Created with love by local Sarasota mom Ellie, the Anxiety Toolkit is a deck of 50 beautifully illustrated cards designed to help kids and teens—as well as adults and caregivers!—understand and manage everyday anxiety.

Everyone has anxiety. Really, everyone. Some of us experience it often and find that it affects our lives more than it should. We know that anxiety will show up, whether we want it to or not. So what would happen if instead of dreading and trying constantly to avoid it, we began to expect and be ready for it? We can learn to accept and even welcome anxiety by being brave and knowledgeable. These cards are intended to help prepare you to feel confident that you can handle—and even ease—your anxiety.