Anxious Girls Can Learn To Tame Rumination

Young girls tend to overthink and derail themselves from the smooth journey of life and growing up. Therefore, we as adults must help them understand why they ruminate and learn tools to handle it and their anxiety.Ruminating, i.e., making mountains out of molehills, causes much anxiety in girls & can be tamed with awareness & toolsDr. Jordan shares real stories from six girls whose life experiences have triggered them to ruminate worst-case fears that overwhelm them.Dr. Jordan explains how the female brain is wired to ruminate and some evolutionary reasons why that may be true.Rumination can be positive if used to learn from experiences and to gain courage and confidence from overcoming adversity.Ruminating worst-case causes girls to create mountains out of molehills resulting in anxiety, stress, and feeling overwhelmed. Demystifying anxiety and rumination can take a lot of the energy out of it for girls Tools to catch and switch out of ruminating: bring yourself to the present moment with breath work and focusing on one sense at a time; creating mantras to switch out of anxious thinking, doing a reality checkDr. Jordan stresses the importance of parents watching their own anxiety and energy around their daughter’s emotions so their daughter feels their support and confidence in them Contact Dr. Jordan: www.drtimjordan.com For more information about teaching girls about their self-talk and in handling their anxiety, check out Dr. Jordan’s online course, Parenting girls: The challenges girls face today with their feelings and friends and what they need  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices