For children as well as adults, fairy tales help us make sense of our lives. Fairy tales invite us to face our difficult emotions indirectly and with a sense of safety. Fairy tales catapult the hero or heroine into the territory of the unknown where they must trust their instincts, intuition, and creative powers to defeat adversarial forces. Fairy tales invite us to see ourselves as protagonists capable of growth, courage, and transformation. Like the heroes of fairy tales, we learn that the path through uncertainty often leads to wisdom, freedom, and renewal.