Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry
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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-hosts sister-in-law Robin Hutson and brother Ed Gerwig in a weekly podcast full of laughs, and practical advi...
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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. If you w...
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 to decreasi...
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 health. It's h...
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 them how...
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 routines tu...
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 maturity reall...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: Your Depression Is Not Permanent
We have all heard the phrase 'Chemical Imbalance'. It can make depression and anxiety feel like lifelong afflictions that can be managed but never cur...
Best of: Lynn Talks Directly To Your Kids About Anxiety
Do you wish your child could hear about worry directly from Lynn? Here you go! In previous episodes Lynn has spoken directly to teens; this episode is...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: Stop Tracking Your Friends
Tracking each other has never been easier or more commonplace. Many of us have a roster of friends whose locations we can see 24/7. But what may seem...
Your Child's Anxiety Is Predictable. Here's How That's Useful.
A parent has been using the puzzle pieces to help her young son with his fears, but he still gets panicky and clingy when it’s time to head into activ...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: Roommates: Tips for Peace At Home
If you're in your 20s, you probably have roomates. But cohabitation is no easy thing. Cleaning, cooking, socializing, and even farting, are all done w...
ADHD Expert Mike McLeod on Myths & Misinformation That Parents Need to Hear
Get ready, listeners, because Lynn, and the founder of GrowNOW ADHD, Michael McLeod, are about to take on the myths, traps and social media nonsense o...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: When Boundaries Harm and When They Help
Boundaries are a therapy buzz word that seem to be everywhere. Odds are you or someone you know has put up a "boundary" in a relationship. But what ex...
A Success Story: Devin Uses His 20s to Make Remarkable Changes
Need a little hope? Looking for inspiration? Lynn is joined by her client Devin who has gone from a highly anxious child with selective mutism to a so...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: In-Personal: Why Moving Your Conversations Offline Will Change Your Life
Too often we send a text when we have something hard to say. Smart phones allow constant communication, but we are missing somehing vital when we forg...
We're Grieving Our Moms: A Conversation with Robyn Isman
Robin and Lynn are joined by fellow anxiety therapist Robyn Isman, not to talk about anxiety, but about the grief over losing their moms. Listeners of...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: Robot Therapists: AI and Mental Health
Each Tuesday, Lynn Lyons talks with her son, Brackett, about all the new challenges in life facing twenty-somethings. Today, we discuss how Artificial...
How To Create Accommodation Plans That Don’t Support Avoidance
A listener is looking for help creating accommodations for a first grader. How can the adults help without reinforcing the fear through avoidance? The...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: Am I Falling Behind? The Comparison Trap and How to Avoid It.
Have you ever looked around and seen people you went to school with earning a graduate degree? Climbing the career ladder at break-neck speed? On an i...
Best of: Depression's Treatment And Prevention: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Yapko
In this re-cast of a not-to-be missed episode, Lynn and Robin talk to the expert Lynn values most, Dr. Michael Yapko. Dr. Yapko is one of the world’s...
Flusterclux Quarterlife: Too Old for the Pediatrician, What's Next?
Because your 20s are a mother. Welcome to the debut of Flusterclux Quarterlife! Each Tuesday, Lynn Lyons talks with her son, Brackett, about all the n...
How Music Boosts Mood & Connection
Humans have experienced the power of music throughout all of history. And research shows that its impact on our psychological state, memory and anxiet...
Anxiety Can Be Exhausting, So Do We Give Our Kids A Break From Exposure?
Following some love for Love on the Spectrum, we discuss a listener question from the mom of a 13 year-old who is worn out from her child's OCD and pa...
Best of: Managing the Big Feelings Around Graduations
Today we re-cast an important episode about end-of-school-year emotions and all the big feelings.
It’s graduation time. Rob...
When My Kids Are Afraid To Try Something, How Hard Do I Push Them?
A listener wants her son to learn to swim after a previous bad experience at swimming lessons. Should she push him to go? How can she convince him to...
How Denying A Problem Keeps Families Stuck & Disconnected
Lynn often talks about the sizable “sweet spot of normal.” Our children will be sad, angry, confused and rejected and we can guide them through the up...
Why Kids Should Not Be In Therapy Without Their Parents
A listener asks a question about being left out of her children’s therapy following the death of their father. The listener is baffled and so is Lynn,...
The Power of “Coregulation” and How Your Family Can Have More
Being together and “hanging out” as a family does more than you might think. Doing it regularly, while reading or cooking or playing music and games,...
Best of: High Anxiety & Good Grades: Our Toxic Achievement Culture
In this recast of an important episode from Seasons 2, we tackle the toxicity of our current achievement culture. It’s so normalized, it’s now invisib...
How To Handle Panic Attacks
A listener asked a common question: how do I help someone who’s having a “real” panic attack? In this episode, we talk about the different terms peopl...
Why the ODD Diagnosis Doesn't Help Parents Help Children
A listener has a question about the diagnosis of ODD, oppositional defiant disorder. What does this diagnosis mean, what does this label offer familie...
Health Anxiety and Catastrophizing Every Symptom: How To Stop!
Anxiety causes or amplifies physical symptoms. Headaches, stomachaches, dizziness, and even muscle pain are common. But what happens when your anxiety...
How To Not Pass On Your Social Anxiety To Your Kids
Remember the outdated parenting adage: “do as I say, not as I do”? Well, when it comes to passing on anxiety, both what you say really does make a dif...
When One Child’s Needs Dictate A Family’s Routines, How Can We Support the Siblings?
In this episode, Robin and Lynn tackle the topic of siblings. How can parents best balance the significant needs of one child with the needs of other...
ARFID Is More Than Picky Eating: Lynn & Mindy Szelap Offer Help
Have you heard of ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)? It describes extreme “picky eating” and can hijack families. But as with most dis...
Highschoolers, Homework, and Meltdowns: Guiding Our Kids Through Junior & Senior Year
A listener asks a very relatable question: how do I help my perfectionist daughter manage the overwhelming demands of junior year without being stress...
The Importance of “Quality Control” When Selecting Coaches & Advocates
Parents are eager if not desperate to find help for their families, and the explosion of coaching options might be appealing. But parent beware: while...
Giving Yourself Permission To Let Your Kids Feel Uncomfortable
Can you tolerate your children being frustrated, disappointed, angry or bored? Do you know how to help your child get through big emotions, or do you...
6 Ways to Level Up in 2026 When Managing Your Kid’s Anxiety
Hurray for January as we reset and move forward! In this episode, Lynn and Robin double down on six key anxiety-busting (and preventing) practices tha...
The 3 Types of Bullies In Your Kid's Class and What To Do About Them
Several listeners have asked that we address the tough topic of bullying. We hope this episode will help parents recognize that not all bullies are th...