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Dad Tired podcast. I just want to jump right into our conversation today, if that's okay with you. I think there's so

much here to unpack. I don't want to waste any time doing it. I know that our listeners are very

familiar with, most likely, the terrible tragedy that happened earlier this year, a school

shooting in Nashville. And that's just kind of, that sits in so many of our minds as parents. The reason I'm bringing that up is because I know that your office is very close to the location of that shooting and that you and I imagine your team was kind of the first ones there to just help parents and children process the tragedy that they had just experienced. You've been doing this for a

long time. You wrote a book about anxiety well before this situation even came about. But I'm curious

if you could speak to parents who, when something specific like this happens, even though it's in a

particular location, it kind of makes its way all over the country and world

for many parents to think, are my kids safe in lots of ways? But specifically this area,

maybe just kind of unpack for us some of the things you are encouraging parents as they start

to deal with anxiety on specific issues like this. Yes. Well, let me say before we

jump into that, just I'm so honored to be on here with you. Thank you for having me and grateful.

I know we were talking a second before, but I'm so grateful for all the dads that are listening

because I think just your intentionality and your hearts for kids make such a difference more than you have any

idea. And so I just am really grateful for the work that you're doing, for all of you listening,

for your thoughtfulness and your heart for your kids. And even as we're talking about this

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