Flusterclux Quarterlife: What Gen Z's Curiosity Crisis is Costing Them
We have a guest! Join Lynn and Brackett as they talk with author, professor, and good friend Karen Shepard about Creativity, Writing, Artifi...
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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...
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Is Your Kid's School Making Their Anxiety Worse?
A listener has reason to feel proud about how well she and her husband have managed their son’s anxiety at home. But the well-meaning teache...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: Why Venting Gets You Nowhere
Venting can feel great. Sometimes you just have to get something out of your system, right? Wrong. Much like scratching the itchy mosquito b...
Couples Therapist Michele Weiner-Davis Warns About the Trend of Family Estrangement
Family estrangement has become a hot topic, so on this episode we are joined again by therapist extraordinaire Michele Weiner-Davis. Michele...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: The Jelly Bean Theory
Have you ever felt like you were giving too much of your time and energy to a person that just wasn’t worth it? Or that you were drained jus...
When Your Child Says BIG Things That Freak You Out
How do we respond to our children when they say things that can upset us or take us by surprise? Lynn shares how saying less and staying cal...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: Are Gen Z Bad Workers?
Generation Z are getting their footing in the workforce, but do they want to work? In this episode Lynn asks Brackett about the attributes t...
Managing Your Kid's Legit Worries (Not Monsters Under the Bed)
A listener had a question: how do I help my six year old son be less afraid of bears at night when bears have been invading our neighbors’ h...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: How Anxiety Works and How to Stop It
This episode is all about Anxiety! Lynn is one of the leading experts on Anxiety in the United States and in this episode she explains what...
Can We Handle Other Emotions Like We Handle Worry?
A mom who has been successfully using Lynn’s skills with her anxious daughter wants to know if she can use the same externalizing and naming...
Is "Sensory Overload" a Thing? Do Nervous Systems Get Overstimulated?
Have you ever felt overstimulated? So much so that you’ve had to stop what you were doing or leave the space? Do you feel like you’re often...
Teaching Kids How to Ask For & Receive Help
How do your kids ask for help? How do you treat those that are helping you? We all find ourselves in the positions of both needing and offer...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: Imposter Syndrome is... a good thing?
Imposter syndrome is something the vast majority of us deal with. But is it actually there to help us? Lynn brings her expertise and researc...
When Reassuring Your Anxious Child Backfires
Reassurance seeking is one of the most common anxiety behaviors between children and parents (and children and teachers…and between adults,...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: How Moods Cloud Your Experiences
Moods are more powerful than you think. Once we settle into a bad one then our experiences, thoughts, and interactions are all colored by th...
How the Successes of Summer Can Combat Back-To-School Anxiety
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...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: Panic Attack? Maybe. Maybe Not.
Panic Attacks make you feel like your body is failing, and your brain fraying at the seams. The attacks are debilitating and frightening. Ye...
Back to School: Time to Give Your Child More Independence and Autonomy
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...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: My Mental Health is Okay… But I Want Better
In this TWO topic episode, Lynn and Brackett tackle chronic lateness and the mental health plateau. Dealing with someone who is always late,...
When An Anxious Adult In Your Life Wants To Call The Shots
We often talk about accommodating children’s anxiety, but what happens when an adult in your life demands it? If you’ve ever been told by a...