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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny MomsDEEP DIVE: 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 can find Robin and Ly...
2025-11-2442 min
The Travel Business UnpackedLuxury, Curated: Robin Hutson’s Journey as a Magazine Publisher and Travel AdvisorWhat does it really take to succeed in luxury travel? In this episode of Travel Business Unpacked, host Meredith Callaway sits down with Robin Hutson — luxury travel advisor, publisher of Luxe Recess, and lifelong hotel obsessive — for an unfiltered conversation about building a thriving business rooted in trust, emotional intelligence, and expertise.Robin shares how she transitioned from publishing honest hotel reviews to becoming a go-to advisor for high-touch luxury travel — and why long-term success hinges on confidence, empathy, and investing in your craft. From navigating multi-gen dynamics to handling client meltdowns with grace, Robin...
2025-04-2157 min
Experience This Eye-Opening Full Audiobook — Perfect Before Bedtime.Kraken Mage 3 by Robin HutsonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/188656to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Kraken Mage 3
Series: Tea & Potions, Book 3
Author: Robin Hutson
Narrator: Amber Hartt, Jonathan Waters, Raya Kane
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
Release date: 12-16-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 13 ratings
Genres: Dragons & Mythical Creatures
Publisher's Summary:
Alaria and her lovers warm up the Homestead in Brighthill as an unexpectedly harsh early winter settles over the Hope River Valley. At last, they are putting adventuring to one side and concentrating on building a peaceful life for themselves. But something is stirring beneath the peaceful townships of the valley around...
2024-12-167h 54Relish A Thought-Provoking Full Audiobook On Your Commute.Kraken Mage 3 by Robin HutsonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/188656to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Kraken Mage 3
Series: Tea & Potions, Book 3
Author: Robin Hutson
Narrator: Amber Hartt, Jonathan Waters, Raya Kane
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
Release date: 12-16-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 13 ratings
Genres: Dragons & Mythical Creatures
Publisher's Summary:
Alaria and her lovers warm up the Homestead in Brighthill as an unexpectedly harsh early winter settles over the Hope River Valley. At last, they are putting adventuring to one side and concentrating on building a peaceful life for themselves. But something is stirring beneath the peaceful townships of the valley around...
2024-12-167h 54
Get Hooked On The Most Soul-Stirring Full Audiobook Today!Kraken Mage 2 by Robin HutsonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/188549to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Kraken Mage 2
Series: Tea & Potions, Book 2
Author: Robin Hutson
Narrator: Amber Hartt, Jonathan Waters, Raya Kane
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
Release date: 10-30-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 21 ratings
Genres: Dragons & Mythical Creatures
Publisher's Summary:
After a life of itinerant adventuring, Alaria has used her tentacle magic and her elemental powers to clean up Brighthill village. She wants nothing more than a quiet life in her new home with her two lovers. But when a desperate plea for rescue comes from a very unexpected quarter, Alaria, Mia...
2024-10-308h 18
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
Business NoodlesSecrets of success in the hotel industry – Robin Hutson from The PigRobin Hutson OBE worked at some of the world’s best hotels before launching the successful Hotel du Vin and The Pig hotel groups. Telling the story of his career in hospitality, from starting out as a waiter to pioneering the boutique hotel movement, Robin offers insights on starting, growing and selling businesses. He also shares his views on working with investors, changing trends in hospitality and why culture is key to success.
2024-09-0432 min
Journey Through The Uplifting Full Audiobook Now, Story Seekers!Kraken Mage by Robin HutsonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/188554to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Kraken Mage
Series: Tea & Potions, Book 1
Author: Robin Hutson
Narrator: Amber Hartt, Jonathan Waters, Raya Kane
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
Release date: 07-26-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 70 ratings
Genres: Dragons & Mythical Creatures
Publisher's Summary:
Alaria Hartwood vanquishes a legendary kraken, becoming a Tentacle Mage. Her newfound talents and wealth bring hope of a quiet retirement, but fate has far different plans.
2024-07-2610h 41
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryUse This Summer to Practice DIY Exposure TherapyWhen children are hesitant or afraid of something, they often avoid, refuse, or even explode. The good news? You can work with your child on your own using the principles of exposure therapy, role playing and front loading. Here’s your DIY plan for stepping in and developing more resilience. BROWSE OUR PLAYLISTS BY TOPIC TO DIG DEEPERWe're excited to launch topical playlists so that you can have all episodes on topics like teens, OCD, school or depression all in one easy playlist. We have a playlist for new listeners to go...
2023-07-2837 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWho Enjoys Kids' Birthday Parties? This Episode is Not For YouHow do you feel about birthday parties? Is this just another place for parents to compete? Are they actually fun? One dad told us the whole industry needs an overhaul. We weigh in!REGISTER FOR THE ANXIETY AUDIT BOOK CLUB THIS SUMMERJoin Lynn and Robin this summer in a book club for three! Read Lynn's latest book, The Anxiety Audit, and then watch our video discussion chapter by chapter. On July 27th, we'll host a live Q&A to answer your questions. Register now!VISIT OUR SPO...
2023-07-1428 min
Hospitality Meets... with Phil StreetHospitality Meets Robin Hutson - Building a Hotel EmpireTo say I was a little excited to get today's guest on would be the understatement of 2023. I was so delighted to get some time with total industry legend, and all round top bloke, Robin Hutson OBE - Chairman of Home Grown Hotels. Home Grown hotels look after such well known brands The Pig & Limewood.The conversation is full from start to finish and he does not disappoint as we get through:- The PigDistractionsGoing to college with no real planAcing collegeSavoy Management programmeThe first Management positionBuilding knowledgeBermudaBeing offered Chewton GlenBecoming an Entrepreneur (20 years in the...
2023-07-121h 07
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryBest of: Dads, Depression and AnxietyToday, we are re-sharing a Season 3 episode we consider one of our most important: Dads, Depression and Anxiety.So often, moms assume the role of supporting both a family’s health and mental health, but dads have a critical role to play, too. 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 refl...
2023-06-3050 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe Impact of Tracking Technology on Your Family's Mental HealthWhat’s happens when kids don’t play independently, exploring and problem solving away from direct adult supervision? A new study looks at the the impact of decreasing opportunities for independent play and autonomy and the messages of danger that guide parenting. Combine this research with the announcement of Apple’s new feature called CheckIn, and we had some thought. Boy, did we have thoughts.REGISTER FOR THE ANXIETY AUDIT BOOK CLUB THIS SUMMERJoin Lynn and Robin this summer in a book club for three! Read Lynn's latest book, The Anxiety Audit...
2023-06-2336 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryA Conversation about Kids and Their Social-Emotional SkillsWhile some kids seem to be naturally socially adept, most need help with the many nuances of interaction, from empathy to assertiveness to patience. As always, modeling matters but sometimes being direct is the way to go. In this episode we dive into the sometimes murky waters of helping our children with social behavior. REGISTER FOR THE ANXIETY AUDIT BOOK CLUB THIS SUMMERJoin Lynn and Robin this summer in a book club for three! Read Lynn's latest book, The Anxiety Audit, and then watch our video discussion chapter by chapter. On Ju...
2023-06-1640 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhen A Kid's Questions Never End, Are They Caused by Anxiety?Kids ask questions and parents provide information. That’s a normal part of growing and learning. But there’s a common anxiety pattern called reassurance seeking, where worriers ask and ask, seeking certainty and constant guarantees. Adults often participate, believing that offering reassurance is helpful. In this episode we discuss how to tell the difference between curiosity, helpful information, and anxiety-strengthening behaviors. REGISTER FOR THE ANXIETY AUDIT BOOK CLUB THIS SUMMERJoin Lynn and Robin this summer in a book club for three! Read Lynn's latest book, The Anxiety Audit, and then watch...
2023-06-0939 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryFlusterclux In Session: When Your Child Has Separation AnxietyIn this Flusterclux In Session episode, Lynn talks with a mom whose six year-old daughter struggles with separation anxiety: going to bed for the night, attending swimming lessons, or even mom being on a separate floor in the house can trigger big reactions. Lynn offers concrete solutions, including how to best interact with her daughter’s teachers on this matter, as well as, the best path forward to help her child live with life‘s tricky moments and uncertainties as she continues to grow.REGISTER FOR THE ANXIETY AUDIT BOOK CLUB THIS SUMMERJoin Lynn and...
2023-06-0248 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryBest of: Summer Camp & Separation AnxietyWe're ready to kick off summer! But family worries unfortunately don't always take a vacation. So, today, we reshare our episode on summer camp and separation anxiety. You'll find this episode's advice relevant for a variety of situations, from new day camps, to sending kids off to college in the fall.How can we best prepare our kids to leave home for somewhere new? How can we manage our worry when our kids are out of our sight and why is it so important to learn this skill as a parent?Also, as mentioned in...
2023-05-2633 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHow Does An Anxiety Expert Handle Breaking Her Back?So Lynn fell on a staircase and broke her back in two places recently. She will make a full recovery, but how did she manage in a crisis? Did she go catastrophic? Hello, uncertainty! How did our resident anxiety expert manage a real life flustercluck under pressure and what does she want to share from this?For the Season 1 episode that Robin references, please click here.VISIT OUR SPONSORS FOR SPECIAL OFFERS JUST FOR YOUNow’s the time to try Earth Breeze and save 40%! Go to earthbreeze.com/flusterclux to get...
2023-05-1942 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryFlusterclux In Session: When Your Teenager Doesn't Want to Do Anything This SummerIn this consultation with a listener's family, Lynn talks to a mom, dad, and their high school junior who would enjoy staying in his room most of the summer. Lynn helps identify the skill most teens need to strengthen — the skill of doing something you don't really want to do (and how it applies to getting a first job, applying to college, or completing schoolwork). Most parents will find this a very relatable episode about teens learning to motivate themselves to move forward despite some discomfort.VISIT OUR SPONSORS FOR SPECIAL OFFERS JUST FOR YO...
2023-05-1247 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhen Your Anxious Kid Struggles with Making DecisionsWhen we remember that anxiety demands certainty and is a creator of doubt, it makes sense that decision-making can become a problem. What if I make the wrong choice? How do I decide between two good options? How will I know I’m choosing correctly? In this episode, we talk worry, decisions, and the skills we can teach our kids to keep them moving, whether they are picking out which t-shirt to wear in the morning or which college to choose.VISIT OUR SPONSORS FOR SPECIAL OFFERS JUST FOR YOUNow’s the...
2023-05-0542 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryLoneliness and Connection in AdultsIn Part 2 of our discussion on loneliness, we focus on adults. Making friends in adulthood feels risky. If you are at all anxious or introverted, vulnerability and rejection hardly seem worth it. But connection is possible once we dispel some limiting beliefs. VISIT OUR SPONSORS FOR SPECIAL OFFERS JUST FOR YOUNow’s the time to try Earth Breeze and save 40%! Go to earthbreeze.com/flusterclux to get started on eco-friendly laundry detergent sheets.Go to LuvBuglearning.com and sign up for a 7-day free trial, or simply download from the APP s...
2023-04-2847 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryLoneliness and Connection in Kids and TeensLoneliness is a deep longing for connection that you can’t find and is more prevalent in young people than old. In this first of a two-part discussion, we address the painful and prevalent disconnection in our children and what matters as we help them with relationships. VISIT OUR SPONSORS FOR SPECIAL OFFERS JUST FOR YOUNow’s the time to try Earth Breeze and save 40%! Go to earthbreeze.com/flusterclux to get started on eco-friendly laundry detergent sheets.Go to LuvBuglearning.com and sign up for a 7-day free trial, or s...
2023-04-2141 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorrySchool Avoidance: When It's Anxiety Related, How Can You Help?School avoidance is not new but parents and schools report more frequent and intense struggles. Did the pandemic make it worse? Are there risk factors that parents need to pay attention to? This week: what can parents do when their child avoids school? VISIT OUR SPONSORS FOR SPECIAL OFFERS JUST FOR YOUNow’s the time to try Earth Breeze and save 40%! Go to earthbreeze.com/flusterclux to get started on eco-friendly laundry detergent sheets.Go to LuvBuglearning.com and sign up for a 7-day free trial, or simply download from the...
2023-04-1439 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryFlusterclux In Session: How To Help A Rigid, Anxious Child By Modeling More FlexibilityOn this In Session episode, Lynn talks to a mom who is beginning to recognize patterns of rigidity and anxiety in her 9yo daughter and, more importantly, the ways both she and her husband react to uncertainty and judgement in themselves and others. When the goals of being right and being perfect are modeled, children often react with shut downs or freak outs when they themselves fall short. How does a busy, rigid family step out of this trap?VISIT OUR SPONSORS FOR SPECIAL OFFERS JUST FOR YOUNow’s the time to...
2023-04-071h 02
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryListener Questions on Handling Child Outbursts, Perfectionism, and Doubting Your TherapistIn this episode we answer listener questions from three different families with five year olds about handling big emotions and fears. Rigidity, disappointment, tantrums, new schools…issues that most parents of all kids will encounter! And, we have a conversation on those red flags that might lead you to consider a new therapist.VISIT OUR SPONSORS FOR SPECIAL OFFERS JUST FOR YOUJoin Thrive Market today and get 30% off your first order and a $60 dollar gift while helping a family in need! thriveMarket.com/flusterclux.Get $1.39 per meal by going to Eve...
2023-03-3146 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryBest of: How to Raise Problem SolversDon’t we all want to raise problem-solvers? Today we are recasting one of our most popular episodes in which we break down specific steps that parents can put into practice. We must give our kids the practice of creating solutions and not fixing things for them. This episode also wraps up the third of a previously-released three-part series on the principal skills that children need for a strong foundation in mental health (along with flexibility and autonomy). We encourage you to check out these other popular episodes (Season 4, Episode 4 & Season 4, Episode 5; available at flusterclux.com).
2023-03-2444 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryConnection, not enmeshment, is the goal. How do you know the difference?Positive connection is the goal, but is there such a thing as too connected? Yup, and it’s called enmeshment. In this episode, Lynn and Robin talk privacy, autonomy, and boundaries. If your goal is to be “best friends” with your child, have a listen. VISIT OUR SPONSORS FOR SPECIAL OFFERS JUST FOR YOUJoin Thrive Market today and get 30% off your first order and a $60 dollar gift while helping a family in need! thriveMarket.com/flusterclux.Get $1.39 per meal by going to EveryPlate.com/podcast and entering code FLUSTER139. Now’s the...
2023-03-1737 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhen a Teen's Mental Health Is Costing Her FriendsWe want our teens to be able to talk openly about their struggles, but in this listener question, a mom struggles with her daughter’s ability to manage a peer’s demand for accommodation. When anxiety becomes identity, what’s an empathic but worn-out friend to do?VISIT OUR SPONSORS FOR SPECIAL OFFERS JUST FOR YOUJoin Thrive Market today and get 30% off your first order and a $60 dollar gift while helping a family in need! thriveMarket.com/flusterclux.Get $1.39 per meal by going to EveryPlate.com/podcast and entering code FLUSTE...
2023-03-1043 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryOCD in Kids: Listener Questions on Medication and Compulsive ApologizingIn this episode Lynn answers listener questions for families dealing with OCD patterns in their kids, including when and if to start medication in addition to therapy, how to handle compulsive apologizing, and the key to applying the overall anxiety management strategies we discuss in a consistent way. VISIT OUR SPONSORS FOR SPECIAL OFFERS JUST FOR YOUJoin Thrive Market today and get 30% off your first order and a $60 dollar gift while helping a family in need! thriveMarket.com/flusterclux.Get $1.39 per meal by going to EveryPlate.com/podcast and enteri...
2023-03-0332 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHow To Teach Your Kids To Handle DisappointmentWhen things don’t go the way we plan or hope, powerful feelings show up. Disappointment is common, and the smaller you are, the bigger it feels. How do we help our children learn to manage this emotion as they mature? In this episode, we talk about intercepting the most challenging (and annoying) disappointment reactions, like blaming, whining and sulking, and what to model instead.BUY LYNN'S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn's fourth book focuses on adults and their anxiety.Buy your copy of The Anxiety Audit: Seven Sneaky Wa...
2023-02-2439 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryUnpacking the Parenting Styles on ABC TV's "The Parent Test"The recent ABC-TV show The Parent Test has sparked much discussion, so Robin and Lynn (skeptically) decided to dive in. In each episode, parents with different “styles” of parenting are given challenges to complete with their children, and then other parents sit in judgment. What did we think? Was it awful? Exploitative? Or surprisingly enjoyable?BUY LYNN'S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn's fourth book focuses on adults and their anxiety.Buy your copy of The Anxiety Audit: Seven Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them now.
2023-02-1740 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHelping Your Kids Handle Medical ProceduresDoes you child freak out when it’s time for a shot? Or a blood draw? A strep test? And what about more extensive treatments? We’ve been getting many questions about how to approach this common and powerful fear. In this episode, Lynn the Fainter describes how to use breathing, disconnection, and the amazing power of the imagination to help kids and parents handle the unpleasantness and sometimes downright terror of medical procedures. BUY LYNN'S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn's fourth book focus on adults and their anxiety. Buy your copy...
2023-02-0340 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhen Kids' Sleep Issues Are Actually Anxiety IssuesWorries that show up at night seem to hold special power. They are discussed, analyzed, and often treated as a “going to sleep issue” instead of anxiety that happens to show up at bedtime. It’s understandable. Problems at bedtime are magnified by parents’ urgency to make sleep happen, our own lack of reserves at the end of the day or the middle of the night, and the material that the dark of night readily serves up to the worried imagination. How do we treat these bedtime anxieties differently than daytime anxieties…and do we need to? ...
2023-01-2740 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWe're Talking to Teens the Wrong Way About Their Mental HealthThis is a juicy episode— and a really important one for all concerned about the mental health trends with our teens. After over thirty years in the mental health field, Lynn addresses very directly her concerns about the messages teens are receiving, and articulating, about their mental health. It's time to be candid about toxic trends, misinformation, and where our teens are heading. Can we shift this paradigm for them?BUY LYNN'S NEW BOOK, THE ANXIETY AUDITLynn's fourth book focus on adults and their anxiety. Buy your copy of The Anxiety Au...
2023-01-2044 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhen Your Worry Is a Dress Rehearsal for Tragedy, Here's How To StopWorry is a part of parenting and can help us plan ahead and problem solve. But when it becomes more constant, you may get stuck in a pattern of rehearsing for catastrophic patterns that aren't happening. In this episode, we break down the difference between worry that helps and worry that haunts.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.COMING IN JANUARY!
2023-01-1345 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry5 Parenting Phrases You Should Use At Every AgeWe previously detailed the parenting phrases we hate (and why you should considering dropping them.) In this week’s episode, we head in the other direction: the parenting phrases we love, how they help with emotional management, and why every parent needs to have a few in your back pocket, ready to use when needed. These help for your kids whether they are 3 or 33.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 Hol...
2023-01-0643 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 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
Create Tomorrow, The WGSN Podcast58. A New Heyday of the Country House Hotel with The Pig Chairman Robin HutsonThis week WGSN CEO Carla Buzasi is joined by travel trailblazer Robin Hutson: OBE, Chairman of The Pig hotels, sustainability champion and officially the UK's second most powerful hotelier.
If you've been lucky enough to visit any of his destinations that dot the south of England, you'll know that these boutique retreats are famous for their amazing food and gorgeous interiors, but there's a lot more to their success than just what they look like.
2022-07-2832 min
It Runs In The FamilyAn Exceptional Hotelier Family with Passion for Hospitality: The Pig’s Founders Robin & Judy Hutson, and Head Kitchen Gardener Ollie Hutson #37Robin Hutson’s extraordinary impact on the hospitality industry earned him an OBE in 2022’s New Year’s Honours, being part of one of the country’s most impactful family hotel chains.With Judy Hutson alongside bringing an influential eye for design, and son Ollie Hutson’s mastery of a quality kitchen garden, this family’s clearly well-versed in combining their extraordinary skills.The trio join us on It Runs In The Family to discuss their approach to viewing the team as a huge extended family, how they come together in times of hardship, retaining their family...
2022-07-061h 03
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
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
Milenomics ² Podcast - No Annual Fee EditionChecking In Ep 16: The Bahamas, Italy, and Disney w/Robin from Luxe RecessRobin Hutson from Luxe Recess comes back to chat with Robert about...
0:45 Travel Trends
Prices on airfare and lodging as travel comes back big timeSeeing this domestically and internationally?
11:05 The Sad State of Amex Platinum Travel (Loyalty Lobby)
19:15 The Bahamas
Baha MarAtlantis
33:25 Italy
Hotels mentioned:Laconda RossaPalazzo Margherita
49:15 Disney
Star Wars Galactic StarcruiserNew Wish Ship
54:15 Luxe Recess Parenting Disney Weekend
Finding Joy Inside & Out
Thanks to Robin for coming on the show!
2022-05-091h 00
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
Supersonic Hospitality Marketing Podcast Sponsored by NFS Hospitality feat. Mark McCEP90: HELL OF A HOTELIER - ROBIN HUTSON OBEhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hutsonhttps://www.thepighotel.com/https://www.hospitalityrising.org
This podcast is sponsored by NFS Hospitality.About NFS Hospitality:With over 20 years of experience solving problems for restaurateurs, NFS Hospitality truly understands your challenges as a hospitality operator.Whether you’re looking for top-notch POS & CRM systems, effective loyalty programs, the tools to execute powerful marketing campaigns, or a reliable Point of Sale system, NFS Hospitality has you covered with an end-to-end technology solution.At NFS, we k...
2022-03-291h 09
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 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 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 WorryThe Good News About Your Kid's Psychological Immune Systemimmune system and the role of both positive and adverse childhood experiences. While adverse childhood experiences could happen to our kids, parents can have much more control over creating the seven positive childhood experiences that support mental health for life.
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 and 9 Q & A videos from Lynn and Robin...
2021-09-0342 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
BookMattic Best Books PodcastEp. #003 Robin Waite - Take Your Shot - Upgrade Your BusinessA great episode with Robin Waite, the author of Take Your Shot and business coach with Fearless Business. We talk about what it means to run a service-based business and make it successful. His books is surely able to help you grow. Listen to the full episode and enjoy.
Check out his website here:
https://www.robinwaite.com/
And his book here:
Take Your Shot
2021-05-1237 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhat every parent should understand about the college admissions raceIn 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 haven’t heard it yet, I suggest you stop and li...
2021-04-1632 min
The English Wine DiariesRobin Hutson, founder of The Pig Hotel Group - Ep 1Send us a textRobin Hutson is one of the most successful and influential hoteliers in the country. Robin started working in the hospitality industry at some of London’s top luxury hotels including Claridge’s and The Berkeley, before founding his own hotel chain, Hotel du Vin, together with renowned sommelier Gerard Bassay, in 1994. More recently Robin founded THE PIG hotel group, which this year will open its eighth hotel in the South Downs, complete with its very own vineyard. Robin joins me from his home in Hampshire, where he talks t...
2021-04-0246 min
Milenomics ² Podcast - No Annual Fee EditionEpisode 50: Luxury Family Travel, Points & Miles, and Disney w/Robin from Luxe RecessRobert chats with Robin Hutson from Luxe Recess about luxury family travel trends, blending points & miles with a trip booked through a full-service travel agency, and where families are going in Florida in addition to Disney.
0:30 Travel Planning Picking Up
1:15 Luxe Recess
LuxeRecess.com
Origin story
What Luxe Recess is/isn't
Robert's articles on Luxe Recess
What are the defining characteristics of “Luxe” to you?
And how does that play out in travel as we [hopefully] emerge from Covid?
See: 12 Luxury Berkshire Vacation Rentals To Escape It All
16:50 Points & Miles
I know you’...
2021-01-2647 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHelping Kids With Shame & Self-Harm and the Parent Message in Pixar's SoulShame & SoulHow do you support your children who feel shame very intensely? They feel shame so intensely that it might include self harming practices. What do you say when children say "I feel no worth?" Or "I can't believe I did that," or "I'm so stupid." How do you support your children who handle their mistakes in such a way that's self-punitive, and they're unforgiving with themselves? Also, we watched the movie soul and there is a message in that movie that we want all parents to hear.26:00 Lynn and Robin discuss Pixar's latest...
2021-01-0846 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryFlusterclux: For Parents Who WorryParenting isn't easy in the best of circumstances, and 2020 has challenged 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...
2020-11-2900 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 WorryWhat I Wish Everyone Knew About GratitudeWe'll hear a lot of hype about gratitude with the holidays coming. We'll go over how gratitude is proven to help you and how you may have been thinking about it all wrong. What are gratitude's powers? And what are its limits? And one listener asks what to do for her usually studious freshman, who's suddenly indifferent to high school and grades this year. Recommended talks on gratitudeBrian Doyle, 365 Days of Thank youLouie Schwartzberg, Nature. Beauty. Gratitude.Laura Tice, Remember to Say Thank YouMichael Norton, How t...
2020-11-1336 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryThe Physical Symptoms of Anxiety: What You Need to KnowAnxiety is loud and messy. And it's physical, and it brings with its diarrhea and vomiting and headaches and tummy aches and hives, and all sorts of physical symptoms that can really confuse kids and parents alike.2:08 Robin references Lynn's video that breakdown the physical process of anxiety for kids. 19:23 The Circle lets you set daily limits for different apps and social media. It also controls your kid's Wi Fi schedules, and you can adjust age appropriate filters for searches from little kids to teens. Our affiliate link will get you $20 off a Circle. 19...
2020-11-0638 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
Humans of HospitalityOllie Hutson - Head Kitchen Gardener - The Pig HotelsI love the Pig Hotels and their obsession on the best local produce. This extends to their beautiful kitchen gardens where group chef James Golding gave me a tour in a previous podcast episode. After a recent chat with Ollie's Dad and CEO Robin Hutson, I was excited to arrange to go to the Pig nursery in the New Forest and meet Ollie face to face and get to peruse his mother of seed planning spreadsheets. You’re going to learn just how much work goes into creating a kitchen garden for a hotel or restaurant. The balanc...
2020-10-191h 09
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryElection Anxiety: How Not to Scar Your Kids:40 Lynn cites the American Psychological Association research, 68% of adults say currently that the election is “a significant source of stress.”19:39 Lynn references a past episode that talks about when parents argue and model a resolution verses the vitriol of political debates among family members.29:04 And Robin recommends all three seasons of Long Way Up starring Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman as an antidote for election anxiety.30:22 Lynn recommends the Dolly Parton documentary Here I Am on Netflix.32:20 please join the Flusterclux Facebook group. And we want to let our listeners know that we are...
2020-10-1636 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHow to Find A Good Child Therapist For Your Kid's Anxiety1:13 We’re going to do a progress report for students this fall.4:04 HOW TO SUPPORT YOUNG LEARNERS THIS FALL7:15 MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND REMOTE LEARNING13:01 HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, and ACADEMIC PRESSURE17:56 Our affiliate link will get you $20 off a Circle to manage your kids’ screen time at home. 18:22 A LISTENER QUESTION: THE CHILD THERAPIST RELATIONSHIP“I have a 17 year old daughter with general and social anxiety that is seeing a licensed mental health professional for about nine months now. I’ve now realized this professional is not making any headway wit...
2020-10-1236 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryPicky Eater Kids: Preventing and Managing Food Anxiety0:55 Lynn mentions an eating disorder called avoidant restrictive food intake disorder that came out in the latest edition of the DSM five, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Fifth Edition of Psychiatric Diagnosis.6:22 Robin shares a parenting hack to introduce new fruits or vegetables to young children.8:47 Robin suggests a game called eat your face, where you take a variety of cut up fruits and vegetables to start design facial expressions.14:06 Robin asks Lynn if picky eaters are grasping for control because they do not feel that have autonomy.26:52 Lynn describes what i...
2020-10-0540 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryParenting, Perfectionism, and Anxiety: How We Reward Something Toxic1:09 Lynn describes the connection of perfectionism and anxiety in adults and kids she treats and suggests parents start looking at themselves and the messages around perfectionism they are sending.Robin references the book The Conscious Bride.11:23 Lynn mentions the episode when she refers to the marital snort.13:52 Lynn discusses the connection between perfectionism and procrastination and signs of perfectionism in children.23:30The Circle is what we use to manage our kids’ screen time. Our affiliate link will get you $20 off a circle device for you...
2020-09-2835 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryHow Family Laughter And Silliness Are Our Families' Most Powerful TonicsLynn references the three prior episodes on the arc of diagnosis in anxiety and depression and what to notice in your child and what to do if you have a diagnosis and helping your child get the best treatment.3:02 Robin mentioned in one of our first episodes the powerful that when children see us being playful, it’s telling them that they are safe— that the world is okay.3:45 Lynn references an amazing podcast on bias with Jordan Harbinger and mentions Paul Eckman’s work on micro-expressions.14:41 Robin talks abou...
2020-09-2141 min
Mary Gostelow Girlahead PodcastRobin Hutson - CEO of The PIG HotelsI think nothing typifies modern-English lifestyle-luxury hospitality more than the quirky The PIG hotels. Every property is a unique gem, converted from a really-old private house or pub and made into quintessential luxury for 2021. Expect a great bed and shower, and public areas that offer upcycled furnishings, living potplants on your dining table and the best local-produce food – plus a working garden to die for. My guest this week on MARY GOSTELOW GIRLAHEAD PODCAST is the conductor of all this, Robin Hutson.
2020-09-1717 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhen You Should Get Your Child A Depression or Anxiety Diagnosis1:00 Lynn provides an overview of getting a child a mental health diagnosis and asks th4e questions all parents should consider. How do you get one? Do you need one?8:26 Lynn explains the right way to think about a diagnosis and its role in treating a child or teen. She explains a child’s diagnosis is often a family diagnosis and references the book Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents that give families a roadmap after an anxiety diagnosis.She talks about how a depression, anxiety or ADHD diagnosis affects all members of the family and how to...
2020-09-0732 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 WorryWhy Rigidity is the Bellwether of Anxiety Disorders in ChildrenShow Notes0:34 Lynn and Robin discuss the new season of Flusterclux and describe who the podcast is for. Lynn describes emotional management as a goal for her therapy clients and her own family and why it is such a critical skill to strengthen relationships and prevent loneliness.6:10 Robin and Lynn discuss the reason behind the name change from A Mom’s Retreat to Flusterclux.8:46 Robin asks Lynn how families can tell if anxiety and anxious patterns are creeping into a household as a result of the stress of 2020. Lynn talks about rigidity and ro...
2020-08-3135 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryWhen a family experiences a traumatic event together & If your child says "nobody likes me"Show Notes:037 Robin reads the first of three listener questions in the episode. the first question. A mom asks how to help her six-year-old son who says other kids hate him.Lynn provides guidance on improving social skills as a life-long challenge, learning to take criticism, and learning to play with more flexibility.12:06 The second listener question involves a family who experienced a traumatic accident while hiking together when a boulder crushed their daughter. They are trying to help her overcome her PTSD and flashbacks from the accident.Lynn discussing how...
2020-08-2436 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryBack To School Anxiety: Supporting The Social-Emotional Needs of Students and Teacher0:49 Robin reads the first question from listeners.Hi, I’m a school counselor in an elementary school. The return to school has many parents, myself included, anxious. With that said, how do you suggest I coach parents on supporting students prior to the return date? We know kids are picking up their cues from the adults. They’re surrounded by and many times those adults are unintentionally feeding student fears. How can I assist a family member and myself who’s super stressed and anxious, but is unwilling or unable to change patterns?7:44 Lynn talks about th...
2020-08-1733 minHumans of HospitalityRobin Hutson - CEO Limewood and Home Grown HotelsFor my 100th episode I really wanted to get a bit of an industry super star in my eyes. Robin Hutson has been on my list of people I’ve wanted to chat to since day one of launch. I live within a pretty easy cycle of two of Robin’s PIG hotels - Pig on the Beach in Studland and Pig in the Forest in Brockenhurst. I LOVE what Robin has created. I’ve seen Robin talk at a couple of hotel events and in essence he just knows his stuff. He oozes common sense and his...
2020-08-101h 42
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryListeners Ask: Teens And Peer PressureFor our summer bonus episodes, Lynn is answering listener questions. "Help. I do not recognize my newly turned 13-year-old, she is exhibiting behavior I never would have anticipated. She has a thrill for adrenaline and constantly asking me about stupid things I did as a kid, and I feel like I'm mourning the sweetest little girl I've ever known. She recently confessed that she has attempted cutting which absolutely floored me."Lynn talks about how to help your teenagers develop skills to say no to their friends and how to show empathy without imitating their fr...
2020-07-2719 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryCo-Parenting In A Pandemic: How to Find A Better Balance The research shows this pandemic has been disruptive to our families in significant ways. It's putting our marriages and relationships to the test. Collegial coparenting is critical. So as we share the parenting load, there are traps we all fall into with our partners and spouses. Lynn talks about asking for help in the right way, dropping defensiveness, resentment, and learning not to take the wrong things personally.In this episode Robin references Deb Perelmen's article in the New York Times: "In the Covid-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or a Job. You Can’t Have...
2020-07-0744 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryA Family Summer Guide To 2020: Social Distancing FunSummer's here, and after our spring, we all would like to have some special summer moments outside with our families. In this episode, Lynn Lyons discusses how to handle common reactions from children.Maybe your child is anxious the virus and doesn't want to ease back into normal activities. Maybe your older kids are wanting to be too social or not social enough.We unpack boredom and its connection to creativity and unstructured play so that listeners can be ready with a constructive response to "I'm bored".And finally we discuss our ultimate...
2020-07-0139 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryListeners Ask: Mom Guilt, Burnout, and School StressMom guilt, burnout, and stress over remote learning has most parents exhausted these days. Hear psychotherapist Lynn Lyons share ways to manage these common pandemic parenting stresses.In this bonus episode, we asked listeners to share what they needed help with most, and Lynn delivers strategies to make days smoother.1:38 We address burnout and how to fill an empty tank is small breaks.6:56 A listener mentions that she feels guilty telling her children she is working when they want her attention.Lynn discusses the real purpose of guilt as an emotion...
2020-05-2538 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryRegressive Behavior From Toddlers to Teens: What’s NormalYou've finally gotten your little one to stop asking you to wipe his bum. Or you've finally gotten your teenager to be able to handle things without huge emotional disruptions. And now, the behaviors are back. Parents, that's called regression. It's a normal part of development. It's normal under the most usual of circumstances. And it's certainly normal during this time of pandemic parenting.1:28 WHY WE’RE SEEING SO MUCH CHILD REGRESSION NOW3:49 REGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR SHOWS UP AT TIMES OF STRESS AND CHANGELynn references the book Touchpoints-Three to Six: Your Child's Behavioral and...
2020-04-2935 min
Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who WorryStuck-In-Home Parenting0:05 THE STUCK-IN-THE-HOUSE PARENTWe’ve got stay-at-home parents; we’ve got working full-time parents. We have entered into a new category of parenting. This is the stuck-in-the-house parent.This is our first episode ofA Mom’s Retreat podcast with Lynn Lyons (my sister-in-law). This podcast has stepped in to take the place of in person parenting retreats we began in the fall.Lynn explains why we feel like we are riding a new emotional rollercoaster, and why we feel so exhausted, as our brains are working overtime to absorb our new life conditions. She co...
2020-04-0921 min
Conversations of InspirationS7: Exam failure to multi-millionaire hotelier with The Pig Hotels founder Robin HutsonDubbed 'Britain's most influential hotelier', Robin Hutson, founder of the iconic PIG hotels, left school with 3 O-levels and few prospects. It was a sideways step into catering college which saw passion, vision and excitement alight for the first time - and would set the scene for Robin’s story to truly begin into becoming one of the most famous hoteliers in the UK.
This episode charts Robin’s career within hospitality, from courting famous faces at The Savoy in his early days to starting his first groundbreaking hotel chain ‘Hotel Du Vin’, before launching ‘The Pig’.
Holly & Robin discus...
2020-02-2456 min
Come For SupperRobin HutsonAlexandra speaks to Robin Hutson. Robin is a British hotelier, listed by The Caterer as the UK's second most powerful. Hutson started his career with Claridge's, as a waiter. He then moved to the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, and was appointed general manager of Chewton Glen at 28 years old. In 1994, Hutson co-founded the Hotel du Vin chain with Gerard Basset. In 2004, they sold the company for £66 million, and Robin has since started The Pig venture. His new book The Pig: Tales and Recipes from the Kitchen Garden and Beyond is out now...
2019-08-1400 min