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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Apr 9, 2021 • 47min
Panic Attacks Vs. Anxiety Attacks: What's the Difference?
Panic Attacks. While they are incredibly common, they are often mislabeled and misunderstood. Teenagers, even adults, will casually throw the label around.What’s the difference between those really powerful moments of anxiety and a panic attack?How do you help your family members when they experience them?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 2, 2021 • 34min
Let Your Kids Fail; Don't Let Your Kids Drown: Teens & Homework Coaches
Mistakes and Failures can be some of life’s best teachers. When it comes to letting our kids fail, how do we know the difference between letting them fail and letting them drown? What do you do if your teenager hasn’t mastered the skill of asking for help? Or, what do you say when your teen doesn’t even care?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
Mar 26, 2021 • 48min
When Your Teen's Friends Are In Crisis: A Guide To Building Healthy Boundaries
At some point one of your children’s friends will be in crisis. How do you help your teens help their friends? How do you teach them to develop boundaries with those friends? When your child shares that a friend is feeling suicidal or cutting or other self-harming behaviors, what do you do?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
Mar 19, 2021 • 39min
School Anxiety: How To Help Our Kids & Teens
Many families are feeling anxious about changes to their school routine, both kids and parents. How do we support our kids and teens and help them manage their worry about going back to school? And when does this worry become more serious and lead to school avoidance and school refusal?Lynn references Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD: A Scientifically Proven Program for Parents by Eli Lebowitzand her own book co-authored with Reid Wilson, Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents. New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST.Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit available until March 30th!Purchase the self-paced course now.Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and sell the course to your parenting community as a fundraiser.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
Mar 12, 2021 • 20min
Families & The Power of Listening
We talk a lot about the power of words...teaching kids to put words to their feelings, modeling emotional literacy. But the flip side of talking—the critical flip side—is listening. What happens when you don’t feel heard? What’s the toll on your mental health, royal or not? When our kids and teens talk, can we tap into the full power of listening? We discuss the way the public health conversation may change after Oprah's interview with Megan and Harry.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST.Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit available until March 30th! Purchase the self-paced course Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and sell the course to your parenting community as a fundraiser.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
Mar 5, 2021 • 44min
The Bad Advice That Makes Anxiety Worse
There's a lot of bad advice out there to weed through when so many claim to be parenting or anxiety experts. But some well-meaning advice will actually strengthen your child's anxious habits, and Lynn Lyons explains why. Previous Episodes Mentioned:The Anxiety Vaccine Part 2: What Parents Can Do Right NowWhen a Family Experiences TraumaNew episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST.Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit for 2021! Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Purchase the self-paced course.Register closes Friday March 5th for the live Anxiety Audit workshop March 6th, 2021.You can receive a $40 bundle discount for both formats, if you buy the course on the Eventbrite website at the time of registration.Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and sell the course to your parenting community as a fundraiser.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
Feb 26, 2021 • 43min
COVID Fatigue & The Physical Symptoms of Anxiety
All parents need this pep talk about managing COVID fatigue. And we recast a very popular episode. Anxiety shows up in the body—headaches, tummy troubles, and more. We talk about how understanding the mind body connection can help manage the physical symptoms of anxiety for you and your kids.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit for 2021!Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Purchase the self-paced course. Register for the live Anxiety Audit workshop March 6th, 2021.You can receive a $40 bundle discount for both formats, if you buy the course on the Eventbrite website at the time of registration.Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and sell the course to your parenting community as a fundraiser.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
Feb 19, 2021 • 41min
Parenting, Perfectionism, and Anxiety: How We Reward Its Toxicity
Previous Episodes Mentioned:The Anxiety Vaccine Part 2: What Parents Can Do Right NowExtreme Shame and Self-HarmUnpacking Your Family’s Emotional Baggage and Starting Fresh With Your Kids New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit for 2021! Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Purchase the self-paced course. Register for the live Anxiety Audit workshop March 6th, 2021.You can receive a $40 bundle discount for both formats, if you buy the course on the Eventbrite website at the time of registration.Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and sell the course to your parenting community as a fundraiser.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
Feb 12, 2021 • 44min
Romance & Resentment: Co-Parenting Tips You Need Now
Does parenting squash all romance? No, resentment does. This pandemic has disproportionately impacted mothers. It's putting our relationships to the test. So as we work to support our kids, there are traps we all fall into our our relationships. We talk about learning to ask for help in the right way, dropping that defensiveness, reducing that resentment, and how improving your co-parenting will help your kids more than you know,New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit for 2021! Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Purchase the self-paced course. Register for the live Anxiety Audit workshop March 6th, 2021.You can receive a $40 bundle discount for both formats, if you buy the course on the Eventbrite website at the time of registration.Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and sell the course to your parenting community as a fundraiser.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
Feb 5, 2021 • 44min
High Anxiety & Good Grades: Our Toxic Achievement Culture
We end Season 2 with a bang of an episode. Finishing off our conversation about preventing anxiety in our kids, we tackle the toxicity of our achievement culture. It’s so normalized it’s invisible to us. And we answer a listener question about how to develop a strong work ethic in her 8 year old twins. Lynn has a must hear answer for kids of any age.New episodes arrive Friday at 12:00AM EST. Don't Miss the Anxiety Audit for 2021! Break your 7 habits of worry with Lynn.Purchase the self-paced course. Register for the live Anxiety Audit workshop March 6th, 2021.You can receive a $40 bundle discount for both formats, if you buy the course on the Eventbrite website at the time of registration.Therapists and school counselors, become a Flusterclux affiliate and sell the course to your parenting community as a fundraiser.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
