Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

Reassurance seeking is one of the most common anxiety behaviors between children and parents (and children and teachers…and between adults, too!) Offering reassurance is a short term fix but sustains the anxiety loop. This episode’s question comes from a mom who knows this well, and who was actually on an In Session episode a few years ago. Her daughter has made huge strides ...

Moods are more powerful than you think. Once we settle into a bad one then our experiences, thoughts, and interactions are all colored by them. In this Episode Lynn explains how moods impact us and how to recognize when our mood is holding us hostage.

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A listener writes that her son was ill on the bus last year as a kindergartner and is now saying he doesn’t want to go to school at all. How does Mom know if she’s helping or accommodating his worry? How does she get him on the bus? In this episode, Lynn and Robin talk about handling back-to-school jitters with validation, fun contests, and using the momentum of summer succes...

Panic Attacks make you feel like your body is failing, and your brain fraying at the seams. The attacks are debilitating and frightening. Yet, many of us use the term loosely for everyday anxieties to the point that we're not sure what a real one even looks like. Lynn is here to clear the air and walk us through the nuances of panic attacks, disorders, and exaggerators.

It’s a new school year, the natural time for a review and a reset. And to help with this, Lynn and Robin are focusing on how to promote your child’s autonomy, value (and tolerate) the experiences of struggle and failure, and—in this age of intrusion—how to step back with love. What does your child need to do more independently and can you get out of the way?