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...
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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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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...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: Anxious Parents
Does talking with your parents ever make you more anxious than you were before? Anxiety is very often passed down from parents to their kids...
Best of: The 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #7 The Final Step to Practice
In the last of the 7-episode Anxiety Disruptor series, it’s time to put it all together and focus on the consistent, step-by-step approach t...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: Should I Dump My Therapist?
Finding the right therapists can be a daunting task. There are so many things to consider when looking for someone to treat your mental heal...
Best of: The 7 Anxiety Disruptors For Families: #6 Building Self Esteem
Anxiety makes us forget, and it’s particularly amnesiac to past successes. Helping kids work through fears and worries also includes showing...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: Self Care Is… What Exactly?
Self care is… what exactly? In this episode, Lynn helps us define what self care actually is, what it certainly is NOT, and when self care r...
The Skills That Lead To Emotional Maturity
The phrase “emotional maturity” has been tossed around a lot recently. Maybe we know it when we experience it. But what does emotional matur...