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Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry — 326 episodes
Anxiety Can Be Exhausting, So Do We Give Our Kids A Break From Exposure?
Best of: Managing the Big Feelings Around Graduations
When My Kids Are Afraid To Try Something, How Hard Do I Push Them?
How Denying A Problem Keeps Families Stuck & Disconnected
Why Kids Should Not Be In Therapy Without Their Parents
The Power of “Coregulation” and How Your Family Can Have More
Best of: High Anxiety & Good Grades: Our Toxic Achievement Culture
How To Handle Panic Attacks
Why the ODD Diagnosis Doesn't Help Parents Help Children
Health Anxiety and Catastrophizing Every Symptom: How To Stop!
How To Not Pass On Your Social Anxiety To Your Kids
When One Child’s Needs Dictate A Family’s Routines, How Can We Support the Siblings?
ARFID Is More Than Picky Eating: Lynn & Mindy Szelap Offer Help
Highschoolers, Homework, and Meltdowns: Guiding Our Kids Through Junior & Senior Year
The Importance of “Quality Control” When Selecting Coaches & Advocates
Giving Yourself Permission To Let Your Kids Feel Uncomfortable
6 Ways to Level Up in 2026 When Managing Your Kid’s Anxiety
The 3 Types of Bullies In Your Kid's Class and What To Do About Them
Best of: The 7 Essential Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #2 Talk to Worry
Best of: The 7 Essential Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #1 Expect To Worry
How Parents Can Accidentally Strengthen Their Kids' Worry & Depression
Tackling Tummy Troubles... A Talk On the Brain/Gut Connection with GI Psychologist Dr. Ali Navidi
"You, Your Husband, and His Mother"... A Talk with Dr. Tracy Dalgleish
Best Of: Families Can Be Judgy: A Holiday Survival Guide
Why Distraction Isn't The Solution For Anxiety
Why Hanging Out Is More Important for Teens Than SAT Prep Courses
Sorting Out "Shy" Vs. "Introverted" Vs. "Socially Anxious" Kids
From Gentle Parenting to FAFO Parenting - Which Schools of Thought Make You A Better Mom Or Dad?
How To Handle The Child That Says “This Is Not Worry!”
What To Do When Your Kid Wants to Stay Home: School Avoidance 101 for Parents
Why Kids Who Contribute Do Better Emotionally and Socially
How To Teach Your Child To Handle Frustration
Sounding the Alarm On Smartphones and the Impact On Kids With Dr. Jean Twenge
Concrete Reminders About Avoidance and Accommodation
Why Manners and Social Awareness Are Important In A Disconnected World
In Session: I Want My 13-Year-Old Out of My Bed!
How "Productive Struggle" Helps Decrease Anxiety and Depression
Best Of: Off to College: Let's Talk About Roommates
A Back-To-School Reboot For Anxious Kids and Parents
In Session: How Trying To “Talk Through” Bedtime Worries Backfires
With Anxious Kids, We’re Getting the Idea of "Consistency" All Wrong
In-Session: Is Bossiness During Playdates An Anxiety Issue?
Best Of: 911 Marriages: Tips From Divorce Prevention Expert Michele Weiner Davis
Letting Your Kids Learn to Manage Conflict and Problem Solve
Best Of: The Anxiety Around Your Kid's Health with Pediatrician Dr. Jessica Hochman
How Phobias Like Fear of Vomiting Can Spiral and Take Over Families
Best Of: How To Support Your Anxious Child 101
Postpartum Anxiety and Depression: What Moms and Dads Need To Know
"Parents Still Matter!" Lynn Discusses Recent Research Surrounding Our Kids
Puberty and Parenting: How to Evolve Communication with Your Tween with the Hosts of "This is So Awkward"
Best Of: Owning Your Own Grouchiness in Relationships and Shifting to Kinder Communication
The Common Pathway From Anxiety to Depression And How To Disrupt It
When Your Child’s “Rituals” Become Problematic: Compulsive Behavior To Monitor
Hypnosis Carries Some Baggage: Lynn Unpacks It And Sets Us Straight
What Can A Parent Do When A Teen Is Refusing Help?
Avoid These Traps In Your Family's Therapy (So You Don't Get Stuck)
How Our Goal of Eliminating Anxiety Backfires Big Time
Five Years Post-Covid, Have Parents Given Up On Teaching Social Norms?
Anxiety Causes Bedtime Chaos: Here's What Families Can Do
Can Friends Discuss Anxious Parenting Without Getting Defensive?
In Session: We’ve Made Great Strides With Our Son’s Social Anxiety… Where Do We Go Next?
A Success Story: Noah's Journey Of Managing Anxiety From Age 11 to 24
The Skill of Differentiation and the Importance of Asking "How" Questions
The Three P's: Permanence, Postive Expectancy and Placebo
The #1 Skill for Handling Social Anxiety & A Listener's Question On Her Son's Constant Questions
Your Anxious Kid Calls You From School To Be Picked Up. What Should You Do?
Listener Question: We Have Nightly Meltdowns Around Homework. Help!
Helping Your ADHD Kid with Social Struggles: A New Conversation with ADHD Expert Ryan Wexelblatt
Real Talk with ADHD Expert Ryan Wexelblatt: Anxiety, ADHD and the Mess We're In
Best of: Flusterclux In Session: How To Help A Rigid, Anxious Child By Teaching Flexibility
How To Get Out Of Your Head and Stop Ruminating
Best of: We're Talking to Teens the Wrong Way About Their Mental Health
Best of: How to Make More Fun For Your Family (Even When You Are Tapped Out)
Families Can Be Judgy: A Holiday Survival Guide
Is Our Desire For Neatness Making Our Child Anxious About Being Messy?
Best of: Preparing for Difficult Relatives: A Holiday Survival Plan
Porn: Understanding Its Impact on Today’s Teens with Author Cindy Pierce
An Interview with Cindy Pierce: Talking With Your Kids About Sex Like A Champ
Listener Question: Is It Anxiety Or Sensory Issues When My Kid Melts Down?
If You Are An Anxious Parent, Are Your Kids Doomed?
Parents & Clinicians: These 3 All-Too-Common Mistakes Are Not Helping A Child's Anxiety
A Talk with Jessica Lahey: The Myths Surrounding Parenting and Alcohol
How to Use This Podcast to Manage the Anxiety In Your Family
The Importance of Routine and Ritual For Your Family
Listener Question: Our Daughter Is Freaked Out By Our Having Intimacy And Won't Leave Us Alone
Listeners Ask About Pushing Kids Who Cling Or Avoid Activities
Discovering Disturbing Group Texts On Your Kid's Phone
How to Put More Joy into the Start of This School Year
Parenting Toddlers and Planting the Seeds of Emotional Regulation
We Need To Support School Bans On Phones (Even If Your Anxiety Won’t)
Managing the Moody People In Your Family (Even If It Is You)
The Best Way to Ask Your Kids "How Was Your Day?"
Best of: How Parents Can Get Their Anxious Kids' Schools on the Same Page
Best of: How to Raise Problem Solvers
Best of: Developing Your Kid’s Flexibility From Toddlers to Teens
Best of: Developing Your Kid’s Autonomy: How Controlling Are You?
Best of: Listener Questions on Handling Child Outbursts, Perfectionism, and Doubting Your Therapist
Best of: Use This Summer to Practice DIY Exposure Therapy
Handling Our Own Anxiety About Our Kids Becoming Teenagers
Anxiety, Tummy Aches, and Constipation
What To Do When Your Kids Lie
Best of: When Your Teenager Doesn't Want to Do Anything This Summer
What To Do When Your Kid (of Any Age) Seems Upset
Managing the Big Feelings Around Graduations
Teaching Your Kids How To Fix or End Friendships After Big Fights
Listener Question: My Daughter Panics About Things In Big Ways. What Is Going On?
The Anxiety Around Your Kid's Health with Pediatrician Dr. Jessica Hochman
Best of: Loneliness and Connection in Adults
Lynn Talks Directly To Your Kids About Anxiety
Kids, Phones and the Consequences: Let's Get Real About the Impact
How Grief Shows Up In Kids And How To Respond
"Don't Believe The Hype!" Lynn Talks To Teens About Their Mental Health
How to Help Your Child with Friendships and Likability
Owning Your Own Grouchiness in Relationships and Shifting to Kinder Communication
How and Why to Curb Your Kid's Global Language (And Maybe Your Own!)
Best Of: Raising Kids Who Are Really Ready for College Isn't What You Think
6 Traps To Avoid In Your Plan To Help Your Anxious Child
Anxiety Can Become The Cult Leader of Your Family. What If You're The First To Want Out?
How Anxiety Shows Up in Your Kid's Sports & Activities
911 Marriages: Tips From Divorce Prevention Expert Michele Weiner Davis
Break Up With Your Dating Anxiety
Overcoming Barriers To Therapy: What You Can Do Yourself Regarding Affordability, Availability & Accessibilty
The Problem With Labels And Why to Avoid Them With Our Kids, Ourselves, and The World
Best Of: Parenting Phrases We Love to Use All The Time
Best Of: Connection, Not Enmeshment, Is The Goal. How Do You Know The Difference?
Do You Walk On Eggshells Around Your Kids To Avoid Upsetting Them?
How to Make More Fun For Your Family (Even When You Are Tapped Out)
Mastering The Skill of Disappointing People
Depression's Treatment And Prevention: A Series of Mic Drops with Dr. Michael Yapko
When Your Kids Feel Overwhelmed, How Hard Do You Push?
Helping Your Kids With The Skill Of Winning And Losing
Best Of: What to Say To People Who Don't "Get" Anxiety
Preparing for Difficult Relatives: A Holiday Survival Plan
Handling Difficult News Headlines With Your Kids
Keeping Your Cool During the College Application Process: A Talk With Jill Shulman
Will My Child Grow Out Of This? Selective Mutism And Other Anxiety Behaviors
The 3 Patterns That Are Most Toxic In Adult Relationships
When Your Child’s Bedtime Fears Are Frustrating the Whole Family
Helping Your Kids Navigate Social Media's Traps - A Talk With Expert Devorah Heitner
After You Get Your Anxious Kid to School, How Do You Keep Them There?
How to Manage BIG Feelings: A Lesson for Kids & Adults
A Talk on OCD with "Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents" co-author Reid Wilson
What You Must Know About Kids And The New Data On Smart Phones
The Good News About Middle School
Every Mom Thinks She Has ADHD Now. Do you?
Best of: Helping Your Kids With Self-Hatred and Self-Blame
Best of: How to Have a Successful Meeting with Your Child’s School
Off to College: Let's Talk About Roommates
Best of: How Talking Less Will Improve Your Parenting
Use This Summer to Practice DIY Exposure Therapy
When Your Kid Is a Blamer
Who Enjoys Kids' Birthday Parties? This Episode is Not For You
The Problem with People Pleasers
Best of: Dads, Depression and Anxiety
The Impact of Tracking Technology on Your Family's Mental Health
A Conversation about Kids and Their Social-Emotional Skills
When A Kid's Questions Never End, Are They Caused by Anxiety?
Flusterclux In Session: When Your Child Has Separation Anxiety
Best of: Summer Camp & Separation Anxiety
How Does An Anxiety Expert Handle Breaking Her Back?
Flusterclux In Session: When Your Teenager Doesn't Want to Do Anything This Summer
When Your Anxious Kid Struggles with Making Decisions
Loneliness and Connection in Adults
Loneliness and Connection in Kids and Teens
School Avoidance: When It's Anxiety Related, How Can You Help?
Flusterclux In Session: How To Help A Rigid, Anxious Child By Modeling More Flexibility
Listener Questions on Handling Child Outbursts, Perfectionism, and Doubting Your Therapist
Best of: How to Raise Problem Solvers
Connection— not enmeshment— is the goal. How do you know the difference?
When a Teen's Mental Health Is Costing Her Friends
OCD in Kids: Listener Questions on Medication and Compulsive Apologizing
How To Teach Your Kids To Handle Disappointment
Unpacking the Parenting Styles on ABC TV's "The Parent Test"
Handling Embarrassment
Helping Your Kids Handle Medical Procedures
When Kids' Sleep Issues Are Actually Anxiety Issues
We're Talking to Teens the Wrong Way About Their Mental Health
When Your Worry Is a Dress Rehearsal for Tragedy, Here's How To Stop
5 Parenting Phrases You Should Use At Every Age
Unpacking and Breaking Your Habits That Self Soothe
Best Of Holiday Listener Questions: Blended Families and Angry Teens
An Episode To All College & High School Students and the People that Love Them
When is hoarding in adults and kids related to OCD?
Is High Functioning Anxiety Really A Thing?
When Anxiety Shows Up as Anger
How to Build Healthy Boundaries (And What That Means!)
How to Support Your Anxious Child 101
What You Should Know About Anxiety and Exercise
What to Say To The People Who Don't Get Anxiety
6 Parenting Phrases We Hate (and Why)
When do you push your kid towards the thing they are afraid of? A guide to Exposure Therapy
Tackling Meltdowns: A Guide for Kids, Teens, and Adults
When Should Therapy End?
Calling All Control Freaks: Here's Why and How To Let Go
How Parents Can Get Their Anxious Kids' Schools on the Same Page
How Talking Less Improves Your Parenting
The Back To School Message Every Parent Needs To Hear
Strengthening Your Kid’s Psychological Immune System
Best of Back To School: Let Your Kids Fail; Don't Let Your Kids Drown
The 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #7 The Final Step to Practice
The 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #6 Building Self Esteem
The 7 Anxiety Disruptors for Families: #5 When Bribing Works
Best Of: How To Manage Your Kids' Phobias
Best of Summer Episode: How to Take a Vacay from Mom Guilt
The 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #4 The Correct Way To Use Breath
When You Feel Rage at the World
The 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #3 get uncomfortable on purpose
The 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #2 How to Talk To Your Kid's Worry (And Your Own)
Best of Summer Episodes: Summer Camp & Separation Anxiety
The 7 Essential Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #1 Expect To Worry
The Skills of Connection Every Kid (and Adult) Needs Now
What You Really Need To Know About Tracking Your Kids
Here’s How Anxiety Sneaks Into Your Marriage
The Uncomfortable Truth About the Mom Wine Culture
Separation Anxiety: How Parents Can Manage It And Not Make It Worse
How to Know If Your Kid Has Sensory or Anxiety Issues or Both
Your Parents' Anxiety: How to Lessen Their Impact On Your Kids
Helping Your Kids With Self-Hatred and Self-Blame
Pixar's Turning Red and Inside Out: How These Movies Boost EQ
How to Manage Your Anxiety and Your Child’s Chronic Illness
Hypochondria: Is Your Anxiety About Your Family’s Health Normal?
Raising Kids Who Are Really Ready For College Isn’t What You Think
Talking To Your Kids About The War In Ukraine
OCD in Kids: Managing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder As a Family
Are Your Family's Anxiety Issues Unique?
These Parenting Traps Feed Anxiety and Are The Hardest to Stop Doing
Passing Out From Anxiety: Funny Tales From Our Family of Fainters
Helping Teens Reframe Their Social Anxiety
Rage: Managing Our Anger in a Tinderbox World
Burnout: Parents, Teachers, Healthcare Workers, This Is For You
When Anxious Kids Deny They're Anxious
A Reminder for Silliness and the Power of Play
The best advice for handling difficult family members
Flusterclux in Session: When Anxiety Is Your Teen's Life Coach
Flusterclux in Session: When Sleep Causes A Family Anxiety
Flusterclux in Session: The Stress of Two Different Parenting Styles
We’re Our Own Worst Critics
Do Your Kids Know How To Ask For Help?
The Anxiety Vaccine For Kids Pt. 2: Emotional Management
The Anxiety Vaccine For Kids
The progress we’re making with anxious kids
The Mental Health Mistakes Schools Make
ETed Lasso Is What We Need
If Our Kids Are Anxious, Do We Blame Ourselves?
How to Raise Problem Solvers
Developing Your Kid's Cognitive Flexibility From Toddlers to Teens
Developing Your Kid's Autonomy: How Controlling Are You?
What Parents Need To Know About Anxiety Medication For Children
The Good News About Your Kid's Psychological Immune System
What's New in Season 4 of Flusterclux
Back To School! 4 Ways to Boost Your Kids' Mental Health
Yelling At Our Kids: When its OK and When It's Not
Anxiety in Families: Is it Nature or Nurture?
Not Talking About Anxiety Makes It Worse
Find This Sweet Spot In Parenting Where There's Room For Mistakes
Global Language in Kids: How "Never" & "Always" Lead To Anxiety & Depression
The Opposite of Anxiety isn't Certainty: A Tale of Two Toddlers
Take a Vacation From Mom Guilt
Why Anxiety Makes Us Overreact With Our Kids and How To Shift
How Anxious Parents Give Too Much Information To Their Kids
Summer Safety Traps for Anxious Parents
This Makes Anxiety Worse: What Not to Do to Help Your Kids
Listeners Ask: Teens & Drinking and Anxiety vs. Intuition
OCD in Families: What it Is and Isn't
Dads, Depression, and Anxiety
Summer Camp & Separation Anxiety
The Anxious Parent: When It's One of You or Both of You
The Real Truth About Phobias and How To Manage Them
Social Anxiety Or Social Awkwardness: What's Normal?
What every parent should understand about the college admissions race
Panic Attacks Vs. Anxiety Attacks: What's the Difference?
Let Your Kids Fail; Don't Let Your Kids Drown: Teens & Homework Coaches
When Your Teen's Friends Are In Crisis: A Guide To Building Healthy Boundaries
School Anxiety: How To Help Our Kids & Teens
Families & The Power of Listening
The Bad Advice That Makes Anxiety Worse
COVID Fatigue & The Physical Symptoms of Anxiety
Parenting, Perfectionism, and Anxiety: How We Reward Its Toxicity
Romance & Resentment: Co-Parenting Tips You Need Now
High Anxiety & Good Grades: Our Toxic Achievement Culture
The Anxiety Vaccine pt 2: What Parents Can Do Right Now
The Anxiety Vaccine: Can Parents Prevent Anxiety Disorders in their Kids?
Supporting Teens in the Pandemic: How They Need Us Most
Helping Kids With Shame & Self-Harm and the Parent Message in Pixar's Soul
The Most Powerful Resolution: Earning a Black Belt in Emotional Management
How Silliness and Laughter Can Be Your Best Parenting Tool
Tough Dynamics At The Holidays: Blended Families and Angry Teens
Covid's Excuse: The Family You Won't Miss This Holiday
Santaphobia: Why Santa Freaks Some Kids Out
Holiday Grief From COVID Chaos: A Pep Talk
Social Anxiety, Teens, And A Pandemic
Flusterclux: For Parents Who Worry
Unpacking your family's baggage about anger, grief, and worry
Reassurance Traps: How to Know When Anxiety Is In Control
What I Wish Everyone Knew About Gratitude
The Physical Symptoms of Anxiety: What You Need to Know
Listeners Ask: Difficult Mothers-in-law and Middle School Slobs
How to prevent depression and understand your risk factors
Election Anxiety: How Not to Scar Your Kids
How to Find A Good Child Therapist For Your Kid's Anxiety
Picky Eater Kids: Preventing and Managing Food Anxiety
Parenting, Perfectionism, and Anxiety: How We Reward Something Toxic
How Family Laughter And Silliness Are Our Families' Most Powerful Tonics
Hope After A Teen Anxiety and Depression Diagnosis
When You Should Get Your Child A Depression or Anxiety Diagnosis
Welcome to Flusterclux: Fix Anxiety With Lynn Lyons LICSW
Why Rigidity is the Bellwether of Anxiety Disorders in Children
When a family experiences a traumatic event together & If your child says "nobody likes me"
Back To School Anxiety: Supporting The Social-Emotional Needs of Students and Teacher
Listeners Ask: Siblings Fighting: Don't Say Boys Will Be Boys
Listeners Ask: Back To School Anxiety and Teens Self Diagnosing Their Depression
Listeners Ask: Teens And Peer Pressure
Co-Parenting In A Pandemic: How to Find A Better Balance
A Family Summer Guide To 2020: Social Distancing Fun
Listeners Ask: Meltdowns, Anxiety And Depression in Kids
Confronting White Fragility and Colorblindness
Unpacking Your Family's Baggage And Starting Fresh With Your Kids
Listeners Ask: Mom Guilt, Burnout, and School Stress
Parents: Try These Bedtime Routine Hacks
Helicopter Parents: Strategies for Landing
Regressive Behavior From Toddlers to Teens: What’s Normal
Plan Now for the Next New Normal
Why We Must Flatten Our Emotional Curve For Our Kids
Managing Disappointment: When FOMO Becomes Just MO
Stuck-In-Home Parenting
Trailer: Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons