Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry
Lynn Lyons LICSW, Robin Hutson
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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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.
Find us at flusterclux.com https://www.facebook.com/flusterclux https://www.instagram.com/flusterclux/
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Mar 18, 2022 • 42min
Hypochondria: Is Your Anxiety About Your Family’s Health Normal?
Of course parents should pay attention to their family’s health. But when does your worry about illness in a global pandemic become too much? How does your health anxiety impact your family? How do we educate our kids on the ways anxiety can create physical symptoms so that they know when their worry is the cause of the tummy ache? Flusterclux Retreat for Parents And TeensRegistration Open. Our discounted room block is available until today, March 18, 2022.Equipping Teens To Launch: The Connections, Conversations, and Skills Families NeedSpecifically for families with teens aged 13-19, Lynn Lyons and Robin Hutson of Flusterclux will present a full day of programming on Saturday, April 9th, 2022, from 9am until 5pm at the Woodstock Inn in Woodstock, Vermont. The Latest Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis self-paced course covers the core tools a family needs to manage their anxiety, the same principles Lynn teaches to families in her private practice.This course includes 6 video modules from Lynn Lyons, LICSW, and 9 additional Q&A videos from Lynn and Robin of Flusterclux.What you'll get:
Understand how anxiety works so that you can help manage your kids and your own.
Learn what to say when anxiety shows up for you or your kids.
For Kids: A special video that explains how anxiety works suitable for those ages 6 and up.
Follow UsJoin 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.New episodes arrive Friday at 6:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 11, 2022 • 40min
Raising Kids Who Are Really Ready For College Isn’t What You Think
Parents and students are focusing on college admissions earlier and earlier, hoping to get a head start on what has become an increasingly competitive race through high school. They say they want their kids to be “happy” and “successful” in college, but if parents are obsessed with getting in, are they developing the right skills to help them thrive once there? Anxiety Expert and therapist Lynn Lyons shares her perspective after treating teens for decades through this process and well after.We invite you to listen (or re-listen!) to our prior episode, "High Anxiety & Good Grades: Our Toxic Achievement Culture".Flusterclux Retreat for Parents And TeensRegistration Open. Our discounted room block is available until today, March 11, 2022.Equipping Teens To Launch: The Connections, Conversations, and Skills Families NeedSpecifically for families with teens aged 13-19, Lynn Lyons and Robin Hutson of Flusterclux will present a full day of programming on Saturday, April 9th, 2022, from 9am until 5pm at the Woodstock Inn in Woodstock, Vermont. NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis self-paced course covers the core tools a family needs to manage their anxiety, the same principles Lynn teaches to families in her private practice.This course includes 6 video modules from Lynn Lyons, LICSW, and 9 additional Q&A videos from Lynn and Robin of Flusterclux.What you'll get:
Understand how anxiety works so that you can help manage your kids and your own.
Learn what to say when anxiety shows up for you or your kids.
For Kids: A special video that explains how anxiety works suitable for those ages 6 and up.
Follow UsJoin 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.New episodes arrive Friday at 6:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 4, 2022 • 23min
Talking To Your Kids About The War In Ukraine
As we find ourselves struggling to process such horrific news, how do we help our children understand it? Once again we must deal with our own big emotions and theirs during a time of great uncertainty. Lynn offers some guidance from little kids to teens as we love them through it and our own anxiety. Flusterclux Retreat for Parents And TeensRegistration Open. Discounted rooms available until March 11, 2022.Equipping Teens To Launch: The Connections, Conversations, and Skills Families NeedSpecifically for families with teens aged 13-19, Lynn Lyons and Robin Hutson of Flusterclux will present a full day of programming on Saturday, April 9th, 2022, from 9am until 5pm at the Woodstock Inn in Woodstock, Vermont. NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis self-paced course covers the core tools a family needs to manage their anxiety, the same principles Lynn teaches to families in her private practice.This course includes 6 video modules from Lynn Lyons, LICSW, and 9 additional Q&A videos from Lynn and Robin of Flusterclux.What you'll get:
Understand how anxiety works so that you can help manage your kids and your own.
Learn what to say when anxiety shows up for you or your kids.
For Kids: A special video that explains how anxiety works suitable for those ages 6 and up.
Follow UsJoin 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.New episodes arrive Friday at 5:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 25, 2022 • 50min
OCD in Kids: Managing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder As a Family
Expert Lynn Lyons consults with a mom whose son has OCD, offering tools for the whole family. Special retreat and course announcements for parents and teens. Discussion on managing anxiety in children, genetic links, and finding OCD therapists for kids.
Feb 18, 2022 • 30min
Are Your Family's Anxiety Issues Unique?
In the second of a two-part episode, we complete a list of four common traps in which parents get stuck. While we can face many unique challenges to parenting if we are divorced, single by choice, raising kids with special needs or facing chronic illnesses, it's helpful to understand when a custom approach to anxiety is needed.Flusterclux Retreat for Parents And TeensRegistration Open. Discounted rooms available until March 1, 2022.Equipping Teens To Launch: The Connections, Conversations, and Skills Families NeedSpecifically for families with teens aged 13-19, Lynn Lyons and Robin Hutson of Flusterclux will present a full day of programming on Saturday, April 9th, 2022, from 9am until 5pm at the Woodstock Inn in Woodstock, Vermont. NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis self-paced course covers the core tools a family needs to manage their anxiety, the same principles Lynn teaches to families in her private practice.This course includes 6 video modules from Lynn Lyons, LICSW, and 9 additional Q&A videos from Lynn and Robin of Flusterclux.What you'll get:
Understand how anxiety works so that you can help manage your kids and your own.
Learn what to say when anxiety shows up for you or your kids.
For Kids: A special video that explains how anxiety works suitable for those ages 6 and up.
Follow UsJoin 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.New episodes arrive Friday at 5:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 11, 2022 • 34min
These Parenting Traps Feed Anxiety and Are The Hardest to Stop Doing
It’s so easy to step into the parenting traps that feed anxiety and worry. We’ve all done them, so you’re in good company. In this episode we look at the patterns of inconsistency, trying to control outcomes because of our own worry. And we unpack the important distinction between emotional availability and emotional enmeshment. We also reference a past episode focusing on reassurance. Flusterclux Retreat for Parents And TeensRegistration Open. Discounted rooms available until March 1, 2022.Equipping Teens To Launch: The Connections, Conversations, and Skills Families NeedSpecifically for families with teens aged 13-19, Lynn Lyons and Robin Hutson of Flusterclux will present a full day of programming on Saturday, April 9th, 2022, from 9am until 5pm at the Woodstock Inn in Woodstock, Vermont. NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis self-paced course covers the core tools a family needs to manage their anxiety, the same principles Lynn teaches to families in her private practice.This course includes 6 video modules from Lynn Lyons, LICSW, and 9 additional Q&A videos from Lynn and Robin of Flusterclux.What you'll get:
Understand how anxiety works so that you can help manage your kids and your own.
Learn what to say when anxiety shows up for you or your kids.
For Kids: A special video that explains how anxiety works suitable for those ages 6 and up.
Follow UsJoin 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.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 4, 2022 • 42min
Passing Out From Anxiety: Funny Tales From Our Family of Fainters
Do you know anyone who has a tendency to faint? Anxiety expert Lynn Lyons talks about her own experience with vasovagal syncope, a condition shared by her father, siblings, and son. Learn how she manages it, and how she helped her son. And enjoy the many laughs about our family’s most embarrassing fainting moments.Lynn references this video of a talk she gave about her own history of fainting and overcoming it. We also reference a a listener episode of Flusterclux Retreat for Parents And TeensRegistration Open!Equipping Teens To Launch: The Connections, Conversations, and Skills Families NeedSpecifically for families with teens aged 13-19, Lynn Lyons and Robin Hutson of Flusterclux will present a full day of programming on Saturday, April 9th, 2022, from 9am until 5pm at the Woodstock Inn in Woodstock, Vermont. NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis self-paced course covers the core tools a family needs to manage their anxiety, the same principles Lynn teaches to families in her private practice.This course includes 6 video modules from Lynn Lyons, LICSW, and 9 additional Q&A videos from Lynn and Robin of Flusterclux.What you'll get:
Understand how anxiety works so that you can help manage your kids and your own.
Learn what to say when anxiety shows up for you or your kids.
For Kids: A special video that explains how anxiety works suitable for those ages 6 and up.
Follow UsJoin 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.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST.Show Less Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 28, 2022 • 55min
Helping Teens Reframe Their Social Anxiety
It's time for a new Flusterclux In Session episode where anxiety expert Lynn Lyons offers a listener consultation. Hear from Mom Becky who is worried about her anxious 16 year old daughter. Becky is thinking ahead and wondering how to prepare her kind, sensitive daughter to take the next steps toward college. Social anxiety and a traumatic event have teamed up to shut this teenager down from seeking social connection. Lynn guides this mom out of her own worry and reframes her daughter’s strengths to get them both moving forward.Lynn references this video of a talk she gave about her own history of fainting and overcoming it. She also references a past Flusterclux episode of a family overcoming a traumatic event.Flusterclux Retreat on Parenting TeensRegistration Opens January 29th at 12pm EST.Equipping Teens To Launch: The Connections, Conversations, and Skills Families NeedSpecifically for families with teens aged 13-19, Lynn Lyons and Robin Hutson of Flusterclux will present a full day of programming on Saturday, April 9th, 2022, from 9am until 5pm at the Woodstock Inn in Woodstock, Vermont. NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis self-paced course covers the core tools a family needs to manage their anxiety, the same principles Lynn teaches to families in her private practice.This course includes 6 video modules from Lynn Lyons, LICSW, and 9 additional Q&A videos from Lynn and Robin of Flusterclux.What you'll get:
Understand how anxiety works so that you can help manage your kids and your own.
Learn what to say when anxiety shows up for you or your kids.
For Kids: A special video that explains how anxiety works suitable for those ages 6 and up.
Follow UsJoin 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.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST.Show Less Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 21, 2022 • 44min
Rage: Managing Our Anger in a Tinderbox World
Rage. As we all grieve for a pre-pandemic world, we feel a lot of rage with our sadness. Anxiety expert and therapist Lynn Lyons talks about why we collectively feel anger and brings it home to our family and children. How do you help your children through outbursts? How do you raise kids who don't have outbursts as an adult? How do you manage your own rage?Flusterclux Retreat on Parenting TeensSave the date for the weekend of April 9th! Join the Facebook group for first access to information and registration coming this month! The retreat will be held at the Woodstock Inn in Vermont. Registration will go live soon! NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis self-paced course covers the core tools a family needs to manage their anxiety, the same principles Lynn teaches to families in her private practice.This course includes 6 video modules from Lynn Lyons, LICSW, and 9 additional Q&A videos from Lynn and Robin of Flusterclux.What you'll get:
Understand how anxiety works so that you can help manage your kids and your own.
Learn what to say when anxiety shows up for you or your kids.
For Kids: A special video that explains how anxiety works suitable for those ages 6 and up.
Follow UsJoin 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.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 14, 2022 • 32min
Burnout: Parents, Teachers, Healthcare Workers, This Is For You
Burnout. It's certainly a word we're hearing frequently, particularly in those who work in healthcare and education. But because burnout is often specific to the role of caring for others, there's a reason why parents feel burnout, too. We unpack burnout, what helps and what makes it worse. Flusterclux Retreat on Parenting TeensSave the date for the weekend of April 9th! Join the Facebook group for first access to information and registration coming this month! The retreat will be held at the Woodstock Inn in Vermont. Registration will go live soon! NEW Course for Parents!Managing Anxiety in Children: A Guide for ParentsThis self-paced course covers the core tools a family needs to manage their anxiety, the same principles Lynn teaches to families in her private practice.This course includes 6 video modules from Lynn Lyons, LICSW, and 9 additional Q&A videos from Lynn and Robin of Flusterclux.What you'll get:
Understand how anxiety works so that you can help manage your kids and your own.
Learn what to say when anxiety shows up for you or your kids.
For Kids: A special video that explains how anxiety works suitable for those ages 6 and up.
Follow UsJoin 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.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
