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.
Find us at flusterclux.com https://www.facebook.com/flusterclux https://www.instagram.com/flusterclux/
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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Jun 18, 2021 • 24min
Summer Safety Traps for Anxious Parents
Summer’s here and parents are stressed. Hear Lynn talk about safety chatter, what it is, and why anxious parents do it. Our language matters so much. Lynn shares how to offer safety instructions to kids and teens that are practical and not catastrophic.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat this fall!Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24.Join the email list 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
Jun 11, 2021 • 45min
This Makes Anxiety Worse: What Not to Do to Help Your Kids
At the conclusion of Mental Health Awareness month, we weed through the bad advice that is so prevalent about anxiety that only makes it worse. We discuss the certain skills we must help our kids (and ourselves) develop to manage anxiety, and we talk about the things parents might try that have the desired outcome. This is an updated version of a previously released episode. Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat this fall!Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24.Join the email list 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
Jun 4, 2021 • 44min
Listeners Ask: Teens & Drinking and Anxiety vs. Intuition
In today’s episode Lynn answers two listener questions. First a mom discovers her 15 year old has been thinking of drinking to manage her stress. What are the conversations parents should be having with their teens around stress, substance abuse and peer pressure?And another mom raised by an anxious parent is trying to break the cycle with her daughters. She asks Lynn how to know when the voices inside her head are generational patterns of worry repeating or intuitive warnings. How does anxiety filter the decisions we make and the information we receive?Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat! Work with Lynn to discuss your family.Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Parenting Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24.Join the email list 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
May 28, 2021 • 52min
OCD in Families: What it Is and Isn't
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is often missed or just misunderstood. What is OCD and what isn’t? How does it differ from really anxious thoughts? How is it treated? While it can show up at any point in life, some kids commonly show signs around 7 when there’s a family history. Lynn explains the connection with anxiety and how it differs, but most importantly, how to manage it and what signs to look for. Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat! Work with Lynn to discuss your family.Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24. New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 21, 2021 • 51min
Dads, Depression, and Anxiety
So often the moms assume the role of supporting the family’s health and mental health, but dads have a critical role to play. What is that role? And how do you encourage your partner to step into that role? When a man is unsure of how to talk about emotions with his children, what should he say? What if he doesn’t want to talk about them with anyone?In this episode, we get raw and deep reflecting on the men most dear to us.How do we raise boys that have the permission and the know-how to connect with others? And how do we help them now become the available and emotionally literate dads of tomorrow?Article referenced: Mom, the Designated WorrierPast Episode discussed: The Anxious Parent: When Its One or Both of You Join Us For Our Parenting Retreat! Work with Lynn to discuss your family.Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Retreat at Canyon Ranch October 22-24. New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 14, 2021 • 43min
Summer Camp & Separation Anxiety
After an atypical year of intense togetherness with our kids, parents may be out of practice being apart from their kids. Today we talk about the separation anxiety parents feel around summer camp, because it really is harder on us that it is on them. How can we best prepare our own kids leaving home for somewhere new? How we can manage our worry when our kids are out of our sight? Why is it so important to learn this skill as a parent?The Anxious Parent: Most families have one, some families have two. But what important role does a non-anxious parent play? How do worry and control often dictate parenting dynamics that put stress on a relationship? How can you tell if anxiety is in charge of your household, and what can you do about it?Here is the article we mention where Lynn was interviewed in Outside Magazine talking about summer camp and technology.Join Us October 22, 2021 at Canyon RanchGet more information about registering for the Flusterclux Retreat at Canyon Ranch. Advanced Clinician Training-Just a few spots left!Mental health clinicians, register for Lynn’s June 4th advanced clinical training: ANXIOUS FAMILIES: HOW TO USE PROCESS, PARENTS, AND HOMEWORK TO GET FAMILIES MOVING.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 7, 2021 • 40min
The Anxious Parent: When It's One of You or Both of You
The Anxious Parent: Most families have one, some families have two. But what important role does a non-anxious parent play? How do worry and control often dictate parenting dynamics that put stress on a relationship? How can you tell if anxiety is in charge of your household, and what can you do about it?We mention two past episodes in this week's. First we mention an episode called Romance and Resentment. And second we discuss an episode and out family baggage and how we parent.Join Us October 22, 2021 at Canyon RanchGet more information about registering for the Flusterclux Retreat at Canyon Ranch. Advanced Clinician Training-Just a few spots left!Mental health clinicians, register for Lynn’s June 4th advanced clinical training: ANXIOUS FAMILIES: HOW TO USE PROCESS, PARENTS, AND HOMEWORK TO GET FAMILIES MOVING.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 30, 2021 • 38min
The Real Truth About Phobias and How To Manage Them
What’s the truth about phobias?Emetaphobia, Astraphobia, Autophobia. Some kids became afraid of a variety of things: throwing up, needles, dogs, thunderstorms, the dark. As parents we want to help, we want to make our kids feels safe and comfortable. We want to address the worry. But how we do that often just makes the worry and fear stronger. In this episode I ask Lynn to explain her effective approach of addressing the process of worry and not the content. Because when we try to address the specifics of what our kids worry about, we invite anxiety to move in and take hold.Join Us October 22, 2021 at Canyon RanchGet more information about registering for the Flusterclux Retreat at Canyon Ranch. Advanced Clinician TrainingMental health clinicians, register for Lynn’s June 4th advanced clinical training: ANXIOUS FAMILIES: HOW TO USE PROCESS, PARENTS, AND HOMEWORK TO GET FAMILIES MOVING.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 23, 2021 • 41min
Social Anxiety Or Social Awkwardness: What's Normal?
Do you or your child have Social Anxiety or are we now pathologizing shyness, too? Learn the different between real signs of social anxiety or just a more introverted temperament. What skills do we need to teach our kids to help them connect with others?As we leave our quarantined isolation, some kids might be feeling out of practice being with other kids and teens again. Hear Lynn tell us how to support them.Join Us October 22, 2021Get more information about registering for the Flusterclux Retreat at Canyon Ranch. Mental health clinicians, register for Lynn’s June 4th advanced clinical training: ANXIOUS FAMILIES: HOW TO USE PROCESS, PARENTS, AND HOMEWORK TO GET FAMILIES MOVING.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 16, 2021 • 33min
What every parent should understand about the college admissions race
In honor of May 1st's deadline for many college bound seniors to make their choice, Lynn shares really relevant advice from her perspective over the last few decades of watching her adolescent clients to college and struggle with anxiety.Parents struggle knowing how to support academic success for their kids in a healthy way, so Lynn offers advice for parents of kids of all ages. We also answer a listener question in response to the recent episode on the toxicity of the achievement culture. If you haven’t heard it yet, I suggest you stop and listen to the first episode of Season 3 on Anxiety and good grades. Events!Mental health clinicians, register for Lynn's June 4th advanced clinical training: ANXIOUS FAMILIES: HOW TO USE PROCESS, PARENTS, AND HOMEWORK TO GET FAMILIES MOVING.Join Lynn and Robin for a luxe parenting retreat at Canyon Ranch this fall on October 22. Sign up for the presale when you complete this survey.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST.Join the email list to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids.Join the Flusterclux Facebook group so that you can ask your question on a future episode.Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram.Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
