

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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Aug 6, 2021 • 14min
Not Talking About Anxiety Makes It Worse
One of the easiest mistakes we make when trying to deal without anxiety is to try get rid of the thing that makes us anxious. Lynn Lyons, leading anxiety expert, explains why talking about anxiety is a key piece in learning to manage and tame it for adults and kids.Enjoy this mini episode on our summer break!Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat this fall!Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 30, 2021 • 12min
Find This Sweet Spot In Parenting Where There's Room For Mistakes
Even though parenting feels like walking a tight rope, it isn't. There's lots of room for your mistakes as long as you stay within the sweet spot of emotional management. Here's how. Enjoy this mini episode on our summer break!The Anxiety Audit is available again for the month of July only. Hurray!Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat this fall!Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 23, 2021 • 15min
Global Language in Kids: How "Never" & "Always" Lead To Anxiety & Depression
What is global language? Do you or your kids have a habit of using it? Why is it such a strong predictor of anxiety and depression? Here's what to do if your kid loves to drop "always" and "never" bombs. Enjoy this mini episode on our summer break!The Anxiety Audit is available again for the month of July only.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat this fall!Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 16, 2021 • 17min
The Opposite of Anxiety isn't Certainty: A Tale of Two Toddlers
Parents love offering certainty to their kids. It feels very loving and nurturing. But the opposite of anxiety is not certainty. Hear what parents should focus on helping with instead, as soon as their kids can talk. It's the game changer. Enjoy this mini episode on our summer break. The Anxiety Audit is available again for the month of July only.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat this fall!Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 9, 2021 • 11min
Take a Vacation From Mom Guilt
There's no time for mom guilt in a busy summer. Or ever. Enjoy this mini episode on our summer break. The Anxiety Audit is available again for the month of July only.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat this fall!Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 2, 2021 • 13min
Why Anxiety Makes Us Overreact With Our Kids and How To Shift
Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.The Anxiety Audit is available again only for the month of July so you can have a summer reset. The Anxiety Audit, step by step, gives you signs, indicators, behaviors, and solutions to figuring out where your anxiety lives how to disrupt its process with practice.Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat this fall!Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24.Join the email list 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 12:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 25, 2021 • 15min
How Anxious Parents Give Too Much Information To Their Kids
Anxiety Expert Lynn Lyons offers some summer homework for anxious parents: stop giving your kids too much information. Learn what to do instead and why anxiety drives this habit.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.The Anxiety Audit will be available again for the month of July. Stay tuned for more info!Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat this fall!Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24.Join the email list 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 12:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 18, 2021 • 24min
Summer Safety Traps for Anxious Parents
Summer’s here and parents are stressed. Hear Lynn talk about safety chatter, what it is, and why anxious parents do it. Our language matters so much. Lynn shares how to offer safety instructions to kids and teens that are practical and not catastrophic.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat this fall!Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24.Join the email list 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 12:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 11, 2021 • 45min
This Makes Anxiety Worse: What Not to Do to Help Your Kids
At the conclusion of Mental Health Awareness month, we weed through the bad advice that is so prevalent about anxiety that only makes it worse. We discuss the certain skills we must help our kids (and ourselves) develop to manage anxiety, and we talk about the things parents might try that have the desired outcome. This is an updated version of a previously released episode. Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat this fall!Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 4, 2021 • 44min
Listeners Ask: Teens & Drinking and Anxiety vs. Intuition
In today’s episode Lynn answers two listener questions. First a mom discovers her 15 year old has been thinking of drinking to manage her stress. What are the conversations parents should be having with their teens around stress, substance abuse and peer pressure?And another mom raised by an anxious parent is trying to break the cycle with her daughters. She asks Lynn how to know when the voices inside her head are generational patterns of worry repeating or intuitive warnings. How does anxiety filter the decisions we make and the information we receive?Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat! Work with Lynn to discuss your family.Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


