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Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry
Hosted by Lynn Lyons LICSW, Robin Hutson · EN
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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Flusterclux Quarterlife: Panic Attack? Maybe. Maybe Not.
1w ago00:33:47Tap to summarizePanic Attacks make you feel like your body is failing, and your brain fraying at the seams. The attacks are debilitating and frightening. Yet, many of us use the term loosely for everyday anxieties to the point that we're not sure what a real one even looks like. Lynn is here to clear the air and walk us through the nuances of panic attacks, disorders, and exaggerators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Back to School: Time to Give Your Child More Independence and Autonomy
2w ago00:37:09Tap to summarizeIt’s a new school year, the natural time for a review and a reset. And to help with this, Lynn and Robin are focusing on how to promote your child’s autonomy, value (and tolerate) the experiences of struggle and failure, and—in this age of intrusion—how to step back with love. What does your child need to do more independently and can you get out of the way? WE'VE MADE PLAYLISTS OF OUR EPISODES TO HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC TOPICS. Here is our first: For those brand new to the podcast, we suggest starting with this playlist featuring Lynn Lyons and the 7-part anxiety disruptor series as well as a 3-part series on the skills most helpful in managing anxious kids: flexibility, problem solving, and autonomy. Consult our Spotify profile for the most up-to-date selection. We will select two listeners who complete our listener survey. We hope it is you! FOLLOW US Join 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Flusterclux Quarterlife: My Mental Health is Okay… But I Want Better
2w ago00:39:46Tap to summarizeIn this TWO topic episode, Lynn and Brackett tackle chronic lateness and the mental health plateau. Dealing with someone who is always late, or battling your own tardiness, is no easy task. Being late impacts relationships, jobs, and so much more. Lynn has techniques to get you, or the people in your life, there on time. Many of us put in work to manage our mental health, whether it be anxiety, depression, OCD, etc. Too often we hit a plateau of management without improvement. Why does this happen? What are the patterns that hold us back? And how do we break them? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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When An Anxious Adult In Your Life Wants To Call The Shots
3w ago00:27:31Tap to summarizeWe often talk about accommodating children’s anxiety, but what happens when an adult in your life demands it? If you’ve ever been told by a relative, a colleague, your best friend that THEIR anxiety requires YOUR cooperation, this episode is for you. WE'VE MADE PLAYLISTS OF OUR EPISODES TO HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC TOPICS. Here is our first: For those brand new to the podcast, we suggest starting with this playlist featuring Lynn Lyons and the 7-part anxiety disruptor series as well as a 3-part series on the skills most helpful in managing anxious kids: flexibility, problem solving, and autonomy. Consult our Spotify profile for the most up-to-date selection. We will select two listeners who complete our listener survey. We hope it is you! FOLLOW US Join 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Flusterclux Quarterlife: Anxious Parents
3w ago00:35:36Tap to summarizeDoes talking with your parents ever make you more anxious than you were before? Anxiety is very often passed down from parents to their kids. If you want to break the anxiety cycle between you and your parents, or just have better conversations when you call home, then this episode is for you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Best of: The 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #7 The Final Step to Practice
4w ago00:39:32Tap to summarizeIn the last of the 7-episode Anxiety Disruptor series, it’s time to put it all together and focus on the consistent, step-by-step approach to decreasing anxiety’s influence. Consider this a pep talk, as Lynn describes the importance of how to put a plan in place (and even write it down!), combining patience with inevitable missteps, and embracing the ongoing process. Now that all seven episodes are live, it's a great time to go back and review the earlier episodes in the series. The 7 Essential Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #1 Expect To Worry The 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #2 How to Talk To Your Kid's Worry (And Your Own) The 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #3 get uncomfortable on purpose The 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #4 The Correct Way To Use Breath The 7 Anxiety Disruptors for Families: #5 When Bribing Works The 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #6 Building Self Esteem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Flusterclux Quarterlife: Should I Dump My Therapist?
4w ago00:36:56Tap to summarizeFinding the right therapists can be a daunting task. There are so many things to consider when looking for someone to treat your mental health. It's hard to not get overwhelmed. Lynn is here to break down what to look for in a therapist, and what to say when your current therapist just isn't working out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Best of: The 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #6 Building Self Esteem
Jul 1700:28:33Tap to summarizeAnxiety makes us forget, and it’s particularly amnesiac to past successes. Helping kids work through fears and worries also includes showing them how to connect to their successes, feel masterful, and make worry less powerful when it arrives. In this episode, Lynn tells you how to build those all important reminder bridges to the past successes that anxiety wants them to forget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Flusterclux Quarterlife: Self Care Is… What Exactly?
Jul 1400:34:56Tap to summarizeSelf care is… what exactly? In this episode, Lynn helps us define what self care actually is, what it certainly is NOT, and when self care routines turn into harmful obsessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Skills That Lead To Emotional Maturity
Jul 1000:38:41Tap to summarizeThe phrase “emotional maturity” has been tossed around a lot recently. Maybe we know it when we experience it. But what does emotional maturity really look like? How do we help our children get there? In this episode, Lynn targets two vital skills that kids need to develop, and how parents can model them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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