035: How Anxiety in Kids Is Causing Attention Problems at School with Dr. Wiggy Saunders

We know that anxiety is affecting both kids and adults at alarming rates.

We’ve discussed anxiety busters before on The Healthy Parenting Handbook, and today we’re completing the trifecta of experts with an MD who practices integrative medicine.

Dr. Wiggy Saunders joins me to dive into anxiety once again because we can’t give parents enough strategies to help their kids (and themselves) dig out of their anxious lives. We’re focusing specifically on how anxiety is affecting kids’ school performance.

Your mind will be blown with how closely anxiety and focus/attention are connected, and how certain strategies may help reduce your kids’ struggles in both areas!

We’ll talk about:

• Dr. Wiggy’s favorite Bible verse
• How different types of anxiety can escalate one to the other
• The impact of parental anxiety on our kids
• The role of adrenals in stress and how to support them with the nutrients they’re consuming like a ravenous teenager
• What magnesium in particular “says” to the adrenals to calm them down, and how that may impact kids’ school performance
• The 4 vitamins and minerals most important to boost your immune system

Resources We Mentioned for Anxiety in Kids

• Raise Them Well
• Find Raise Them Well on social media: Facebook, Instagram
• Dr. Wiggy's supplement line, Health As It Ought To Be
• Health As It Ought To Be on Facebook
• Dr. Wiggy on Facebook
• Raise Them Well supplements: Magnesium roll-on, magnesium balm, Mag-Focus, immune booster
• Anxiety in teens
• Tips for managing your child's anxiety
• What is the best form of magnesium
• More on kids and magnesium
• More immune-boosting tips

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• Kids Cook Real Food
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