Hello Friends!
As we continue, our year-long series on being healthy – can you believe we are over halfway done with the year? For me, taking care of my whole self is a daily pursuit. We are such complex beings, so many areas of our life where life can be so very busy. I hope that this series is helping you in the multiple ara of your life.
Today’s episode is all about anxiety with your ids. If you don’t have kids, I hope that you listen to help the children that are in your life. Today I’m sitting down with Caris Snider who is a Christian speaker wife, mom, and writer. We discuss their new books for tween boys and girls, Anxiety Elephants, and how to learn to help our tweens when they experience moments of fear, anxiety, and depression.
Caris Snider is a Christian Communicator who shares the hope of God through writing, speaking and leading worship. Her passion for the Lord comes forth as she shares her life experiences of overcoming anxiety and depression that began as a child. Caris desires to help all generations see their value and worth. It is important to her to give a voice to the voiceless and help those who feel alone in their battle.
She graduated from the University of Alabama in 2003 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Early-Child Development. She worked for the University of Alabama’s Child Development Center teaching young children and college students assigned to her classroom. Caris has actively served in churches she attends children and youth ministries since 2008. She taught leadership training classes to over 3,000 women for Thirty-One Gifts Conferences from 2012 to 2015.
Caris is the author of Anxiety Elephants 31 Day Devotional. She speaks in schools to students on coping skills for anxiety and trains teachers on how to help children with anxiety. Caris served on the faculty of Speak-Up in 2020. Caris Snider resides in Cullman, AL with her husband of 16 years, two daughters, and a Mini-Golden Doodle named Cooper Hash-brown.
Listen in to learn more about :
- What was the heart behind her two new books for tween girls and boys?
- Caris shares her personal struggles with anxiety, depression and almost took her life
- What is snowplow parenting and how we can empower our kids?
- We also take about how anxiety uniquely affects the tween age group and how hard it is right now on our kids with social anxiety, living through a pandemic, and much more.
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Website: www.carissnider.com
Instagram: @carissnider
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