The other night while lying in bed with my daughter said “I can’t stop thinking about” this thing that was scaring her. I explained that she gets to choose what she thinks about and if she wants to stop thinking about it she can. A few minutes later she laments, “no I can’t.” So, I encouraged her to focus on her heart, to imagine she’s breathing in and out from her heart and to think about things that bring her joy like playing with her friends, going to the beach or running