Simcha Fisher: When prayer is triggering
Confusing feelings and distractions in prayer can teach us
I had a baffling prayer experience the other morning. In retrospect, the solution was fairly obvious,...
Parents need more support around mental health: ACU study
A group of Australian parenting researchers is calling for improved access to quality parenting support programs amid rising levels of mental health problems such...
Dealing with bad world news
It can sometimes feel like bad news follows us around. Phones, social media and WiFi make news spread like wildfire, and when something bad...
Calming kids on coronavirus
A great resource to show your children
Most children will now have heard about the coronavirus.
Some may even have expressed a lot of fear or...
The subtle signs you need to watch for in your teen
Extreme fear? Poor memory? Avoiding difficult situations? Can't sleep? Always nervous? You might have something to worry about.
Though no one likes to think about...
Fighting fire anxiety
In the past week, NSW has seen some of the worst bushfires in recorded history. The NSW Rural Firefighting Service has warned us that...
Is your teen just moody or depressed?
Stress, anxiety and feeling down can affect anyone, and in fact happens to a lot of us at some point in our lives.
It’s the same...
Simcha Fisher: 17 ways to make confession easier for your kids
Adult converts sometimes sheepishly admit that confession scares them. What they may not know is cradle Catholics often feel the same way. Very often,...
Beating the Back to School Blues
By Justin Coulson
I’m sure there really are kids out there who were excited about heading back to school after the summer holidays. But I...
Simcha Fisher: Anxiety often comes disguised as love
Last week, my husband and I sat down to put together a Christmas list for the kids. We'd been putting it off, because it's...
