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 man...
Is Our Desire For Neatness Making Our Child Anxious About Being Messy?
On this episode we answer two listener questions: our first mom is trying to sort through her toddler's discomfort with anything “messy” and his demands to clean things up. Her family is concerned, and she wants to know what’s normal. Another mom is noticing how her own anxious thoughts are anticipating a health problem with her daughter, even when all is well. It’s a habit of worrying, and she wants to break it.
Here's the episode that Lynn & Robin mention that they recorded with "The Poop Lady":
https://www.flusterclux.com/anxiety-tummy-aches-and-constipation/
WE'VE MADE PLAYLISTS OF OUR EPISODES TO HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC TOPICS.
Here is our first:
Parents of Anxious Kids, Start Here
For those brand new to the podcast, we suggest starting with this playlist featuring Lynn Lyons and the 7-part anxiety disruptor series as well as a 3-part series on the skills most helpful in managing anxious kids: flexibility, problem solving, and autonomy.
Consult our Spotify profile for the most up-to-date selection.
WIN A COPY OF THE ANXIETY AUDIT COURSE!
We will select two listeners who complete our listener survey. We hope it is you!
FOLLOW US
Join 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.
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Search “Last Night at School Committee” wherever you listen to podcasts for highlights on the big decisions that are affecting students, using Boston as a real-world example.
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Best of: Preparing for Difficult Relatives: A Holiday Survival Plan
Although the holidays can be special, the patterns that show up in people are predictable, even if it is Thanksgiving or Christmas. Critical parent? Passive aggressive sibling? Catastrophic you? In this episode, we talk about the most common and stressful holiday traps and how you and your family can disrupt them.
WE'VE MADE PLAYLISTS OF OUR EPISODES TO HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC TOPICS.
Here is our first:
Parents of Anxious Kids, Start Here
For those brand new to the podcast, we suggest starting with this playlist featuring Lynn Lyons and the 7-part anxiety disruptor series as well as a 3-part series on the skills most helpful in managing anxious kids: flexibility, problem solving, and autonomy.
Consult our Spotify profile for the most up-to-date selection.
WIN A COPY OF THE ANXIETY AUDIT COURSE!
We will select two listeners who complete our listener survey. We hope it is you!
FOLLOW US
Join 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.
VISIT OUR SPONSORS FOR SPECIAL OFFERS JUST FOR YOU:
As a special, limited-time offer for our listeners, get $40 off your purchase of a Skylight Calendar when you go to SkylightCal.com/FLUSTERCLUX.
Head to lumen.me/FLUSTER for 15% off your purchase.
Get 20% off your first order when you go to LIQUIDIV.com and use code FLUSTER at checkout.
Search “Last Night at School Committee” wherever you listen to podcasts for highlights on the big decisions that are affecting students, using Boston as a real-world example.
Get 10 FREE meals at HelloFresh.com/freeflusterclux!
Sign up for Greenlight today and get your first month free when you go to greenlight.com/FLUSTER.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Porn: Understanding Its Impact on Today’s Teens with Author Cindy Pierce
Cindy Pierce returns, sharing her immense knowledge on pornography and its impact on young people. Get ready because we go there! Cindy talks directly about the disconnection, misinformation, and other serious consequences of porn use. Cindy tells us that parents are the most influential sources of healthy sexual information. More awkward conversations? You bet. But she’ll help us through.
WE'VE MADE PLAYLISTS OF OUR EPISODES TO HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC TOPICS.
Here is our first:
Parents of Anxious Kids, Start Here
For those brand new to the podcast, we suggest starting with this playlist featuring Lynn Lyons and the 7-part anxiety disruptor series as well as a 3-part series on the skills most helpful in managing anxious kids: flexibility, problem solving, and autonomy.
Consult our Spotify profile for the most up-to-date selection.
WIN A COPY OF THE ANXIETY AUDIT COURSE!
We will select two listeners who complete our listener survey. We hope it is you!
FOLLOW US
Join 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.
VISIT OUR SPONSORS FOR SPECIAL OFFERS JUST FOR YOU:
As a special, limited-time offer for our listeners, get $40 off your purchase of a Skylight Calendar when you go to SkylightCal.com/FLUSTERCLUX.
Head to lumen.me/FLUSTER for 15% off your purchase.
Get 20% off your first order when you go to LIQUIDIV.com and use code FLUSTER at checkout.
Search “Last Night at School Committee” wherever you listen to podcasts for highlights on the big decisions that are affecting students, using Boston as a real-world example.
Get 10 FREE meals at HelloFresh.com/freeflusterclux!
Sign up for Greenlight today and get your first month free when you go to greenlight.com/FLUSTER.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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42:45
An Interview with Cindy Pierce: Talking With Your Kids About Sex Like A Champ
In the first of a two-part conversation, Cindy Pierce, social sexuality expert, speaker and author, is here to help parents talk to their kids about sex. Do we want to have these conversations? Probably not. Do they make us anxious? Of course! But Cindy gives us language and encouragement and pulls no punches about why it’s so important to step into the awkwardness.
WE'VE MADE PLAYLISTS OF OUR EPISODES TO HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC TOPICS.
Here is our first:
Parents of Anxious Kids, Start Here
For those brand new to the podcast, we suggest starting with this playlist featuring Lynn Lyons and the 7-part anxiety disruptor series as well as a 3-part series on the skills most helpful in managing anxious kids: flexibility, problem solving, and autonomy.
Consult our Spotify profile for the most up-to-date selection.
WIN A COPY OF THE ANXIETY AUDIT COURSE!
We will select two listeners who complete our listener survey. We hope it is you!
FOLLOW US
Join 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.
VISIT OUR SPONSORS FOR SPECIAL OFFERS JUST FOR YOU:
As a special, limited-time offer for our listeners, get $40 off your purchase of a Skylight Calendar when you go to SkylightCal.com/FLUSTERCLUX.
Head to lumen.me/FLUSTER for 15% off your purchase.
Get 20% off your first order when you go to LIQUIDIV.com and use code FLUSTER at checkout.
Search “Last Night at School Committee” wherever you listen to podcasts for highlights on the big decisions that are affecting students, using Boston as a real-world example.
Get 10 FREE meals at HelloFresh.com/freeflusterclux!
Sign up for Greenlight today and get your first month free when you go to greenlight.com/FLUSTER.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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47:13
Listener Question: Is It Anxiety Or Sensory Issues When My Kid Melts Down?
We answer a listener question in this episode from a mom who wonders if her young son’s rigidity is sensory-driven, an anxiety issue, or both. When do we accommodate and how do we promote more flexibility? When needing things “just right” gets in the way of normal and fun activities, what’s a mom to do?
WE'VE MADE PLAYLISTS OF OUR EPISODES TO HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC TOPICS.
Here is our first:
Parents of Anxious Kids, Start Here
For those brand new to the podcast, we suggest starting with this playlist featuring Lynn Lyons and the 7-part anxiety disruptor series as well as a 3-part series on the skills most helpful in managing anxious kids: flexibility, problem solving, and autonomy.
Consult our Spotify profile for the most up-to-date selection.
WIN A COPY OF THE ANXIETY AUDIT COURSE!
We will select two listeners who complete our listener survey. We hope it is you!
FOLLOW US
Join 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.
VISIT OUR SPONSORS FOR SPECIAL OFFERS JUST FOR YOU:
As a special, limited-time offer for our listeners, get $40 off your purchase of a Skylight Calendar when you go to SkylightCal.com/FLUSTERCLUX.
Head to lumen.me/FLUSTER for 15% off your purchase.
Get 20% off your first order when you go to LIQUIDIV.com and use code FLUSTER at checkout.
Search “Last Night at School Committee” wherever you listen to podcasts for highlights on the big decisions that are affecting students, using Boston as a real-world example.
Get 10 FREE meals at HelloFresh.com/freeflusterclux!
Sign up for Greenlight today and get your first month free when you go to greenlight.com/FLUSTER.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
About Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry
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-host and sister-in-law Robin Hutson in a weekly podcast full of laughs, and practical advice without the psychobabble. At the beginning of the pandemic, Lynn and Robin started the Flusterclux podcast when their parenting retreats went on hiatus, and they're now 2 years in, 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 30 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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