The No-Worries Guide to Thriving

Sleep

Getting My Anxious Child to Sleep Is a Bedtime Battle

Karen L Cassiday Ph.D. on October 1, 2026

Are you afraid to let your child sleep alone or to put them in their own room because you fear their tantrums? Learn what the pros do when bedtime becomes a big battle.

Are you afraid to let your child sleep alone or to put them in their own room because you fear their tantrums? Learn what the pros do when bedtime becomes a big battle.

Sleep

How Can I Get My Anxious Child to Go to Sleep and Stay Asleep?

Karen L Cassiday Ph.D. on September 29, 2026

Just because your child is anxious or afraid of the dark does not mean you have to spend hours getting them to sleep or lose sleep because they can only sleep with you.

Just because your child is anxious or afraid of the dark does not mean you have to spend hours getting them to sleep or lose sleep because they can only sleep with you.

Child Development

What to Do When Your Child’s Teacher, Coach, or School Is Unfair

Karen L Cassiday Ph.D. on August 6, 2026

When adults are unfair to your child, it might be a great learning opportunity instead of a disaster you need to correct.

When adults are unfair to your child, it might be a great learning opportunity instead of a disaster you need to correct.

Anxiety

Guaranteed Ways to Make Yourself Anxious

Karen L Cassiday Ph.D. on August 1, 2026

Do you ask yourself if you are accidentally doing things that keep you stuck in your anxiety? People sabotage their quest to overcome anxiety in many ways.

Do you ask yourself if you are accidentally doing things that keep you stuck in your anxiety? People sabotage their quest to overcome anxiety in many ways.

Parenting

Why Promoting Independence Helps Your Anxious Child

Karen L Cassiday Ph.D. on May 29, 2026

Sometimes, all anxious children need is the opportunity to do the slightly dangerous things grownups do—without any grownup help.

Sometimes, all anxious children need is the opportunity to do the slightly dangerous things grownups do—without any grownup help.

Anxiety

Why You Shouldn't Believe in Your Worry

Karen L Cassiday Ph.D. on May 1, 2026

Do you get stuck in cycles of worry and reassurance seeking? Worry can easily fool you into believing that worry and reassurance seeking are the solution to uncertainty.

Do you get stuck in cycles of worry and reassurance seeking? Worry can easily fool you into believing that worry and reassurance seeking are the solution to uncertainty.

OCD

When OCD Wrecks Love

Karen L Cassiday Ph.D. on February 23, 2026

OCD can wreck love and romance. How can you tell if your worries about your or your partner's love are valid?

OCD can wreck love and romance. How can you tell if your worries about your or your partner's love are valid?

Family Dynamics

Recovering From Family Dysfunction for the Brave

Karen L Cassiday Ph.D. on February 9, 2026

Are you brave enough to admit that how you think and react to your difficult family members can make or break your peace of mind?

Are you brave enough to admit that how you think and react to your difficult family members can make or break your peace of mind?