Listen "Anxiety Part 2"
Episode Synopsis
This episode is all about practical strategies. How can you as a parent, educator, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or nanny help a child in those moments of angst? I’ll explain why it is so important to help our children recognise where their anxieties show up in their body, and how the techniques help alleviate the overwhelm. I’ll talk you through four strategies to help build your child’s unique toolkit, and how they can use them to go from angst to courage Here are the highlights: {1:24} The wellbeing seesaw and perceived resources {4:50} Draw a gingerbread person {7:39} Help children identify where the anxiety comes from {10:04} The glitter jar {15:12} Breathing exercise 1 - Take 10 {20:38} Breathing exercise 2 - The Hand Breathing Technique {23:14} The internal critic {25:21} Reframing the internal chatter {30:42} It's like running an experiment 💚 Let's grow our village together, please share this episode with at least one friend 💚 Complete the listener poll to let me know what you'd like in future episodes💚 You can watch the Bucket Emptying Episodes on Youtube💚 Access the free resources mentioned in the episodes💚 Join our campaign One Million Moments to reduce the number of children struggling with mental health challenges from 17% to 10% by 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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