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The truth is we are all surviving parenting one day at a time. Whether you are dealing with tantrums, potty training, discipline or child anxiety, parenting can be overwhelming at times! On...
It feels so natural to explain, reassure, and try to calm your child down when OCD is loud. After all, that’s how we solve problems in real...
In this episode, I walk you through the three stages parents naturally move through when learning to handle OCD, from that first moment of a...
When you’re parenting a child with anxiety or OCD, it’s easy to get caught in a constant push to fix, improve, and move things forward. But...
Good communication can feel like the missing piece when you’re raising a child with anxiety or OCD. You’re talking, explaining, reassuring,...
When our child is anxious or stuck in OCD, everything can feel urgent. The questions, the reassurance seeking, the distress, the pressure to...
Parents often hear the same questions from their child again and again, and it can be hard to know if answering is helping or making things...
ARFID can look like OCD, anxiety, extreme picky eating, or even a traditional eating disorder, which is why so many parents feel confused ab...
OCD isn’t only handwashing or checking. It’s mental reviewing, silent debating, internal checking, trying to “neutralize” a thought, confess...
Harm OCD is one of the most frightening and misunderstood themes of OCD, especially when it shows up in children. Intrusive thoughts about h...
OCD rarely stays contained inside your child’s mind. It often pulls parents directly into the cycle through reassurance questions, confessin...
Kids worry. That’s normal. But sometimes fear sticks around longer than it should and starts to take over daily life. In this episode, I bre...
Many parents interpret a sudden spike in distress, anger, or compulsions as a sign that therapy is not working. But often, this increase in...
In this episode, I break down why logical explanations, reassurance, and “talking it through” so often backfire when your child has OCD. Whi...
In this heartfelt and insightful episode, I sit down with Mia Mason, the creative force behind Worry’s Whispers, a beautifully illustrated c...
When parents start looking for help for a child with OCD, the process can feel confusing, overwhelming, and high-stakes. Between therapy opt...
Parenting a child with OCD can feel incredibly isolating. Your child is on their own journey with anxiety or OCD, but that doesn’t mean you’...
When you’re raising a child with anxiety or OCD, progress can feel confusing, inconsistent, or even invisible at times. In this episode, we...
When your child is struggling with anxiety or OCD, fear can quietly take over your parenting. Fear of making things worse. Fear of missing s...
One of the hardest parts of raising a child with OCD is figuring out who you’re actually talking to. Is it your child… or is it their OCD pu...
In this episode, we explore why trust is the foundation for helping a child with OCD. When trust is missing, kids shut down, hide their stru...
The holidays can be magical — but for kids with OCD and anxiety, they can also be overwhelming. In this episode, Natasha helps parents prepa...
When your child’s OCD gets loud, it’s so easy to get swept into the panic, the questions, the intensity. But the calmer and more grounded yo...
Too many parents of kids with OCD are told to “reassure them,” “avoid the triggers,” or “help them relax.” Even well-meaning therapists ofte...
When OCD symptoms fade, it’s natural to feel relief — maybe even believe it’s finally gone. But sometimes, that relief can make us miss the...
As parents, we want to rescue our kids from anxiety and OCD—but the truth is, some things are not within our control. And when we spend our...
In this episode, I’m breaking down the 7 most common mistakes parents make when trying to help OCD, and more importantly, what to do instead...
When your child struggles with OCD, it’s natural to want to ease their distress, but those well-meaning “helping” moments can actually feed...
When your child can’t explain their OCD, it can feel impossible to know how to help. Many kids feel embarrassed, don’t have the words, or ex...
When your child is stuck in an endless cycle of reassurance, it can feel impossible to break free. Reassurance may bring temporary relief, b...
Parents often rely on their usual parenting strategies to help their child with OCD — but those same strategies can actually backfire. The p...
In this episode, I explain why theme changes are common, what’s actually staying the same beneath the surface, and how to respond without ch...
In this podcast episode, I sit down with Dr. Tamar Chansky to talk about the newly revised edition of her classic book, Freeing Your Child f...
In this episode, I’ll walk you through how OCD can look in young children and share practical strategies for helping them. The post PSP 437:...
In this episode, I break down the common mistakes parents make when trying to support a child with contamination OCD. The post PSP 436: Does...
In this episode, I break down the most common pitfalls parents fall into when trying to support their child with Moral OCD. The post PSP 435...
In this episode, I’m opening up about five insights that have made the biggest difference in our journey, and how you can begin to apply the...
In this episode, I talk about one of the most powerful mindset shifts we can make as parents of kids with OCD: moving from “fixer” to “ancho...
In this episode, I talk about what’s really going on when you’re more motivated than your child to fight their OCD — and how to respond in a...
When you’re raising a child with anxiety or OCD, it’s easy to feel like you’re absorbing all of their fear, stress, and urgency. Their nervo...
In this episode, I’m talking about what burnout really looks like in OCD parenting, why it’s so common, and how to start refilling your cup...
In this episode, I’ll unpack why “I don’t know” is such a common response in kids with OCD—and what it’s really communicating. The post PSP...
When you’re parenting a child with OCD or anxiety, life can start to feel like one long crisis response. You may find yourself constantly ma...
Traveling with kids who have mental health or special needs can feel overwhelming—but it doesn’t have to be. The post PSP 427: Navigating Tr...
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Cristi Bundukamara—known as Dr. B—the founder of Mentally STRONG and creator of the Raising Mentally ST...
Bedtime shouldn’t feel like a battleground—but for many families raising a child with OCD, nighttime is when the OCD compulsions ramp up and...
In this episode, child therapist and OCD parent Natasha Daniels explains why therapy alone isn’t enough to help a child with OCD truly thriv...
In this episode, I break down what depersonalization looks like in kids with OCD and anxiety, why it happens, and—most importantly—how you c...
Confidence can take a major hit when a child is struggling with OCD or anxiety. In this episode, I sit down with teen coach Sharon West to e...
I was thrilled to have the opportunity to have Tiffany back on the AT Parenting Survival Podcast to discuss her new book, A Clean Mess, and...
Is it autism or OCD? Sometimes the behaviors can look so similar, it’s hard to tell. In this episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast, I...