065: Coaching with Liz: When Kids Have Trouble Falling and Staying Asleep

045: Membership Q&A – How to Help Anxious Kids in Real Life Scenarios with Lynn Lyons: In this episode, I’m sharing a glimpse into my incredible membership community. It’s a monthly membership program. One of the features is group coaching Office Hours every week and one is a guest expert Q&A with other mentors in... by The Peaceful Parenting Podcast

53 min listen

The Anxiety Vaccine For Kids Pt. 2: Emotional Management: What is emotional management and why is it the key to a family's mental health? How can you model it for your kids, and how can you teach them the skills they need to show up at life's difficult moments? Anxiety expert Lynn Lyons discuss the traits that most anxious parents have in common and how they impact anxious kids. She walks you through those parenting conversations that promote skills that can "immunize" our children against developing anxiety disorders. by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

43 min listen

4 Month Sleep Regression by Badass Breastfeeding Podcast

39 min listen

070: Coaching with Dajana: Parenting A Highly Sensitive Child: In this coaching call with Dajana, we unpack the struggles she has been having with her middle son. Together, we dive into the nature of highly sensitive kids and strategies to help in highly emotional moments. Dajana is a mom of three... by The Peaceful Parenting Podcast

49 min listen

Rage: Managing Our Anger in a Tinderbox World: Rage. As we all grieve for a pre-pandemic world, we feel a lot of rage with our sadness. Anxiety expert and therapist Lynn Lyons talks about why we collectively feel anger and brings it home to our family and children. How do you help your children through outbursts? How do you raise kids who don't have outbursts as an adult? How do you manage your own rage? by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

46 min listen

051: Coaching Call with Anita: Difficult Behavior and the Nervous System: How do you calm a hypervigilant nervous system? What causes it? How do you support a child when their behavior is challenging? This is what we discuss in this week’s coaching episode with Anita. Anita lives in Australia and is the mom of two... by The Peaceful Parenting Podcast

42 min listen

When Anxious Kids Deny They're Anxious: When anxious kids can't see that they are anxious or refuse therapy, anxiety expert Lynn Lyons talks about options parents have in helping their kids. We also discuss a listener question where a daughter denies she's anxious or has OCD tendencies. by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

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The Anxiety Vaccine For Kids: There are known strategies that can prevent anxiety disorders from developing. In this two-part episode, anxiety expert Lynn Lyons share her skill-based approach to raising emotionally literate children with the tools needed to manage worry. Prevention starts with our parenting. How can we reduce the impact of anxiety in our families? by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

41 min listen

Reassurance Traps: How to Know When Anxiety Is In Control: Our kids turned to us for reassurance, and anxious kids ask for a lot of it. When we tell them everything will be fine, it feels like the right thing to do in the moment. But is it? How does our well-meaning reassurance interfere with our children developing critical psychological skills? And what should we do instead? by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

35 min listen

Developing Your Kid's Cognitive Flexibility From Toddlers to Teens: A kid with a flexible brain becomes a person who can go with the flow when life doesn’t unfold as planned. Handling the unexpected is a critical skill in most scenarios. Rigidity just makes life harder. What does it mean to be cognitively flexible and how can you help your child get there? by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

41 min listen

Back To School! 4 Ways to Boost Your Kids' Mental Health: The Back To School season is here, and it's important to check in on the state of your kid's mental health. Anxiety expert Lynn Lyons walks us through this list of things to think about to see how you can support your family's mental health, from sleep to social connection. Lynn also talks to parents feeling anxious about sending their kids off to class in another year of COVID. by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

42 min listen

Flusterclux in Session: When Sleep Causes A Family Anxiety: What happens when anxiety around sleep becomes a nightly ritual? In this Flusterclux In Session episode a parent is becoming all too aware of how her worry about sleep shapes bedtime for her son…and it is probably showing up elsewhere. Listen to Lynn coach a mom on how to make a few key adjustments to the worry routine at bedtime and beyond. by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

47 min listen

Do Your Kids Know How To Ask For Help?: As parents, we want our kids to learn how to ask for help. We want them to ask directly and to the right people, but how do we help them build those skills? We'll help in this episode. by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

34 min listen

How to Raise Problem Solvers: Every parent wants to raise a problem solver, but that means we have to give our kids the practice of creating solutions, not fixing things for them. Join anxiety expert Lynn Lyons wrap up the third of a three-part series on the principal skills children need for a strong foundation in mental health (along with flexibility and autonomy). by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

46 min listen

The Mental Health Mistakes Schools Make: Anxiety expert Lynn Lyons discusses ways high schools and colleges support student mental health despite the research indicating they have opposite results, from safe rooms to trigger warnings. We can do better to support students and our kids with anxiety and trauma, but we must avoid quick fixes. by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

37 min listen

035: Three Skills to Protect Our Kids’ Mental Health with Lynn Lyons: How do we inoculate our kids against anxiety? What can we do to support their mental health as they grow? Lynn Lyons joins me for this episode to talk about the three skills that our kids need to have if we want them to have good mental health... by The Peaceful Parenting Podcast

49 min listen

We’re Our Own Worst Critics: Anxiety and depression are both internalizing disorders, and identifying our own internal patterns is good to understand so that we can proactively reach externally and connect with others. In honor of the holidays and giving thanks, we discuss the difference between limiting gratitude to an internal habit or leveraging the power of gratitude externally And this episode gets a little silly. by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

38 min listen

The progress we’re making with anxious kids: In response to last week's episode where anxiety expert Lynn Lyons shares the mistakes we make around helping our kids and students with anxiety and trauma, this episode celebrates the progress we've made since the 2013 publication of her book Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents. Lynn talks about the effective ways some schools and parents are promoting connection and anxiety management. We share examples that are skill-building and preventative for all of us to try. by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

33 min listen

Episode 17: Reparenting Ourselves: In this episode, we talk about the importance of … by The Aware Parenting Podcast

49 min listen

Developing Your Kid's Autonomy: How Controlling Are You?: In this new, three-episode series, we unpack Lynn Lyons's big triad: Autonomy, Flexibility, and Problem Solving. These essential skills help prevent mental health issues from developing, and, of course, Lynn will tell you how to nurture them in your children.We tackle autonomy in this episode, and the important question every parent should ask: "How controlling am I with my kids?" by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

40 min listen

315: Mindfulness for Moms With Ziva Meditation’s Emily Fletcher: My guest today is Emily Fletcher, founder of Ziva Meditation and author of the best-selling book Stress Less. Emily really caught my attention when we were chatting at an event about meditation. Meditating has never been the easiest thing for me, but something she said that day stuck with me. She said we meditate not to get good at meditation, but to get good at life. And that’s when I started actually wanting to learn to clear my mind and sit and do “nothing” for a while! Emily teaches leaders at Apple, Google, and Harvard Business School how to meditate… the question is, can she teach this Type-A mom? Episode Highlights on Ziva Meditation How a certain meditation technique can be 5x as restful as sleep for the brain Why one of the top doctors in the US says 15 minutes of meditation gives him an extra three hours of productivity a day The difference between meditation and mindfulness Why clearing the mind isn’t the poin by The Wellness Mama Podcast

52 min listen

If Our Kids Are Anxious, Do We Blame Ourselves?: Join Lynn and Robin as they respond to a listener question that will resonate with many. When parents struggle with anxiety, it is difficult to watch their children repeat similar patterns. Lynn describes how to disrupt family patterns and how we can move through the blame and shame. by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

38 min listen

Flusterclux in Session: When Anxiety Is Your Teen's Life Coach: One listener's teen is trapped by the details of her many worries, and her mom is trying to address each one with rational information and reassuring promises. Hear me offer mom Tori an alternative to letting her daughter's worry rule the family. It’s hard for parents to step out of the content of worry, but it’s also the key to success. by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

57 min listen

093: Coaching with Kate: How to Help Socially Anxious Kids: This episode is a coaching call with Kate, the mom of 11-year-old James. She initially reached out wanting some coaching around James’ tendency to be a bit socially anxious. As you’ll hear in our conversation, he was hesitant to talk to... by The Peaceful Parenting Podcast

25 min listen

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75. Is Your Teen Getting Enough Sleep?: Is your teen getting enough sleep? Discover the secrets to helping your teen catch those much-needed Z's! Learn the 3 things robbing your teen of rest, and what YOU can do about it. Your teen needs 9.25 hours of sleep each night, but most only get 7... by This is going to be FUN: enjoy parenting teens

16 min listen

What's New in Season 4 of Flusterclux: Anxious Kids? Worried Parents? Flusterclux offers authentic, compassionate straight talk for parents to support their family’s mental health with the stresses of our new normal. Anxiety has been a growing, dominant force in the culture in recent years, and parents need to be on the offense to manage it for themselves and for their kids. Anxiety is treatable when families have the right tools. Psychotherapist and author Lynn Lyons guides you through the "flusterclux" of raising a family. by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

1 min listen

A Reminder for Silliness and the Power of Play: In this quick check-in for the New Year, anxiety expert Lynn Lyons reminds parents that silliness is just about the healthiest energy in a house, and that the power of play is very, very real. by Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

6 min listen

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065: Coaching with Liz: When Kids Have Trouble Falling and Staying Asleep

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