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.
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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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Mar 19, 2021 • 39min
School Anxiety: How To Help Our Kids & Teens
Many families are feeling anxious about changes to their school routine, both kids and parents. How do we support our kids and teens and help them manage their worry about going back to school? And when does this worry become more serious and lead to school avoidance and school refusal?Lynn references Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD: A Scientifically Proven Program for Parents by Eli Lebowitzand her own book co-authored with Reid Wilson, Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents. New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST.Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit available until March 30th!Purchase the self-paced course now.Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and sell the course to your parenting community as a fundraiser.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 12, 2021 • 20min
Families & The Power of Listening
We talk a lot about the power of words...teaching kids to put words to their feelings, modeling emotional literacy. But the flip side of talking—the critical flip side—is listening. What happens when you don’t feel heard? What’s the toll on your mental health, royal or not? When our kids and teens talk, can we tap into the full power of listening? We discuss the way the public health conversation may change after Oprah's interview with Megan and Harry.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST.Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit available until March 30th! Purchase the self-paced course Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and sell the course to your parenting community as a fundraiser.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 5, 2021 • 44min
The Bad Advice That Makes Anxiety Worse
There's a lot of bad advice out there to weed through when so many claim to be parenting or anxiety experts. But some well-meaning advice will actually strengthen your child's anxious habits, and Lynn Lyons explains why. Previous Episodes Mentioned:The Anxiety Vaccine Part 2: What Parents Can Do Right NowWhen a Family Experiences TraumaNew episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST.Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit for 2021! Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Purchase the self-paced course.Register closes Friday March 5th for the live Anxiety Audit workshop March 6th, 2021.You can receive a $40 bundle discount for both formats, if you buy the course on the Eventbrite website at the time of registration.Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and sell the course to your parenting community as a fundraiser.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 26, 2021 • 43min
COVID Fatigue & The Physical Symptoms of Anxiety
All parents need this pep talk about managing COVID fatigue. And we recast a very popular episode. Anxiety shows up in the body—headaches, tummy troubles, and more. We talk about how understanding the mind body connection can help manage the physical symptoms of anxiety for you and your kids.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit for 2021!Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Purchase the self-paced course. Register for the live Anxiety Audit workshop March 6th, 2021.You can receive a $40 bundle discount for both formats, if you buy the course on the Eventbrite website at the time of registration.Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and sell the course to your parenting community as a fundraiser.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 19, 2021 • 41min
Parenting, Perfectionism, and Anxiety: How We Reward Its Toxicity
Previous Episodes Mentioned:The Anxiety Vaccine Part 2: What Parents Can Do Right NowExtreme Shame and Self-HarmUnpacking Your Family’s Emotional Baggage and Starting Fresh With Your Kids New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit for 2021! Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Purchase the self-paced course. Register for the live Anxiety Audit workshop March 6th, 2021.You can receive a $40 bundle discount for both formats, if you buy the course on the Eventbrite website at the time of registration.Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and sell the course to your parenting community as a fundraiser.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 12, 2021 • 44min
Romance & Resentment: Co-Parenting Tips You Need Now
Does parenting squash all romance? No, resentment does. This pandemic has disproportionately impacted mothers. It's putting our relationships to the test. So as we work to support our kids, there are traps we all fall into our our relationships. We talk about learning to ask for help in the right way, dropping that defensiveness, reducing that resentment, and how improving your co-parenting will help your kids more than you know,New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit for 2021! Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Purchase the self-paced course. Register for the live Anxiety Audit workshop March 6th, 2021.You can receive a $40 bundle discount for both formats, if you buy the course on the Eventbrite website at the time of registration.Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and sell the course to your parenting community as a fundraiser.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 5, 2021 • 44min
High Anxiety & Good Grades: Our Toxic Achievement Culture
We end Season 2 with a bang of an episode. Finishing off our conversation about preventing anxiety in our kids, we tackle the toxicity of our achievement culture. It’s so normalized it’s invisible to us. And we answer a listener question about how to develop a strong work ethic in her 8 year old twins. Lynn has a must hear answer for kids of any age.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit for 2021! Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Purchase the self-paced course. Register for the live Anxiety Audit workshop March 6th, 2021.You can receive a $40 bundle discount for both formats, if you buy the course on the Eventbrite website at the time of registration.Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and sell the course to your parenting community as a fundraiser.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 29, 2021 • 56min
The Anxiety Vaccine pt 2: What Parents Can Do Right Now
As we face a mental health crisis alongside the pandemic that we really focus on the emotional management skills that we can teach our children. It's an effective way to immunize them against emotional difficulties by talking about their emotions, raising their awareness of them, and parents modeling emotional literacy. Lynn discusses the commons trait that most anxious parents have in common in how they raise anxious kids.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit for 2021! Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Purchase the self-paced course. Register for the live Anxiety Audit workshop March 6th, 2021.You can receive a $40 bundle discount for both formats, if you buy the course on the Eventbrite website at the time of registration.Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and sell the course to your parenting community as a fundraiser.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 22, 2021 • 32min
The Anxiety Vaccine: Can Parents Prevent Anxiety Disorders in their Kids?
While we wait for a vaccine distribution plan to address our global pandemic, there is a mental health crisis happening simultaneously. Our numbers for anxiety were alarming even before 2020, and now, yikes. But there ways parents can promote a skill-based immunization strategy for our family’s mental health. Is there really a vaccine for anxiety?We reference a webinar featuring Lynn Lyons with Dr. Ashish Jha, MD and Dean of the Brown School of Public Health called "Living Through the Pandemic: Managing Hope and Concern with Vaccines on the Horizon."New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit for 2021! Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Register for the live workshop by 7pm EST January 22nd, 2021.Purchase the self-paced course. You can receive a $40 bundle discount for both formats, if you buy the course on the Eventbrite website at the time of registration.Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and fundraise with Lynn's courses.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 15, 2021 • 46min
Supporting Teens in the Pandemic: How They Need Us Most
Supporting Our TeensTeens are part of the age group hardest hit by the impact of the pandemic. Missing out on both the social development and high school's rituals, teens are losing motivation, sleep, and connection. Here's how to help them.We reference a past episode on election anxiety that has many relevant tips to process and talk about very stressful current events in a healthy way with your kids.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit for 2021! Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Register for the live workshop.Purchase the self-paced course. You can receive a $40 bundle discount for both formats, if you buy the course on the Eventbrite website at the time of registration.Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and fundraise with Lynn's courses.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
