A family workbook for kids and parents navigating stress, anxiety, news, uncertainty, medical stress, neurodivergence, and big world events together. Includes grown-up pages, kid pages, family activities, nervous system tools, hard-question scripts, and support for families with extra layers.
Coping with Big Feelings in Big Times is designed for families navigating stress, anxiety, news, uncertainty, medical stress, and the kind of world events that feel too big to hold. It includes pages for grown-ups, pages for kids ages 6–12, activities to do together, and extra support for families navigating medical complexity, neurodivergence, healthcare uncertainty, school systems, or policy stress.
Want adult support too? Pair this with When the World Feels Like Too Much, Still Standing, or the free Daily Stabilizers handout for broader nervous system and caregiver support.
FAMILY WORKBOOK FOR STRESS + UNCERTAIN TIMES
This workbook helps families understand nervous system activation, answer hard questions, support kids through scary news, and create small anchors of steadiness at home.
You cannot calm the whole storm, but you can build a shelter
Pages for Grown-Ups
Validating, practical support for understanding your own nervous system, caring for yourself, answering hard questions, and staying calm and present with kids.
Pages for Kids
Child-friendly explanations of big feelings, alarm systems, scary news, what kids can and cannot carry, and small tools for calming the body.
Family Activities
Includes shared worksheets for naming what is hard, building predictable family anchors, looking for helpers, and turning anxiety into action.
Big Feelings, Small Tools
Teaches grounding tools like 5-4-3-2-1, long slow breathing, cold water, soft pressure, drawing, and movement.
For Families With Extra Layers
Supports families navigating medical complexity, neurodivergence, healthcare systems, insurance uncertainty, school stress, and systems fatigue.
Stress Shows Up Differently
Helps caregivers understand increased rigidity, sensory changes, regression, meltdowns, shutdowns, and behavior as communication during stressful times.
This workbook is a psychoeducational family support resource and is not a substitute for therapy, medical care, crisis care, school services, legal advice, case management, or individualized clinical support. If a child or caregiver is experiencing safety concerns, self-harm thoughts, severe impairment, medical instability, or crisis-level distress, contact a licensed professional or emergency support.