anxiety Archives - Nancy Schoellkopf

8 Aug, 2025

Communal Meltdown

Nancy Admin2026-08-10T06:51:02-07:00Categories: Children, Flash Fiction, Magical Realism|Tags: alternative dimension, anxiety, Children, disappointment, healing, I Ching, self-medication, special education, special needs, tantrums, teaching, thin place|

Please enjoy this August summer rerun! Written with my Thursday evening group with the prompts: communal melt down, the mist, her head rode the beat like a boat in the waves, [...]

4 Apr, 2025

Spring 2025

Nancy Admin2026-08-10T06:52:52-07:00Categories: Current Events, Flash Fiction, Magical Realism|Tags: Anti-vax, anxiety, current events|

I thank my Thursday night writing group for creating such a safe space so I might write this. There are a few prompts in here, most notably "heal darkness" which [...]

2 Feb, 2024

Banana Nut

Nancy Admin2024-02-02T07:00:00-08:00Categories: Flash Fiction, Magical Realism|Tags: anxiety, Archangel Rafael, Banana Nut Muffins, Blimp Crash, disappointment, Dreams of being trapped, Gun violence|

Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts: thankful, baking banana nut muffins, authentic, for that special__, keep busy, he was a rubber duckling, intemperate desires, sitting on a [...]

27 Aug, 2021

Communal Meltdown

Nancy Admin2021-08-27T06:00:00-07:00Categories: Children, Flash Fiction, Magical Realism|Tags: alternative dimension, anxiety, Children, disappointment, healing, I Ching, self-medication, special education, special needs, tantrums, teaching, thin place|

Written with my Thursday evening group with the prompts: communal melt down, the mist, her head rode the beat like a boat in the waves, the wind-up bird, alpacas, evolution, discovered [...]