Youth is a tumultuous time of life, and it is made more so when the adults that surround them don't model emotional competency. Without mature emotional models, young people are left abandoned with their anger, their confusion, and their fears as they enter the journey of self-discovery. This realization planted the seeds that eventually gave birth to How Simon Left His Shell: The courage to feel for young people. It is my hope that these pages will prepare our future adults for their journey through relationships, marriages and families of their own and into a world thirsty for the healing waters that spring from opened hearts.