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Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

Lynn Lyons LICSW, Robin Hutson

Parenting isn"t easy, and it"s normal to worry. Lynn Lyons, therapist, author, and speaker is one of the world"s experts on helping parents, kids, and teens manage anxiety. She talks with co-hosts sister-in-law Robin Hutson and brother Ed Gerwig in a weekly podcast full of laughs, and practical advice without the psychobabble. Since 2020, they"ve been talking about anxiety and worry, their love for Mr. Rogers, and the crazy things the mental health field gets WRONG about anxiety. Anxiety Expert

kids & family parenting

All Episodes

18:06

The Opposite of Anxiety isn't Certainty: A Tale of...

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/07/16

Parents love offering certainty to their kids. It feels very loving and nurturing. But the opposite of anxiety is not certainty. Hear what parents should focus on helping with instead, as soon as their kids can talk. It's the game changer. Enjoy this mini episode on our summer break. The Anxiety Audit is available again for the month of July only. Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode. Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat this fall! Get more

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11:39

Take a Vacation From Mom Guilt

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/07/09

There's no time for mom guilt in a busy summer. Or ever. Enjoy this mini episode on our summer break. The Anxiety Audit is available again for the month of July only. Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode. Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat this fall! Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24. Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and

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13:42

Why Anxiety Makes Us Overreact With Our Kids and How...

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/07/02

Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode. The Anxiety Audit is available again only for the month of July so you can have a summer reset. The Anxiety Audit, step by step, gives you signs, indicators, behaviors, and solutions to figuring out where your anxiety lives how to disrupt its process with practice. Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat this fall! Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch

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15:51

How Anxious Parents Give Too Much Information To...

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/06/25

Anxiety Expert Lynn Lyons offers some summer homework for anxious parents: stop giving your kids too much information. Learn what to do instead and why anxiety drives this habit. Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode. The Anxiety Audit will be available again for the month of July. Stay tuned for more info! Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat this fall! Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch

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26:12

Summer Safety Traps for Anxious Parents

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/06/18

Summer’s here and parents are stressed. Hear Lynn talk about safety chatter, what it is, and why anxious parents do it. Our language matters so much. Lynn shares how to offer safety instructions to kids and teens that are practical and not catastrophic. Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode. Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat this fall! Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24. Join

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47:15

This Makes Anxiety Worse: What Not to Do to Help...

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/06/11

At the conclusion of Mental Health Awareness month, we weed through the bad advice that is so prevalent about anxiety that only makes it worse. We discuss the certain skills we must help our kids (and ourselves) develop to manage anxiety, and we talk about the things parents might try that have the desired outcome. This is an updated version of a previously released episode. Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode. Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat

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45:38

Listeners Ask: Teens & Drinking and Anxiety vs....

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/06/04

In today’s episode Lynn answers two listener questions. First a mom discovers her 15 year old has been thinking of drinking to manage her stress. What are the conversations parents should be having with their teens around stress, substance abuse and peer pressure? And another mom raised by an anxious parent is trying to break the cycle with her daughters. She asks Lynn how to know when the voices inside her head are generational patterns of worry repeating or intuitive warnings. How does anxiety

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54:21

OCD in Families: What it Is and Isn't

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/05/28

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is often missed or just misunderstood. What is OCD and what isn’t? How does it differ from really anxious thoughts? How is it treated? While it can show up at any point in life, some kids commonly show signs around 7 when there’s a family history. Lynn explains the connection with anxiety and how it differs, but most importantly, how to manage it and what signs to look for. Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat! Work with Lynn to discuss your family. Get more information

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52:57

Dads, Depression, and Anxiety

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/05/21

So often the moms assume the role of supporting the family’s health and mental health, but dads have a critical role to play. What is that role? And how do you encourage your partner to step into that role? When a man is unsure of how to talk about emotions with his children, what should he say? What if he doesn’t want to talk about them with anyone? In this episode, we get raw and deep reflecting on the men most dear to us. How do we raise boys that have the permission and the know-how to connect

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45:11

Summer Camp & Separation Anxiety

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/05/14

After an atypical year of intense togetherness with our kids, parents may be out of practice being apart from their kids. Today we talk about the separation anxiety parents feel around summer camp, because it really is harder on us that it is on them. How can we best prepare our own kids leaving home for somewhere new? How we can manage our worry when our kids are out of our sight? Why is it so important to learn this skill as a parent? The Anxious Parent: Most families have one, some families have

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42:02

The Anxious Parent: When It's One of You or Both of You

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/05/07

The Anxious Parent: Most families have one, some families have two. But what important role does a non-anxious parent play? How do worry and control often dictate parenting dynamics that put stress on a relationship? How can you tell if anxiety is in charge of your household, and what can you do about it? We mention two past episodes in this week's. First we mention an episode called Romance and Resentment. And second we discuss an episode and out family baggage and how we parent. Join Us October

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39:53

The Real Truth About Phobias and How To Manage Them

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/04/30

What’s the truth about phobias? Emetaphobia, Astraphobia, Autophobia. Some kids became afraid of a variety of things: throwing up, needles, dogs, thunderstorms, the dark. As parents we want to help, we want to make our kids feels safe and comfortable. We want to address the worry. But how we do that often just makes the worry and fear stronger. In this episode I ask Lynn to explain her effective approach of addressing the process of worry and not the content. Because when we try to address the

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42:59

Social Anxiety Or Social Awkwardness: What's Normal?

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/04/23

Do you or your child have Social Anxiety or are we now pathologizing shyness, too? Learn the different between real signs of social anxiety or just a more introverted temperament. What skills do we need to teach our kids to help them connect with others? As we leave our quarantined isolation, some kids might be feeling out of practice being with other kids and teens again. Hear Lynn tell us how to support them. Join Us October 22, 2021 Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux

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34:43

What every parent should understand about the college...

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/04/16

In honor of May 1st's deadline for many college bound seniors to make their choice, Lynn shares really relevant advice from her perspective over the last few decades of watching her adolescent clients to college and struggle with anxiety. Parents struggle knowing how to support academic success for their kids in a healthy way, so Lynn offers advice for parents of kids of all ages. We also answer a listener question in response to the recent episode on the toxicity of the achievement culture. If you

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48:43

Panic Attacks Vs. Anxiety Attacks: What's the...

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/04/09

Panic Attacks. While they are incredibly common, they are often mislabeled and misunderstood. Teenagers, even adults, will casually throw the label around. What’s the difference between those really powerful moments of anxiety and a panic attack? How do you help your family members when they experience them? New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids. Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your

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35:48

Let Your Kids Fail; Don't Let Your Kids Drown: Teens...

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/04/02

Mistakes and Failures can be some of life’s best teachers. When it comes to letting our kids fail, how do we know the difference between letting them fail and letting them drown? What do you do if your teenager hasn’t mastered the skill of asking for help? Or, what do you say when your teen doesn’t even care? New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids. Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your

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50:15

When Your Teen's Friends Are In Crisis: A Guide To...

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/03/26

At some point one of your children’s friends will be in crisis. How do you help your teens help their friends? How do you teach them to develop boundaries with those friends? When your child shares that a friend is feeling suicidal or cutting or other self-harming behaviors, what do you do? New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids. Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future

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41:14

School Anxiety: How To Help Our Kids & Teens

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/03/19

Many families are feeling anxious about changes to their school routine, both kids and parents. How do we support our kids and teens and help them manage their worry about going back to school? And when does this worry become more serious and lead to school avoidance and school refusal? Lynn references Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD: A Scientifically Proven Program for Parents by Eli Lebowitz and her own book co-authored with Reid Wilson, Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents. New episodes arrive

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20:37

Families & The Power of Listening

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/03/12

We talk a lot about the power of words...teaching kids to put words to their feelings, modeling emotional literacy. But the flip side of talking—the critical flip side—is listening. What happens when you don’t feel heard? What’s the toll on your mental health, royal or not? When our kids and teens talk, can we tap into the full power of listening? We discuss the way the public health conversation may change after Oprah's interview with Megan and Harry. New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM

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45:44

The Bad Advice That Makes Anxiety Worse

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry ·

2021/03/05

There's a lot of bad advice out there to weed through when so many claim to be parenting or anxiety experts. But some well-meaning advice will actually strengthen your child's anxious habits, and Lynn Lyons explains why. Previous Episodes Mentioned: The Anxiety Vaccine Part 2: What Parents Can Do Right Now When a Family Experiences Trauma New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit for 2021! Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn. Purchase the self-paced course. Register

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