Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry
Lynn Lyons LICSW, Robin Hutson
Parenting isn't easy, and it's normal to worry. Lynn Lyons, therapist, author, and speaker is one of the world's experts on helping parents, kids, and teens manage anxiety. She talks with co-hosts sister-in-law Robin Hutson and brother Ed Gerwig in a weekly podcast full of laughs, and practical advice without the psychobabble. Since 2020, they've been talking about anxiety and worry, their love for Mr. Rogers, and the crazy things the mental health field gets WRONG about anxiety.
Anxiety Expert Lynn Lyons has been a therapist for over 35 years. She's an author of 3 books with a new one coming out in October and has traveled around the US and Canada training hundreds of audiences teachers, school nurses, counselors and parents about managing anxiety.
Flusterclux represents that feeling of overwhelm. Each episode is filled with practical advice for parents how to better manage their worry and big feelings like anger and sadness so that they are modeling healthy emotional awareness.
Lynn answers listener questions and gives parents concrete strategies for developing the traits that are their kids' best defenses against anxiety and depression later in life: flexibility, resilience, autonomy, and problem solving. New episodes every Friday at 5AM EST.
Find us at flusterclux.com https://www.facebook.com/flusterclux https://www.instagram.com/flusterclux/
Anxiety Expert Lynn Lyons has been a therapist for over 35 years. She's an author of 3 books with a new one coming out in October and has traveled around the US and Canada training hundreds of audiences teachers, school nurses, counselors and parents about managing anxiety.
Flusterclux represents that feeling of overwhelm. Each episode is filled with practical advice for parents how to better manage their worry and big feelings like anger and sadness so that they are modeling healthy emotional awareness.
Lynn answers listener questions and gives parents concrete strategies for developing the traits that are their kids' best defenses against anxiety and depression later in life: flexibility, resilience, autonomy, and problem solving. New episodes every Friday at 5AM EST.
Find us at flusterclux.com https://www.facebook.com/flusterclux https://www.instagram.com/flusterclux/
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Apr 14, 2023 • 40min
School 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 APP store and subscribe.Get $100 off of your first month with a licensed therapist at Talkspace when you go to Talkspace.com and use code FLUSTER.Download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Go to Zocdoc.com/FLUSTER and Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. Many are available within 24 hours.Grab your Liquid I.V. in bulk and get 20% off when you go to LIQUID-IV.COM and use code FLUSTER at checkout.Visit fearlessfinance.com today to chat with a planner for free to make sure it’s a good fit, and you’ll get $50 off your first planning meeting when you use the code FLUSTER.Planning a family vacation in 2023? Flusterclux co-host, Robin Hutson, publishes Luxe Recess, a family travel magazine with honest reviews written for parents by parents. Check out our guides of Dude Ranch Vacations, Italy with Kids, and Best Texas Resorts for Families.FOLLOW USJoin the Facebook group to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube.New episodes arrive Friday at 5:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 7, 2023 • 1h 2min
Flusterclux In Session: How To Help A Rigid, Anxious Child By Modeling More Flexibility
On 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 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 store and subscribe.Get $100 off of your first month with a licensed therapist at Talkspace when you go to Talkspace.com and use code FLUSTER.Download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Go to Zocdoc.com/FLUSTER and Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. Many are available within 24 hours.Grab your Liquid I.V. in bulk and get 20% off when you go to LIQUID-IV.COM and use code FLUSTER at checkout.Visit fearlessfinance.com today to chat with a planner for free to make sure it’s a good fit, and you’ll get $50 off your first planning meeting when you use the code FLUSTER.Planning a family vacation in 2023? Flusterclux co-host, Robin Hutson, publishes Luxe Recess, a family travel magazine with honest reviews written for parents by parents. Check out our guides of Dude Ranch Vacations, Italy with Kids, and Best Texas Resorts for Families.FOLLOW USJoin the Facebook group to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube.New episodes arrive Friday at 5:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 31, 2023 • 47min
Listener Questions on Handling Child Outbursts, Perfectionism, and Doubting Your Therapist
In 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 EveryPlate.com/podcast and entering code FLUSTER139. Now’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 store and subscribe.Get $100 off of your first month with a licensed therapist at Talkspace when you go to Talkspace.com and use code FLUSTER.Love your sleep! Get $25 off a deluxe bamboo sheet set from Ettitudes at ettitude.com/flustercluxBÉIS is offering our listeners 15% off your first purchase by visiting BEISTRAVEL.com/FLUSTER for their luggage, totes, and new diaper bags.Download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Go to Zocdoc.com/FLUSTER and Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. Many are available within 24 hours.Planning a family vacation in 2023? Flusterclux co-host, Robin Hutson, publishes Luxe Recess, a family travel magazine with honest reviews written for parents by parents. Check out our guides of The Best Disney World Hotels, Italy with Kids, and Best Hotels in London for Families.FOLLOW USJoin the Facebook group to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube.New episodes arrive Friday at 5:00AM EST.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 24, 2023 • 44min
Best of: How to Raise Problem Solvers
Don’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). 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 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 store and subscribe.Get $100 off of your first month with a licensed therapist at Talkspace when you go to Talkspace.com and use code FLUSTER.Love your sleep! Get $25 off a deluxe bamboo sheet set from Ettitudes at ettitude.com/flustercluxBÉIS is offering our listeners 15% off your first purchase by visiting BEISTRAVEL.com/FLUSTER for their luggage, totes, and new diaper bags.Download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Go to Zocdoc.com/FLUSTER and Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. Many are available within 24 hours.Planning a family vacation in 2023? Flusterclux co-host, Robin Hutson, publishes Luxe Recess, a family travel magazine with honest reviews written for parents by parents. Check out our lists of The Best Disney World Hotels, Italy with Kids, and Best Hotels in London for Families.FOLLOW USJoin the Facebook group to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube.New episodes arrive Friday at 5:00AM EST.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 17, 2023 • 37min
Connection— 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 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 store and subscribe.Get $100 off of your first month with a licensed therapist at Talkspace when you go to Talkspace.com and use code FLUSTER.Love your sleep! Get $25 off a deluxe bamboo sheet set from Ettitudes at ettitude.com/flustercluxBÉIS is offering our listeners 15% off your first purchase by visiting BEISTRAVEL.com/FLUSTER for their luggage, totes, and new diaper bags.Download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Go to Zocdoc.com/FLUSTER and Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. Many are available within 24 hours.Planning a family vacation in 2023? Flusterclux co-host, Robin Hutson, publishes Luxe Recess, a family travel magazine with honest reviews written for parents by parents. Check out our lists of the best family resorts in Mexico, Hawaii resorts, and best hotels in London for families.FOLLOW USJoin the Facebook group to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube.New episodes arrive Friday at 5:00AM EST.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 10, 2023 • 43min
When a Teen's Mental Health Is Costing Her Friends
We 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 FLUSTER139. Now’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 store and subscribe.Get $100 off of your first month with a licensed therapist at Talkspace when you go to Talkspace.com and use code FLUSTER.Love your sleep! Get $25 off a deluxe bamboo sheet set from Ettitudes at ettitude.com/flustercluxBÉIS is offering our listeners 15% off your first purchase by visiting BEISTRAVEL.com/FLUSTER for their luggage, totes, and new diaper bags.Download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Go to Zocdoc.com/FLUSTER and Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. Many are available within 24 hours.Planning a family vacation in 2023? Flusterclux co-host, Robin Hutson, publishes Luxe Recess, a family travel magazine with honest reviews written for parents by parents. Check out our lists of the best family resorts in Mexico, Hawaii resorts, and best hotels in London for families.FOLLOW USJoin the Facebook group to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube.New episodes arrive Friday at 5:00AM EST.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 3, 2023 • 33min
OCD in Kids: Listener Questions on Medication and Compulsive Apologizing
The podcast discusses listener questions about OCD in kids, including medication decisions and handling compulsive apologizing. The hosts emphasize consistency in anxiety management strategies and offer special discounts from sponsors. Topics also cover parenting podcasts recommendations, financial literacy for families, and controversial parenting stories like letting a child navigate the subway alone.
Feb 24, 2023 • 39min
How To Teach Your Kids To Handle Disappointment
When 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 Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them now.COMING SOON:Join Lynn and Robin for a special Anxiety Audit Book Club With Q&A where we will go through the book together!“Once in a while a book comes along that instantly changes the way you think and act for the better. The Anxiety Audit joins this club. I challenge you to put it down and not move through your day differently. Buy this book—it will guide you along the journey to being the person in relationships, and inside yourself, that you are hoping to become.” —Rachel Simmons, bestselling author of Odd Girl Out and Enough As She Is 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 time to try Earth Breeze and save 40%! Go to earthbreeze.com/flusterclux to get started on eco-friendly laundry detergent sheets.Get $100 off of your first month with a licensed therapist at Talkspace when you go to Talkspace.com and use code FLUSTER.Love your sleep! Get $25 off a deluxe bamboo sheet set from Ettitudes at ettitude.com/flustercluxBÉIS is offering our listeners 15% off your first purchase by visiting BEISTRAVEL.com/FLUSTER for their luggage, totes, and new diaper bags.Download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Go to Zocdoc.com/FLUSTER and Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. Many are available within 24 hours.Start Ritual today and visit ritual.com/fluster and add Essential for Women 18+ to your vitamin subscription today.Planning a family vacation in 2023? Flusterclux co-host, Robin Hutson, publishes Luxe Recess, a family travel magazine with honest reviews written for parents by parents. Check out our lists of the best family resorts in Mexico, Hawaii resorts, and best cruises for teens.FOLLOW USJoin the Facebook group to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube.New episodes arrive Friday at 5:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 17, 2023 • 41min
Unpacking 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.COMING SOON:Join Lynn and Robin for a special Anxiety Audit Book Club With Q&A where we will go through the book together!“Once in a while a book comes along that instantly changes the way you think and act for the better. The Anxiety Audit joins this club. I challenge you to put it down and not move through your day differently. Buy this book—it will guide you along the journey to being the person in relationships, and inside yourself, that you are hoping to become.” —Rachel Simmons, bestselling author of Odd Girl Out and Enough As She Is 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 time to try Earth Breeze and save 40%! Go to earthbreeze.com/flusterclux to get started on eco-friendly laundry detergent sheets.Get $100 off of your first month with a licensed therapist at Talkspace when you go to Talkspace.com and use code FLUSTER.Love your sleep! Get $25 off a deluxe bamboo sheet set from Ettitudes at ettitude.com/flustercluxBÉIS is offering our listeners 15% off your first purchase by visiting BEISTRAVEL.com/FLUSTER for their luggage, totes, and new diaper bags.Download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Go to Zocdoc.com/FLUSTER and Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. Many are available within 24 hours.Start Ritual today and visit ritual.com/fluster and add Essential for Women 18+ to your vitamin subscription today.Planning a family vacation in 2023? Flusterclux co-host, Robin Hutson, publishes Luxe Recess, a family travel magazine with honest reviews written for parents by parents. Check out our lists of the best family dude ranches, Hawaii resorts, and best cruises for teens.FOLLOW USJoin the Facebook group to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube.New episodes arrive Friday at 5:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 10, 2023 • 39min
Handling Embarrassment
We asked our podcast listeners to share embarrassing stories and, boy, did they deliver. Humiliating moments happen to everyone, but as you’ll notice with the stories we share, often feel so much more devastating to tweens and teens. Avoiding embarrassment isn’t possible, but helping your kids get through it with empathy and humor is.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 SOON:Join Lynn and Robin for a special Anxiety Audit Book Club With Q&A where we will go through the book together!“Once in a while a book comes along that instantly changes the way you think and act for the better. The Anxiety Audit joins this club. I challenge you to put it down and not move through your day differently. Buy this book—it will guide you along the journey to being the person in relationships, and inside yourself, that you are hoping to become.” —Rachel Simmons, bestselling author of Odd Girl Out and Enough As She Is 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 time to try Earth Breeze and save 40%! Go to earthbreeze.com/flusterclux to get started on eco-friendly laundry detergent sheets.Get $100 off of your first month with a licensed therapist at Talkspace when you go to Talkspace.com and use code FLUSTER.Love your sleep! Get $25 off a deluxe bamboo sheet set from Ettitudes at ettitude.com/flustercluxBÉIS is offering our listeners 15% off your first purchase by visiting BEISTRAVEL.com/FLUSTER for their luggage, totes, and new diaper bags.Download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Go to Zocdoc.com/FLUSTER and Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. Many are available within 24 hours.Start Ritual today and visit ritual.com/fluster and add Essential for Women 18+ to your vitamin subscription today.Planning a family vacation in 2023? Flusterclux co-host, Robin Hutson, publishes Luxe Recess, a family travel magazine with honest reviews written for parents by parents. Check out our lists of the best family dude ranches, Hawaii resorts, and best cruises for teens.FOLLOW USJoin the Facebook group to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube.New episodes arrive Friday at 5:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
