You don’t need a plan or a script tonight, just a few honest sentences you can say out loud, right when it counts.
“Your worries are allowed to visit, but they don't have to stay all night.”
“Let's breathe out slow, three times, together.”
“I'm right here while your mind settles down.”
Giving worries permission to exist, instead of shushing them, is what actually lets them quiet down.
In their story, the thoughts that won't quiet down take the shape of something soft that just needs to be rocked to sleep.
It winds down slowly, breath by breath, until sleep arrives on its own instead of being forced.
Read more: Stories for Anxious Children: A Gentle, Practical Approach
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