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Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHow Phobias Like Fear of Vomiting Can Spiral and Take Over FamiliesEmetophobia is the fear of vomiting. It’s powerful and can take over a family in dramatic fashion. In this episode, Lynn talks throwing up: how families accommodate, how it can be viewed through an OCD lens, what parents can do to help, and how to get the right help.
Here is the past episode which Lynn mentions regarding picky eaters: https://www.flusterclux.com/picky-eater-kids-preventing-and-managing-food-anxiety/
Here is the link to Lynn's September webinar: https://lynn-lyons-llc.ce-go.com/a-two-part-webinar-how-to-help-your-anxiousdepressed-teen
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2025-06-2742 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryBest Of: How To Support Your Anxious Child 101This episode tackles the question we hear most often from our new listeners: how do I support my anxious child? Lynn lays out the three keys for parents: information about how anxiety works, owning family patterns, and moving away from the belief that your child’s worries are unique and what must be addressed. There’s a lot parents can do to help; here’s a roadmap.
Referenced resources from today's episode:
The Physical Symptoms of Anxiety
The Anxiety Disruptor Series (7 Short Episodes)
The Anxiety Vaccine, (Parts 1 and 2)
Developing the Ski...
2025-06-2038 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryPostpartum Anxiety and Depression: What Moms and Dads Need To KnowBeing a new parent brings up every emotion…including anxiety. Does it show up differently in moms and dads? (Yes.) Are there ways to make it less powerful? (Yes.) Are all those parenting apps helping? (Lynn has thoughts.) Whether you’re a new parent or hoping to support those in your life, there’s information here for you.
Here is the link to her September webinar that Lynn discusses in this episode: https://lynn-lyons-llc.ce-go.com/a-two-part-webinar-how-to-help-your-anxiousdepressed-teen
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2025-06-1340 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry"Parents Still Matter!" Lynn Discusses Recent Research Surrounding Our KidsAs we dive into summer, Lynn zips through three recent research findings that are great reminders about prevention, exercise, labels and warmth. (And not summer warmth. A different kind.)
Here is the link to Michael Yapko's talk, How to Recover from Depression:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVgQ_tgWMyU
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2025-06-0628 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHypnosis Carries Some Baggage: Lynn Unpacks It And Sets Us StraightA little known fact about Lynn: she uses pediatric hypnosis and even wrote a clinical text on the subject. The term hypnosis carries a lot of baggage, so we’re going to set the record straight. Lynn talks about how she uses it, its validity in pediatric medical settings and the myths we need to bust.
And here are the hypnosis organizations that Lynn references in this episode: nphti.org & asch.net.
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2025-05-0241 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryA Success Story: Noah's Journey Of Managing Anxiety From Age 11 to 24In this episode, Lynn & Ed are joined by Noah Cummings who was featured with Lynn in the documentary Anxious Nation. Noah and Lynn have known each other for (gulp!) 13 years. Noah is open and articulate about doing what works to manage his anxiety. He shares the experience of being an anxious little kid, how his parents tried to help—and what they learned in the process—and how his anxiety still has the ability to trick him. This is a success story of optimism, hard work and connection. Here's the link to Lynn's new paren...
2025-03-0753 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe Skill of Differentiation and the Importance of Asking "How" QuestionsLynn was lucky to learn about the skill of differentiation from Michael Yapko (be sure to listen to our Season 6 conversation with Michael!) and in this episode she walks us through the use of HOW questions to help anxious families. How do I get my child to school? How do I know if I should push my child forward? And Lynn’s favorite: How did your anxiety promote this to an emergency? Here's the link to Lynn's new parenting webinar: A Two Part Webinar: The DO's and DON'Ts of Parenting Your Anxious Child
2025-02-2843 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe Three P's: Permanence, Postive Expectancy and PlaceboOur words matter as they often convey to our children how to approach the setbacks and challenges of life. In this episode Lynn and Ed dive into three language patterns, one to minimize and two to enhance: permanence, positive expectancy and placebo. (Lynn Lyons likes alliteration.) Here's the link to Lynn's new parenting webinar: A Two Part Webinar: The DO's and DON'Ts of Parenting Your Anxious ChildWE'VE MADE PLAYLISTS OF OUR EPISODES TO HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC TOPICS.Here is our first:P...
2025-02-2141 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHow to Use This Podcast to Manage the Anxiety In Your FamilyWhether you are a new or veteran listener of the podcast, Lynn Lyons and Robin Hutson talk about how to use the podcast best to help learn anxiety management skills for adults and children. Listen up and hear how to address the situations in your own family with these strategies.WE'VE MADE PLAYLISTS OF OUR EPISODES TO HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC TOPICS.Here is our first:Parents of Anxious Kids, Start HereFor those brand new to the podcast, we suggest starting with this playlist featuring...
2024-10-1142 min
Is My Child A Monster? A Parenting Therapy PodcastManaging Anxiety for the Whole Family with Special Guest Lynn LyonsThis week, host Leslie Cohen-Rubury sits down with anxiety expert Lynn Lyons. Together they discuss the challenges of parenting anxious children and the importance of addressing anxiety in families. Lynn’s work is research-based and her practical strategies for dealing with anxiety may surprise you but will make sense as you listen to this episode. There’s a lot to learn about anxiety. Leslie and Lynn’s conversation focuses on how parents and caregivers can unintentionally make anxiety worse, how anxiety works and how to live with it effectively - and no, the answer is not eliminating it. About our...
2024-05-2142 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry"Don't Believe The Hype!" Lynn Talks To Teens About Their Mental HealthEvery once in a while, teens need a pep talk that is based on accurate information and hopeful language about their moods, their relationships and their mental health.Anxiety and depression are common and powerful but not inevitable and certainly not permanent. Listen to this with your teen. Then, have a talk and listen more. UPDATED: WE'VE MADE PLAYLISTS OF OUR EPISODES TO HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC TOPICS.Here is our first:Parents of Anxious Kids, Start HereFor those brand new to the p...
2024-03-2242 min
Unspoken Words: A Selective Mutism Podcast by Dr. Elisa Shipon-BlumEP23: Managing Anxiety w/ Lynn Lyons, LICSWThis episode features a conversation between Dr. E and Lynn Lyons, LICSW. Dr. E and Lynn discuss how to balance parental intervention and accommodations to avoid the pitfalls of excessive worry and anxiety that could cripple a child's development. They emphasized the need for regular parental modeling, skill-building, and promoting flexibility rather than rigidity.
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TOPICS:
(04:48) GENERATIONAL ANXIETY IS REAL
(09:41) PARENTS NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THEIR KID'S TREATMENT, TOO
(16:15) HOW PARENTS CAN MANAGE THEIR OWN ANXIETY
(37:29) PARENTS NEED A SELF-CARE ROUTINE
(47:00) WHERE TO BEGIN IF YO...
2024-02-2651 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryBest Of: Raising Kids Who Are Really Ready for College Isn't What You ThinkAs college acceptance letters arrive, it 's timely to revisit this popular episode from Season 4!Parents and students are focusing on college admissions earlier and earlier, hoping to get a head start on what has become an increasingly competitive race through high school. They say they want their kids to be “happy” and “successful” in college, but if parents are obsessed with the "getting in," are they developing the right skills to help them thrive once there? Anxiety expert and therapist Lynn Lyons shares her perspective after treating teens for decades through this process (and well after).We...
2024-02-2336 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryOvercoming Barriers To Therapy: What You Can Do Yourself Regarding Affordability, Availability & AccessibiltySeeking therapy for you or your child can feel like a big step for many reasons. Combined with busy schedules and long waiting lists, and affordability getting help can be unobtainable. In this episode, we talk about how to overcome some of those barriers, with DIY ideas and great resources available right now.Books, podcast & websites referenced in this episode:ADHD Expert Dr. Sharon SalineHow to Recover from Depression: A talk on Youtube by Michael YapkoBreaking the Patterns of Depression by Michael YapkoADHD DUDE Ryan Wexelblatt
2024-01-1242 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryDepression's Treatment And Prevention: A Series of Mic Drops with Dr. Michael YapkoIn this not-to-be missed episode, Lynn and Robin talk to the expert Lynn values most, Dr. Michael Yapko. Dr. Yapko is one of the world’s foremost experts on depression, how it moves through families, and what parents need to do about prevention. He knows the research and shares it, busting myths and offering advice we guarantee you haven’t heard before. WE'RE MAKING PLAYLISTS OF OUR EPISODES TO HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC TOPICS.Here is our first:Parents of Anxious Kids, Start HereFor those brand...
2023-12-0855 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhen Your Child’s Bedtime Fears Are Frustrating the Whole FamilyIn this two-part In Session episode, Lynn talks to Marie, a mom from New Zealand whose very imaginative and worried daughter has dramatic fears which can be frustrating for the whole family. Marie has done a great job talking to her daughter about her nighttime fears, but she needs some additional guidance about how to retrain that brain with consistency, humor and a bit of silly bribery. Lynn gives Marie a plan, sends her off for two months to practice, and then speaks again with Marie (and her daughter!) to learn about and discuss the progress they’ve...
2023-10-2058 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryA Talk on OCD with "Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents" co-author Reid WilsonOur first-ever guest is Lynn’s pal and co-author Reid Wilson. Reid and Lynn met in 2007 and that meeting resulted in two books and a fast friendship. Join them as they talk anxiety, self-help, Reid’s brilliant OCD work and the tenth anniversary of their book, Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents. NEW!WE'RE MAKING PLAYLISTS OF OUR EPISODES TO HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC TOPICS.Here is our first:Parents of Anxious Kids, Start HereFor those brand new to the podcast, we suggest starting with this pl...
2023-09-2245 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhen Your Kid Is a BlamerLynn will tell you that there’s no harder adult to work with in her practice than someone who reflexively blames. The ability to own your part, take responsibility for your “stuff” is key to relationships. In this episode we talk blaming: what’s normal developmentally, how it shows up with rigidity, and how to help break that pattern in your family. NEW! WE'RE MAKING PLAYLISTS OF OUR EPISODES TO HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC TOPICS.Here is our first:Parents of Anxious Kids, Start HereFor tho...
2023-07-2138 min
Grab The Uplifting Full Audiobook Now, Thriller Fans!The Anxiety Audit: 7 Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them by Lynn Lyons LICSWPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626621to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Anxiety Audit: 7 Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them
Author: Lynn Lyons LICSW
Narrator: Lynn Lyons
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 14 minutes
Release date: January 31, 2023
Genres: Mental Health & Psychology
Publisher's Summary:
Ask people to describe anxiety and they'll start with the familiar symptoms: racing heart, sweaty palms, difficulty breathing. Anxiety, they might add, is 'freaking out,' a panic attack, or a frightening loss of control. But anxiety isn't always what we think it is, especially now. Anxiety has become the new normal, constant and...
2023-01-316h 14Access Must-Have Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Disorders & DiseasesThe Anxiety Audit: 7 Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them by Lynn Lyons LICSWPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626621to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Anxiety Audit: 7 Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them
Author: Lynn Lyons LICSW
Narrator: Lynn Lyons
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 14 minutes
Release date: January 31, 2023
Genres: Disorders & Diseases
Publisher's Summary:
Ask people to describe anxiety and they'll start with the familiar symptoms: racing heart, sweaty palms, difficulty breathing. Anxiety, they might add, is 'freaking out,' a panic attack, or a frightening loss of control. But anxiety isn't always what we think it is, especially now. Anxiety has become the new normal, constant and simmering...
2023-01-316h 14
Relish Into A Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook While Cooking.The Anxiety Audit by Lynn Lyons LICSWPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/211452to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Anxiety Audit
Author: Lynn Lyons LICSW
Narrator: Lynn Lyons
Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
Release date: 01-31-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 21 ratings
Genres: Anxiety Disorders
Publisher's Summary:
The Anxiety Audit is a guide for us all: with no overly scientific or diagnostic language—just real talk and time-tested tactics from a respected therapist—it is a relatable and practical guide to untangling yourself from the grips of worry and fear. Using stories, real-world examples, and helpful dialogues to retrain the way you think and react, trusted anxi...
2023-01-316h 13
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & DepressionLet’s do an Anxiety Audit (with Lynn Lyons) | Ep. 319 In this week's podcast, I talked with Lynn Lyons about her new book, The Anxiety Audit (7 Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them). We discuss: How repetitive negative thinking disguises itself as problem-solving How catastrophic thinking makes the world a dangerous place and demands you react accordingly How big conclusions and an all-or-nothing approach make the world smaller and harder to navigate. How a fear of judgment isolates and disconnects us from people
2023-01-1339 min
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Anxiety & OCD Strategies for EverydayLet’s do an Anxiety Audit (with Lynn Lyons) | Ep. 319In this week's podcast, I talked with Lynn Lyons about her new book, The Anxiety Audit (7 Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them). We discuss: How repetitive negative thinking disguises itself as problem-solving How catastrophic thinking makes the world a dangerous place and demands you react accordingly How big conclusions and an all-or-nothing approach make the world smaller and harder to navigate. How a fear of judgment isolates and disconnects us from people How being busy and overscheduled both adds and masquerade anxiety and stress How we blame others when we are irritable How self-care becomes not self-c...
2023-01-1339 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryUnpacking and Breaking Your Habits That Self SootheHabits can be good and bad, hard to start and even more challenging to break. Our brains like them and they often serve a purpose to self-soothe. To begin the new year, we dive into habits: how to break the bad ones and develop the good ones, and what to flexibly model for our kids. BUY LYNN’S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn’s fourth book focus on adults and their anxiety. Buy your copy of The Anxiety Audit: Seven Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them now.“Once in a whil...
2022-12-3043 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryBest Of Holiday Listener Questions: Blended Families and Angry TeensFor some families, holidays bring out their toughest dynamics. How do divorced parents manage a blended holiday putting their kids first? What if you have a house of angry teenagers with one of them recently in crisis? Is it possible to enjoy your holiday at home when all they want to do is fight? BUY LYNN’S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn’s fourth book focus on adults and their anxiety. Buy your copy of The Anxiety Audit: Seven Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them now.“Once in a while a...
2022-12-2330 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryAn Episode To All College & High School Students and the People that Love ThemMany listeners have asked for an episode that talks directly to teens. Here it is. With many high schoolers dealing with unhealthy stress, and worn out college students returning home for break, Lynn offers some concrete advice. There are myths to be busted, emotions to be managed, and skills to be built. Parents, you might want to listen in, too. BUY LYNN’S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn’s fourth book focus on adults and their anxiety. Buy your copy of The Anxiety Audit: Seven Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to...
2022-12-1636 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhen is hoarding in adults and kids related to OCD?Your child won’t give away any old clothes, even though they are 3 sizes too small. Your daughter saves gum wrappers and broken crayons and stashes them under her bed. Are they hoarders? Or collectors? Is it OCD? In this episode, we talk about hoarding: what it is, what it means, and what to do. BUY LYNN’S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn’s fourth book focus on adults and their anxiety. Buy your copy of The Anxiety Audit: Seven Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them now.“Once in a while...
2022-12-0944 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryIs High Functioning Anxiety Really A Thing?The term High Functioning Anxiety has been showing up, used to describe those that feel anxious but perform at a high level. Criteria are given, symptoms are listed. Is this a new category of anxiety and does this label offer us anything new? BUY LYNN'S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn's fourth book focus on adults and their anxiety. Buy your copy of The Anxiety Audit: Seven Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them now.“Once in a while a book comes along that instantly changes the way...
2022-12-0237 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhen Anxiety Shows Up as AngerAnxiety, anger— and even aggression— can hang out together. Remember, it’s FIGHT or flight, and when we combine poor emotional management and a desire to avoid, behavior escalates. But even though we understand it, it’s not a pattern to accept. In this episode we talk about how to recognize and help stop anxiety that turns aggressive. BUY LYNN'S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn's fourth book focus on adults and their anxiety. Buy your copy of The Anxiety Audit: Seven Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them now.
2022-11-2538 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHow to Build Healthy Boundaries (And What That Means!)The term “boundary” is everywhere these days. The importance of creating and setting them is being discussed all over, from therapy sessions to Tik Tok videos. But what is a healthy boundary? We’re heading into the holiday season with family visits, a perfect time for a bit of boundary talk. BUY LYNN'S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn's fourth book focus on adults and their anxiety. Buy your copy of The Anxiety Audit: Seven Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them now.“Once in a while a book com...
2022-11-1839 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhat You Should Know About Anxiety and ExerciseIn this episode, we talk about exercise and anxiety and our moods. One of us loves it, and one of totally gets the value but compares it to a “cat being put out in the rain.” Most of know the benefits (although there’s new research you’ll want to hear), so how do you promote the self care of you and your family with the barriers that commonly show up? How do you still make it happen? BUY LYNN'S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn's fourth book focus on adults and their anx...
2022-11-0439 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhat to Say To The People Who Don't Get AnxietyWe tackle the statements our friends and families use when they're staying stuck in their anxiety patterns. If you hear them or use them, listen up. We have responses ready to go.BUY LYNN'S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn's fourth book focus on adults and their anxiety. Buy your copy of The Anxiety Audit: Seven Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them now.“Once in a while a book comes along that instantly changes the way you think and act for the better. The Anxiety Audit join...
2022-10-2840 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry6 Parenting Phrases We Hate (and Why)Some parenting phrases are so common, they border on cliche. And a good portion of them push all of Lynn and Robin’s buttons. In this episode we go after six of the offenders, phrases that sound harmless but are not. Listeners, you need to stop using them, and we’ll tell you why. BUY LYNN'S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn's fourth book focus on adults and their anxiety. Buy your copy of The Anxiety Audit: Seven Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them now.“Once in a wh...
2022-10-2144 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryTackling Meltdowns: A Guide for Kids, Teens, and AdultsIn this episode, a listener is surprised that her 8 year old is still having big meltdowns and asks if this is common in anxious. While we associate emotional meltdowns and tantrums with little children, they can happen at any age. Emotional regulation is a skill that we develop and work on throughout our lives. What can we do to interrupt our own reactive patterns, and how do we coach our kids in the skills of recognizing and then managing those big feelings? BUY LYNN'S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn's fourth book foc...
2022-10-0740 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhen Should Therapy End?The decision when and if to begin therapy is often discussed, but the next steps (like when to stop) don’t get much attention. The mom of a 19 year old has found therapy very helpful for her daughter, but, she wonders, when does therapy end? In this episode we talk therapy: the different approaches, why skill-building matters, and how (and when) therapy ends. BUY LYNN'S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn's fourth book focus on adults and their anxiety. It's available for pre-order and arrives October 18th. Buy your copy of The Anxie...
2022-09-3045 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryCalling All Control Freaks: Here's Why and How To Let GoBeing in control sounds great, but what’s the cost of needing to control every outcome? Children raised in chaos often seek control as adults. Those raised in highly controlling environments struggle to make decisions and handle uncertainty. Can we find balance? Is there a middle ground? Calling all control freaks, this week on Flustercliux. BUY LYNN'S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn's fourth book focus on adults and their anxiety. It's available for pre-order and arrives October 18th. Buy your copy of The Anxiety Audit: Seven Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and...
2022-09-2342 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHow Parents Can Get Their Anxious Kids' Schools on the Same PageHelping an anxious student requires a strong collaboration between families and schools, but so often meetings to create a plan become adversarial. In this episode, Lynn (who routinely attends such meetings) offers her key tips for how parents and schools can work together to support a child and teach the needed skills, minus the conflict and blaming.We also answer a question from a shy mom entering a new school environment. She’s socially anxious but wants to do the best for her kids. What can she do to connect?THE LATEST AN...
2022-09-1645 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHow Talking Less Improves Your ParentingIn this episode, Lynn breaks down one of her favorite instructions to parents: talk 85% less. When parents are worried they tend to talk a lot. When they want something done and their child isn't doing it, they talk even more. Learn how asking the right questions and staying quiet can be one of the most helpful thing you can do for an anxious child or teen. We also answer a listener question about the difference between anxiety, worry and stress. THE LATEST ANXIETY MANAGEMENT COURSE FOR PARENTS!MANAGING ANXIETY IN CHILDREN: A GU...
2022-09-0940 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe Back To School Message EVERY Parent Needs To HearMost parents feel conflicted, confused, and cranky about homework. How much should parents be involved? Does it actually help with learning? And does age matter? In the first episode of season 5, we tackle the topic of homework Flusterclux-style, because while the episode dives deep into homework, it’s also a reminder about the bigger skills, connections and patterns we need to teach our kids. ONE SPOT LEFT FOR OUR FAMILY RETREAT!This is our first retreat where you can bring the kids, too, and we’re hosting an incredible weekend at the Four...
2022-09-0250 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryStrengthening Your Kid’s Psychological Immune SystemIn this optimistic conversation we discuss the family’s psychological immune system and the role of both positive and adverse childhood experiences. While many adverse childhood experiences happen to our kids, parents can have much more control over creating many of the seven positive childhood experiences that support mental health.JOIN US IN ORLANDO FOR OUR FIRST FAMILY RETREATThis is our first retreat where you can bring the kids, too, and we’re hosting an incredible weekend at the Four Seasons Orlando September 30-October 2. In addition to two morning workshops with Lynn...
2022-08-2642 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryBest of Back To School: Let Your Kids Fail; Don't Let Your Kids DrownMistakes 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?JOIN US IN ORLANDO FOR OUR FIRST FAMILY RETREATThis is our first retreat where you can bring the kids, too, and we’re hosting an incredible weekend at the Four Seasons...
2022-08-1936 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #7 The Final Step to PracticeIn the last of the 7-episode Anxiety Disruptor series, it’s time to put it all together and focus on the consistent, step-by-step approach to decreasing anxiety’s influence. Consider this a pep talk, as Lynn describes the importance of how to put a plan in place (and even write it down!), combining patience with inevitable missteps, and embracing the ongoing process. Now that all seven episodes are live, it's a great time to go back and review the earlier episodes in the series.JOIN US IN ORLANDO FOR OUR FIRST FAMILY RETREATThi...
2022-08-1238 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #6 Building Self EsteemAnxiety makes us forget, and it’s particularly amnesiac to past successes. Helping kids work through fears and worries also includes showing them how to connect to their successes, feel masterful, and make worry less powerful when it arrives. In this episode, Lynn tells you how to build those all important reminder bridges to the past successes that anxiety wants them to forget.JOIN US IN ORLANDO FOR OUR FIRST FAMILY RETREATRegistration closes August 1st! This is our first retreat where you can bring the kids, too, and we’re hosting an incredible weekend at t...
2022-08-0529 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe 7 Anxiety Disruptors for Families: #5 When Bribing WorksHow do we actually inspire children and teens to step in and retrain that anxious brain when worry is saying NO! The fifth of our 7 anxiety disruptors helps parents and kids get “some skin in the game.” The tactics are a bit different for young children versus teens, and rewards (OK, maybe we admit they are bribes!) have a place. Lynn talks about how to use rewards correctly and the conversations that parents must have ahead of time to increase their success. JOIN US IN ORLANDO FOR OUR FIRST FAMILY RETREATRegistration closes August 1st! This...
2022-07-2929 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryBest Of: How To Manage Your Kids' PhobiasEmetophobia, 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 specifics of what our kids worry about, we invite anxiety to move in and take hold.
2022-07-2237 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryBest of Summer Episode: How to Take a Vacay from Mom GuiltSummer can be a wonderful time for playfulness and connection, but parents often feel pressure to make every minute count, every vacation fabulous. It’s a time of high expectations for parents, which means mom guilt finds fertile ground. Guilt has a purpose, but listen to what anxiety expert Lynn Lyons says about ineffective and overused guilt, how to lessen its power, and name the true emotions that come with parenting. JOIN US IN ORLANDO FOR OUR FIRST FAMILY RETREATRegistration closes August 1st! This is our first retreat where you can bring the kids, too...
2022-07-1518 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #4 The Correct Way To Use BreathIs breathing used to eliminate worry? Nope, it is not. In this next episode of our 7-part Anxiety Disruptor series for families, Lynn explains how stepping into uncertainty is necessary but not always easy for kids, especially when big physical symptoms show up like tummy aches, headaches, or a racing heart. Simple breathing exercises help your child's brain and body reset, taking the body out of emergency mode and supporting the “I can handle this” approach to moving forward. We also talk about the a-ha moment when parents realize they are making anxiety worse for themselves and their kids. Here...
2022-07-0829 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhen You Feel Rage at the WorldGot rage? When we first recorded this episode, we were in the midst of grieving for our pre-pandemic world, mixing our sadness with our anger. Sadly, reasons to feel rage continue. In this episode, Lynn talks about the anger we feel and how we bring it home to our family and children. How do you help your children through their outbursts? How do you raise kids who don’t have outbursts as an adult? How do you manage your own powerful emotions?JOIN US IN ORLANDO FOR OUR FIRST FAMILY RETREATThis is our first re...
2022-07-0147 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #3 get uncomfortable on purposeAnxiety wants certainty, and when that’s not possible, avoidance becomes the demand. Unfortunately, as anxious families fall into patterns of avoidance, anxiety strengthens. Families need a different strategy, a way to break patterns and retrain the worried brain. In this episode, Lynn explains how to build on the first two puzzle pieces of expecting and talking to worry (our first two episodes in this seven-part series). It’s now time to DO the opposite of what worry demands: step into situations that actually make worry arrive, and lay down new pathways by responding differently. This puzzle piece is the...
2022-06-2445 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #2 How to Talk To Your Kid's Worry (And Your Own)Externalizing worry (and other strong emotions) teaches children and parents to take a step back and notice HOW worry and other big feelings operate. Changing the response to worry (instead of changing the environment to meet anxiety’s demands) is a powerful skill. Consistency and practice are key, and Lynn talks about how to explain and use externalizing in your family to promote emotional intelligence and management. These skills are relevant for kids and adults.JOIN US IN ORLANDO FOR OUR FIRST FAMILY RETREATThis is our first retreat where you can bring the kids, to...
2022-06-1729 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryBest of Summer Episodes: Summer Camp & Separation AnxietyToday 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?Here is the article we mention where Lynn was interviewed in Outside Magazine talking about summer camp and technology.JOIN US IN ORLANDO FOR OUR FIRST FAMILY RETREATT...
2022-06-1042 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe 7 Essential Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #1 Expect To WorryWhether you’re a loyal listener or new to the podcast, you’ll want to join us for this seven-part series on Lynn Lyon’s approach to anxiety. Each week during the summer, Lynn and Robin will talk about one of the puzzle pieces that creates an anxiety disrupting strategy for parents and kids. Together, they are the foundation for a family to shift their anxious patterns. Lynn will explain the steps in order, just as she does in her practice, so that families have the clarity, language and confidence to manage worry. This week we start with “Expect to Worry...
2022-06-0325 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe Skills of Connection Every Kid (and Adult) Needs NowFriendships and connection sustain us, but that doesn’t mean they’re always smooth or come naturally. In this episode, Lynn and Robin talk about the ways we can help foster the skills of connection, how to support our kids and teens as they navigate friendships, and why Lynn will never go on another girls weekend.JOIN US IN ORLANDO FOR OUR FIRST FAMILY RETREATThis is our first retreat where you can bring the kids, too, and we’re hosting an incredible weekend at the Four Seasons Orlando September 30-October 2. In addition to two mornin...
2022-05-2750 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhat You Really Need To Know About Tracking Your KidsTechnology allows us to track most everything, including our children. But do tracking apps actually keep our families safer? And how does tracking impact the development of key skills our kids need to be out in the world? Anxiety loves certainty, but it comes with a price.JOIN US IN ORLANDO FOR OUR FIRST FAMILY RETREATThis is our first retreat where you can bring the kids, too, and we’re hosting an incredible weekend at the Four Seasons Orlando September 30-October 2. In addition to two morning workshops with Lynn Lyons, you can expect an ex...
2022-05-2040 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHere’s How Anxiety Sneaks Into Your MarriageWhat role does anxiety play in your marriage? Anxious patterns will often show up differently in a couple, and sometimes, even as a bossy, inflexible third partner. When you look at some common marital friction points with an anxiety lens, conflicts become conversations.And what’s up with that Atlantic article on intensive parenting? Anxiety expert Lynn Lyons weighs in on the latest discussion of helicopter parenting.JOIN US IN ORLANDO FOR OUR FIRST FAMILY RETREATThis is our first retreat where you can bring the kids, too, and we're hosting an incredible we...
2022-05-1345 min
What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny MomsFresh Take: Lynn Lyons and Robin Hutson of "Flusterclux"Anxiety expert Lynn Lyons and co-host Robin Hutson created the podcast FLUSTERCLUX to help anxious kids and anxious families, which are usually one and the same. Lynn Lyons has trained hundreds of teachers, school nurses, counselors and parents about managing anxiety.In this episode, Lynn, Robin, and Amy discuss:
Why reassurance doesn't always placate kids' anxieties
Why anxiety craves certainty– and how we can unwittingly "do the disorder" in trying to reassure anxious kids
How to model moving through uncertainty for our kids
How perfectionism feeds anxiety in kids
Here's where you ca...
2022-05-1342 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorrySeparation Anxiety: How Parents Can Manage It And Not Make It WorseAnxiety expert Lynn Lyons talks to a listener about her 6 year old with separation anxiety. This family has been working hard on their own and with a therapist to get their daughter comfortable being away from mommy. This is a very common issue and one of the first patterns of anxiety to appear developmentally. Learn how to manage these situations and conversations with your young children and how to talk to their teachers to get everyone on the same team against letting anxiety be in charge.
THE LATEST ANXIETY MANAGEMENT COURSE FOR PARENTS!MANAGING ANXIETY I...
2022-04-2944 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHow to Know If Your Kid Has Sensory or Anxiety Issues or BothWhat if your kid needs things “just so” or a meltdown is imminent. When your child seems to be overwhelmed easily and unable to tolerate many sensations, it is sensory processing disorder or is it anxiety? Even trickier, how does a sensory processing disorder lead to an increase in anxiety disorders in children? Anxiety expert Lynn Lyons discusses how parents can understand the difference between the two, as well as how and at what age to seek treatment and how to combat your child’s rigidity ruling the family.
THE LATEST ANXIETY MANAGEMENT COURSE FOR PAR...
2022-04-2243 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryYour Parents' Anxiety: How to Lessen Their Impact On Your KidsPatterns of anxiety are often passed down in families. If you are actively working to shift the culture in your family to manage anxiety, where do your parents fit in? While your parents can be supportive and helpful, some like those of this listener do not believe in “this therapy nonsense”. Anxiety expert Lynn Lyons address both the positive and negative ways grandparents get involved and how to talk to them (or when to keep them out if it). Fear of flying? Don’t go on the big family trip this summer without listening to this episode.Past E...
2022-04-1540 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHelping Your Kids With Self-Hatred and Self-BlameWhen some children make mistakes or get overwhelmed, they jump quickly to self criticism and even self hate: “I’m terrible! I suck! You don’t love me!” What does this mean? Is it a red flag? And how should parents react? In this episode, anxiety expert Lynn discusses the traps to avoid and the family skills to promote when this dramatic pattern takes hold. Referenced in this episode:Past Episode: Helping Kids With Shame & Self-Harm
The Latest Anxiety Management Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for Parents...
2022-04-0844 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryPixar's Turning Red and Inside Out: How These Movies Boost EQIn this episode we talk about how Pixar’s latest movie Turning Red dives into the big emotions and shifting relationships of the tween years. We also discuss Inside Out, the gold standard of Pixar’s commitment to the development of emotional intelligence. Pop culture-from Mr. Rogers to Pixar-shows the power of story to teach us all…when it’s used this well. Why and how can these movies can be a part of your parenting toolkit? Anxiety expert Lynn Lyons explains.Referenced in this episode:Past Episode: The Most Powerful Resolution: Earning a Black Belt in...
2022-04-0145 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHow to Manage Your Anxiety and Your Child’s Chronic IllnessOn this Flusterclux In Session episode, anxiety expert Lynn Lyons talks to a mom who is managing a tricky combination of factors: her own worry, her daughter's worry, and her daughter’s chronic illness. Knowing the difference between what worry demands and how to manage a serious condition (like type 1 diabetes or anaphylaxis-causing allergies) can be hard to discern. But it’s a skill families must learn together when your child's mental and physical health are on the line.Flusterclux Retreat for Parents And TeensRegistration Open until April 3!Equipping Teens To Launch: The Con...
2022-03-2550 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHypochondria: Is Your Anxiety About Your Family’s Health Normal?Of course parents should pay attention to their family’s health. But when does your worry about illness in a global pandemic become too much? How does your health anxiety impact your family? How do we educate our kids on the ways anxiety can create physical symptoms so that they know when their worry is the cause of the tummy ache? Flusterclux Retreat for Parents And TeensRegistration Open. Our discounted room block is available until today, March 18, 2022.Equipping Teens To Launch: The Connections, Conversations, and Skills Families NeedSpec...
2022-03-1841 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryRaising Kids Who Are Really Ready For College Isn’t What You ThinkParents and students are focusing on college admissions earlier and earlier, hoping to get a head start on what has become an increasingly competitive race through high school. They say they want their kids to be “happy” and “successful” in college, but if parents are obsessed with getting in, are they developing the right skills to help them thrive once there? Anxiety Expert and therapist Lynn Lyons shares her perspective after treating teens for decades through this process and well after.We invite you to listen (or re-listen!) to our prior episode, "High Anxiety & Good Grades: Our Toxic Ac...
2022-03-1139 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryTalking To Your Kids About The War In UkraineAs we find ourselves struggling to process such horrific news, how do we help our children understand it? Once again we must deal with our own big emotions and theirs during a time of great uncertainty. Lynn offers some guidance from little kids to teens as we love them through it and our own anxiety. Flusterclux Retreat for Parents And TeensRegistration Open. Discounted rooms available until March 11, 2022.Equipping Teens To Launch: The Connections, Conversations, and Skills Families NeedSpecifically for families with teens aged 13-19, Lynn Lyons and Ro...
2022-03-0423 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryOCD in Kids: Managing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder As a FamilyIt's time for a new Flusterclux In Session episode where anxiety expert Lynn Lyons shares a consultation with a listener. Lynn talks to mom of three, Erica, whose youngest son has developed OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Lynn gives Erica tools not just for her nine-year-old son but for the whole family to be united in managing this very common disorder. Flusterclux Retreat for Parents And TeensRegistration Open. Discounted rooms available until March 1, 2022.Equipping Teens To Launch: The Connections, Conversations, and Skills Families NeedSpecifically for families with teens ag...
2022-02-2549 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryAre Your Family's Anxiety Issues Unique?In the second of a two-part episode, we complete a list of four common traps in which parents get stuck. While we can face many unique challenges to parenting if we are divorced, single by choice, raising kids with special needs or facing chronic illnesses, it's helpful to understand when a custom approach to anxiety is needed.Flusterclux Retreat for Parents And TeensRegistration Open. Discounted rooms available until March 1, 2022.Equipping Teens To Launch: The Connections, Conversations, and Skills Families NeedSpecifically for families with teens aged 13-19, Lynn Lyons and R...
2022-02-1830 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThese Parenting Traps Feed Anxiety and Are The Hardest to Stop DoingIt’s so easy to step into the parenting traps that feed anxiety and worry. We’ve all done them, so you’re in good company. In this episode we look at the patterns of inconsistency, trying to control outcomes because of our own worry. And we unpack the important distinction between emotional availability and emotional enmeshment. We also reference a past episode focusing on reassurance. Flusterclux Retreat for Parents And TeensRegistration Open. Discounted rooms available until March 1, 2022.Equipping Teens To Launch: The Connections, Conversations, and Skills Families NeedS...
2022-02-1133 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryPassing Out From Anxiety: Funny Tales From Our Family of FaintersDo you know anyone who has a tendency to faint? Anxiety expert Lynn Lyons talks about her own experience with vasovagal syncope, a condition shared by her father, siblings, and son. Learn how she manages it, and how she helped her son. And enjoy the many laughs about our family’s most embarrassing fainting moments.Lynn references this video of a talk she gave about her own history of fainting and overcoming it. We also reference a a listener episode of Flusterclux Retreat for Parents And TeensRegistration Open!Equippin...
2022-02-0441 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHelping Teens Reframe Their Social AnxietyIt's time for a new Flusterclux In Session episode where anxiety expert Lynn Lyons offers a listener consultation. Hear from Mom Becky who is worried about her anxious 16 year old daughter. Becky is thinking ahead and wondering how to prepare her kind, sensitive daughter to take the next steps toward college. Social anxiety and a traumatic event have teamed up to shut this teenager down from seeking social connection. Lynn guides this mom out of her own worry and reframes her daughter’s strengths to get them both moving forward.Lynn references this video of a talk she...
2022-01-2854 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryRage: Managing Our Anger in a Tinderbox WorldRage. 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?Flusterclux Retreat on Parenting TeensSave the date for the weekend of April 9th! Join the Facebook group for first access to information and registration coming this month! T...
2022-01-2143 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryBurnout: Parents, Teachers, Healthcare Workers, This Is For YouBurnout. It's certainly a word we're hearing frequently, particularly in those who work in healthcare and education. But because burnout is often specific to the role of caring for others, there's a reason why parents feel burnout, too. We unpack burnout, what helps and what makes it worse. Flusterclux Retreat on Parenting TeensSave the date for the weekend of April 9th! Join the Facebook group for first access to information and registration coming this month! The retreat will be held at the Woodstock Inn in Vermont. Registration will go live soon! N...
2022-01-1431 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhen Anxious Kids Deny They're AnxiousWhen 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. Flusterclux Retreat on Parenting TeensSave the date for the weekend of April 9th! Join the Facebook group for first access to information and registration coming this month! The retreat will be held at the Woodstock Inn in Vermont. Registration will go live soon! NEW Course for Parents!Mana...
2022-01-0742 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryA Reminder for Silliness and the Power of PlayIn 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.Parents and Teen Retreat Announced!Save the date for the weekend of April 9th! Join the Facebook group for first access to information and registration coming this month! The retreat will be held at the Woodstock Inn in Vermont. Registration will go live soon! NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide fo...
2021-12-3106 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe best advice for handling difficult family membersOn this busy Christmas Eve, we offer a very short episode, but a very powerful piece of advice for the holiday season. Don't visit the relatives without hearing this first. Anxiety expert Lynn Lyons shares the best advice she ever received from her mentor on taking things personally. Parents and Teen Retreat Announced!Save the date for the weekend of April 9th! Join the Facebook group for first access to information and registration coming this month! The retreat will be held at the Woodstock Inn in Vermont. Registration will go live in December. ...
2021-12-2407 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryFlusterclux in Session: When Anxiety Is Your Teen's Life CoachOne 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.Would you like to apply for an upcoming Flusterclux in Session episode? Join the Facebook group and complete the form.Parents and Teen Retreat Announced!Save the date for the weeke...
2021-12-1755 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryFlusterclux in Session: When Sleep Causes A Family AnxietyWhat 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.Would you like to apply for an upcoming Flusterclux in Session episode? Join the Facebook group and complete the form.Parents and Teen Retreat Announced!Save the date for the we...
2021-12-1045 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryFlusterclux in Session: The Stress of Two Different Parenting StylesWe're so excited to deliver the first of our family session episodes. You'll hear anxiety expert Lynn Lyons offer a listener a 45-minute consultation on the way anxiety is presenting in a family. Be a fly on the wall learning how other families' struggles are comfortingly familiar. In this first Flusterclux in Session, Lynn talks to Eleanor, who wants to discuss two very different parenting styles. Hear how Lynn unpacks this family dynamic and her solutions. Would you like to apply for an upcoming Flusterclux in Session episode? Join the Facebook group and complete the form.
2021-12-0351 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWe’re Our Own Worst CriticsAnxiety 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. Parents and Teen Retreat Announced.Save the date for the weekend of April 9th! Join the Facebook group for first access to information and registration.NEW Course for Parents!M...
2021-11-2635 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryDo 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? How do we teach them when not to ask for help? We'll help in this episode.Parents and Teen Retreat Announced.Save the date for the weekend of April 9th! Join the Facebook group for first access to information and registration.NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis self-paced course c...
2021-11-1932 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe Anxiety Vaccine For Kids Pt. 2: Emotional ManagementWhat 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.NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis s...
2021-11-1240 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe Anxiety Vaccine For KidsThere 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?NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis self-paced course covers the core tools a family needs to manage their anxiety, the same principles Lynn teaches to families in her private practice.This course includes 6 vid...
2021-11-0539 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe progress we’re making with anxious kidsIn response to last week's episode where anxiety expert Lynn Lyons shares the mistakes we keep making 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. And Robin asks Lynn about the movement away from a family systems approach to anxiety management in children.In response to last week's episode where anxiety expert Lynn Lyons shares the mistakes we keep making around helping...
2021-10-2930 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe Mental Health Mistakes Schools MakeAnxiety 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.NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis self-paced course covers the core tools a family needs to manage their anxiety, the same principles Lynn teaches to families in her private practice.This course includes 6 video modules from L...
2021-10-2234 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryTed Lasso Is What We NeedTed Lasso, the critically acclaimed show starring Jason Sudeikis on Apple TV, serves as a springboard in this podcast episode to discuss the emotional lives of fathers and sons. We encourage parents to watch Ted Lasso with their tweens and teens and the many lessons the show teaches on mental health, connection, and injury. Note: Spoilers are in this episode for those who have not viewed Seasons 1 and 2 of Ted Lasso.The episode we encourage you to listen to is Dads, Depression, and Anxiety. NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Ch...
2021-10-1533 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryIf 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.NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis self-paced course covers the core tools a family needs to manage their anxiety, the same principles Lynn teaches to families in her private practice.This course includes 6 video modules from L...
2021-10-0835 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHow to Raise Problem SolversEvery parent wants to raise a problem solver, but that means we have to give them 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 parents want to help their children develop for a strong foundation in mental health along with flexibility and autonomy. Don't miss them.NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis self-paced course covers the core tools a family needs to manage their a...
2021-10-0144 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryDeveloping Your Kid's Cognitive Flexibility From Toddlers to TeensA 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? 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...
2021-09-2438 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryDeveloping 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?"
NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis self-paced course covers the core tools a family needs to manage their anxiety, the same principles Lynn te...
2021-09-1738 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhat Parents Need To Know About Anxiety Medication For ChildrenThe decision to medicate an anxious child is a big one for parents, as it should be. In this episode, we address the most important considerations. And Lynn gets real about the changes she’s seen over her thirty years of clinical practice.
NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis self-paced course covers the core tools a family needs to manage their anxiety, the same principles Lynn teaches to families in her private practice.This course includes 6 video modules from Lynn Lyons, LICSW, and 9 additional Q&A...
2021-09-1038 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhat's New in Season 4 of FlustercluxAnxious 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.
NEW COURSE FOR PARENTS!MANAGING ANXIETY IN CHILDREN: A GUIDE FOR PARENTSThis self-paced cou...
2021-08-3100 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryBack To School! 4 Ways to Boost Your Kids' Mental HealthThe 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.Join us for a Facebook Live on Sunday, August 29th at 8:30PM EST where Lynn will answer questions live about the new school year in Flusterclux Facebook group.
2021-08-2740 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryYelling At Our Kids: When its OK and When It's NotYelling, or even when kids perceive that we are yelling, is a part of most family communications. In this episode anxiety expert and therapist, Lynn Lyons, LICSW, talks about the things we need to pay attention to if and when we yell. This is the last of our short summer episodes before Season 4!NEW Course!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis guide for parents covers the core tools a family needs to know in order to manage their anxiety.This course includes 6 video modules from Lynn and 9 Q & A...
2021-08-2016 min
Wisdom for WellnessInterrupting Your Child's Anxiety with Lynn LyonsThis month Sam and Sarah talk about worry, anxiety, and the impact of the pandemic on these feelings. We ask anxiety expert, Lynn Lyons, her tips on how to manage anxiety, how to step into uncertainty, and how parents can support anxious kids. Follow along on Sam and Sarah’s journey as they learn about common mistakes when it comes to talking to anxiety. To learn more about Lynn’s work, click here: https://www.lynnlyons.com/ Listen to Flusterclux, Lynn Lyon’s podcast here: https://luxerecess.com/flusterclux/ Listen to the...
2021-03-2547 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe Anxiety Vaccine: Can Parents Prevent Anxiety Disorders in their Kids?While we wait for a vaccine distribution plan to address our global pandemic, there is a mental health crisis happening simultaneously. Our numbers for anxiety were alarming even before 2020, and now, yikes. But there ways parents can promote a skill-based immunization strategy for our family’s mental health. Is there really a vaccine for anxiety?We reference a webinar featuring Lynn Lyons with Dr. Ashish Jha, MD and Dean of the Brown School of Public Health called "Living Through the Pandemic: Managing Hope and Concern with Vaccines on the Horizon."New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM...
2021-01-2231 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryReassurance Traps: How to Know When Anxiety Is In Control"It'll be okay." "Everything will be fine." "I'm right here."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?We'll answer that question in this week's episode of Flusterclux with Lynn Lyons, the show for real talk about worry and other big feelings in parenting.Ly...
2020-11-2033 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryListeners Ask: Difficult Mothers-in-law and Middle School SlobsWhen your middle schooler is the opposite of a perfectionist— dirty hair, dirty room, indifference to academics, we discuss. And how do you parent your anxious kids in front of unsupportive in-laws? We’ll answer that question in this week’s episode of Flusterclux with Lynn Lyons, the show for real talk about worry and other big feelings in parenting.1:01 Robin asks Lynn a question from a listener who was reacting to the perfectionism episode a few shows back. Her middle schooler is the opposite of a perfectionist embracing sloppiness and mediocrity.14:53 Lynn references Robin’s travel web...
2020-10-3035 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHow to prevent depression and understand your risk factorsWinter is coming; let's talk about how to prevent depression. While 2020 has put anxiety center stage, there are risk factors that can bring about depression, too. What are they? And if you have them, what can you do? We'll answer that question in this week's episode of Flusterclux with Lynn Lyons, the show for real talk about worry and other big feelings in parenting.15:16 Lynn references Michael Yapko, one of her professional mentors.29:17 Robin reads a listener question about a 13-year-old who sought treatment for social anxiety in the past. Since CO...
2020-10-2340 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWelcome to Flusterclux: Fix Anxiety With Lynn Lyons LICSWParenting isn't easy in the best of circumstances, and 2020 will challenge every parent to support the emotional health of their kids and themselves. Flusterclux represents that feeling of overwhelm and tells parents how to better manage their worry and big feelings like anger and sadness so that they are modeling healthy emotional awareness.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-host and sister-in-law Robin Hutson in a weekly podcast free of psychobabble and full of concrete advice. In...
2020-08-3100 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryTrailer: Flusterclux With Lynn LyonsHi, This is Lynn Lyons, and I’m a psychotherapist focusing on anxiety and families. I’ve been in practice for close to 30 years and have traveled the world speaking to thousands of parents about how to best manage anxiety. Even prior to 2020’s unprecedented events, anxiety has been impacting more and more families. Now, we all face uncertainty that fuels worry. As parents, we’ll need to up our game in order to raise resilient children and navigate what’s ahead of us.
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2020-04-0501 min