School Avoidance and Anxiety with Lynn Lyons: Episode 166

This episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast is my fourth interview with anxiety expert Lynn Lyons! We discuss how to handle school avoidance, including: how to figure out the root cause of school avoidance, how anxiety works including physical symptoms, and how to teach parents and children how to handle anxiety when it inevitably shows up.

We talk about:

• 4:31 Finding the root cause to school avoidance
• 7:00 Using “home days” when kids need a break
• 9:00 Normalizing needing breaks, rather than pathologizing 
• 11:40 Emotionally based school avoidance- includes anxiety and depression
• 16:00 How anxiety can cause physical symptoms like stomach aches and headaches
• 23:03 Teaching kids and parents to tolerate uncertainty
• 30:00 Why techniques to “get rid” of worry don’t work
• 32:00 How to talk back to worry
• 48:13 How to handle “The Moment of Goodbye” when dropping kids off

Download the episode transcript HERE

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Podcast- Bedtime Best Practises with Corey Everrett https://reimaginepeacefulparenting.com/episode86/ 
• Podcast- How to Overcome Picky Eating with Jennifer House https://reimaginepeacefulparenting.com/episode49/ 
• Podcast- ADHD and Feeding/Eating Challenges with Dr. Roberto Olivardia
• https://reimaginepeacefulparenting.com/adhd-and-feeding-eating-challenges-with-dr-roberto-olivardia-episode-149/ Yoto Audiobook Player https://ca.yotoplay.com/

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