Anxiety is an epidemic in all ages, but especially in our teens. The CDC reported over 60% of teenage girls have experienced severe distress from anxiety slash depression. Behind every one of those statistics is an anxious parent. When your kids are anxious, you are prone to anxiety yourself,. that anxious kids make anxious parents.
Curtis Chang, the regular host of the Good Faith podcast, takes a turn in the “guest seat” in this special episode in which Nancy French interviews him about his new book, The Anxiety Opportunity: How Worry Is the Doorway to Your Best Self. Curtis, who has suffered from anxiety to the point of losing his job as a senior pastor, offers up hard-earned wisdom that could transform one’s view on parenting, relationships, and even politics. Curtis also talks about the way the church gets anxiety wrong, how Jesus dealt with anxious people, and how grieving is a necessary component of effectively walking through loss.