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Your Zen Friend — 208 episodes · page 1 of 3
5 Ways to Create More Connection and Calm This Summer
Fear of Being Awkward: Understanding Today's Anxious Teen
Chaos to Calm: Managing Your End of School Year Stress
Why Anxiety Treatment Seems To Fail: What Parents Need to Know
Anxiety Red Flags: When to Seek Help for Your Anxious Tween or Teen
Drop of Zen ~ A Joyful Moment
The Parent's Roadmap to OCD Treatment: Choosing a Therapist, ERP, and Home Support
Anxiety or Something More? A Parent's Guide to Recognizing OCD
Smartphones & Anxiety: Setting Healthy Boundaries for Tweens & Teens
To Reassure or Not to Reassure: What to Do When Your Tween or Teen is Worried
Parenting is Ridiculous, Keeping it Real as a Therapist Mom
Easing Sunday Scaries for Tweens and Teens
How to Stop Walking on Eggshells with Your Anxious Tween or Teen
Social Anxiety in Tweens and Teens and How to Help as a Parent
Supporting Your Anxious Teen While Managing Your Anxiety
Zen Bonus Boost ~ The Importance of Validating Feelings: Yours and Your Children's
Have Less Anxiety and More Balance in 2025
Anxiety, Routines and Holiday Traditions
Setting Boundaries During the Holiday Season with Vicki Smith
Have More Zen and Less Stress for the Holidays
Helping Anxious Tweens and Teens Navigate Holiday Stress
Anxiety and Perfectionism and What Parents Should Know
Anxiety in Kids and Teens and 3 Common Mistakes Parents Make
Is it Anxiety or Bad Behavior? What Parents Need to Understand
Understanding Anxiety Recovery and How It’s a Journey, Not a Destination
My Story with Chronic Pain and Mind-Body Symptoms
Understanding Chronic Pain, the Mind-Body Connection and How to Heal
Drop of Zen ~ Somatic Tracking Mediation for Pain or Anxiety
The Mind-Body Connection: Understanding Anxiety, Pain and Physical Symptoms in Tweens, Teens, and Adults
Zen Bonus Boost ~ What I Wish More Parents Would Do to Help Their Tweens and Teens Decrease Anxiety
The Language You Use with Your Tween or Teen Could Be Increasing Their Anxiety
Zen Bonus Boost ~ How Being Less Positive Can Help Your Tween or Teen
Understanding Autism and Anxiety with Mary Kate Robb
Drop of Zen - Surrender and Let Go
What to Do When You're Given a Hot Potato by Your Tween or Teen
Zen Bonus Boost ~ Why it’s Actually Helpful to Lose it With Your Kids Sometimes
Healthy Choices for Managing Anxiety with Leena Abdulrahman
Drop of Zen ~ Cultivating Strength and Support
What You MUST DO as a Parent of a Tween or Teen with Anxiety
Setting Healthy Boundaries with Your Anxious Tween or Teen
Anxiety Symptoms in Kids and Teens That Might Surprise You and How You Can Help
Zen Bonus Boost ~ It's Okay to Feel Uncomfortable!
Good Enough-ish Parenting with Brooke Forry and the Good Enough-ish Podcast
Drop of Zen ~ Be Here Now, Even with Difficult Emotions
Managing Back to School Anxiety
Zen Bonus Boost ~ How You Can Stay Calm When Your Kid is Loosing It
Helping Teens to Regulate Their Emotions, Even the Big and Irrational Ones with Ann Coleman
Drop of Zen ~ Getting in Touch with a Part of You (IFS/Parts Work Meditation)
Inside Out Two and Using Lightness and Humor to Decrease Your Child's Anxiety
Drop of Zen ~ Rest Deeply or Prepare for Sleep
Emotional Freedom Technique and it's Benefits for You and Your Family with Vicki Smith and Power to the Pleasers Podcast
Zen Bonus Boost ~ Motivating Your Child to Do What Makes Them Anxious
Take the Fear Out of Anxiety
Drop of Zen ~ Feel Less Worried about Your Anxious Child
Is Social Media Making Your Tween or Teen More Anxious with Leena Abdulrahman
Zen Bonus Boost ~ A Parenting Mistake I Made and Why I'm Glad I Made it
Teen Anxiety: How to Recognize it, Provide Support and Avoid Pitfalls with Ann Colelman from Speaking of Teens
Zen Bonus Boost ~ Why Your Anxious Child is Annoying You and What You Can Do
How to Support Your Anxious Tween or Teen this Summer, Even if They are Less Anxious Right Now
Zen Bonus Boost ~ Traveling with Anxious Kids
The Difference Between Stress and Anxiety in Kids and Teens with Sonia Casique and the College and Career Ready Podcast
Drop of Zen ~ Inviting in a Sense of Calm
My Personal Story of Growing up with Anxiety and Raising a Child with Anxiety and a Podcast Announcement
Drop of Zen ~ Let Go and Relax in This Moment
How I'm Finding Calm in Chaos and Preparing for A Podcast Announcement
Drop of Zen ~ A Two Minute Check In
Understanding Sibling Rivalry and When Parents Should Take Action with Dr. Amy Meyers
Drop of Zen ~ Give Yourself a Nourishing Break
Why Kids are More Anxious in May and June and How to Support Them
Drop of Zen ~ A Three Minute Mediation to Connect with Yourself
A Book Club Discussion on The Marriage Sabbatical with Author Lian Dolan
Drop of Zen ~ A Meditation for Self-Compassion
Noticing Your Critical Part and Inviting in Self Compassion
Drop of Zen ~ Identifying What You Need
Have a More Harmonious Summer with Your College Age Child with Leena Abdulrahman
Drop of Zen ~ Three Part Breath
How You and Your Child Can Have More Zen During a Hectic Sports Season
Drop of Zen ~ A Heart Centered Meditation for Difficult Days
How to Have Fun with Clothes and Style While Modeling Self Care for Your Teen with Jennifer Mackey-Mary
Drop of Zen ~ Take a Peaceful Pause
How to Know if Your Tween or Teen is Overscheduled and The Downside of Too Many Activities
Drop of Zen ~ Feeling Safe and Grounded
Interior Designer Don Richards Answers Listener Questions to Help Create More Zen at Home
Drop of Zen ~ Understanding Your Anxiety and What it is Trying to Tell You
How to Decrease Anxiety Symptoms
Drop of Zen ~ A Meditation for When You're Feeling Anxious
How to Prevent Anxiety Symptoms
Drop of Zen ~ Resting in Wellbeing
Treating ADHD Symptoms with Naturopathic Medicine with Dr. Shawn Carney
Drop of Zen ~Setting an Intention for Your Day
Eye Rolls and Attitude, What to Do and More Importantly What Not to Do
Drop of Zen ~ A Self Compassion Break
How to Make Your Home's Problem Areas Beautiful on a Budget with Don Richards
Drop of Zen ~ A Meditation for When You Are Feeling Worried
A Strategy for Decreasing Your Child's Anxiety That Will Lower Your Stress and Worry Too
Drop of Zen ~ Inviting in Stillness
Using Humor to Make and Keep Connections with Your Kids and Fun with Slang Words with Leena Abdulrahman
Drop of Zen ~ Releasing Stress and Tension
Why Parents Need to Blow Off Steam and an Unconventional (BUT FUN) Way to Do it
Drop of Zen: A Short and Sweet Mid Day Break