211 episodes

You are a parent of a Highly Sensitive Child and are ready to gain skills that will help you feel capable and confident disciplining your child or teen while helping them feel understood in a world that says they are "too much". Each week, Megghan Thompson, an experienced mental health therapist and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S), dives into the topic of parenting highly sensitive children and teens. If you're ready to stop drowning in your child's explosive and out of control emotions and eliminate daily meltdowns, this show is for you.

Parent Your Highly Sensitive Child Like A Ninja Megghan Thompson

    • Kids & Family

You are a parent of a Highly Sensitive Child and are ready to gain skills that will help you feel capable and confident disciplining your child or teen while helping them feel understood in a world that says they are "too much". Each week, Megghan Thompson, an experienced mental health therapist and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S), dives into the topic of parenting highly sensitive children and teens. If you're ready to stop drowning in your child's explosive and out of control emotions and eliminate daily meltdowns, this show is for you.

    213. What Your sensitive Child Learns On Screens

    213. What Your sensitive Child Learns On Screens

    Today on our podcast we discuss the lessons our kids learn about body image.

     

    Screen time requires consistent conversations with our sensitive kids.

     

    I share my experience on today’s show.

     

    Watch here.

     

    If your child is demonstrating the meltdown cycle, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5-shifts-registration

    If your teen is struggling to engage with your family, shutting down and struggling with a perfectionism spiral, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/tp/5-steps-registration

    If you're ready to book a call with our team, use this link: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/pod/book-your-call-now

    For families with high school aged teens, use this link: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/tp/teentalk

    • 32 min
    212. How to Help When Your Sensitive Child Is Anxious

    212. How to Help When Your Sensitive Child Is Anxious

    1.4 million children in the US have an anxiety disorder today. 

     

    Young adults are adding 'anxious' to their identity to overcompensate for lack of emotion regulation skills in childhood. 

     

    Listen in on my Instagram LIVE to discuss how we can support our sensitive kids in learning emotional intelligence skills without carrying their anxiety around like a pet by the time they hit their 20's.

     

    If your child is demonstrating the meltdown cycle, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5-shifts-registration

    If your teen is struggling to engage with your family, shutting down and struggling with a perfectionism spiral, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/tp/5-steps-registration

    If you're ready to book a call with our team, use this link: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/pod/book-your-call-now

    For families with high school aged teens, use this link: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/tp/teentalk

    • 35 min
    211. Discover the Science of Highly Sensitive Children

    211. Discover the Science of Highly Sensitive Children

    I was recently interviewed by Miriam Fernández, Co-founder & Co-director

    Nirakara Mindfulness Institute, located in Spain. 

    I had a lot of fun exploring The Science of Highly Sensitive Children ("La ciencia de los niños altamente sensibles").

    We shed light on the history behind the study of sensitivity and provide valuable insights on how to support and nurture these extraordinary children.

    Please note that while the interview is spoken in English, the video has been transcribed in Spanish, ensuring that language will not be a barrier to accessing this valuable information.

    I encourage you to listen!

    "La ciencia de los niños altamente sensibles"

    Thank you for being a part of our community!

     

    If your child is demonstrating the meltdown cycle, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5-shifts-registration

    If your teen is struggling to engage with your family, shutting down and struggling with a perfectionism spiral, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/tp/5-steps-registration

    If you're ready to book a call with our team, use this link: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/pod/book-your-call-now

    For families with high school aged teens, use this link: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/tp/teentalk

    • 54 min
    210. Sensitive Kids With Test Anxiety

    210. Sensitive Kids With Test Anxiety

    Let's be honest for a moment, shall we?
    As a parent, you dream of your child’s success, their happiness, and a future filled with endless possibilities.
    Yet, if your kid is struggling with test anxiety, I bet you wonder how long it will take to get your kid to stop putting so much pressure on themselves.
    The knot in your stomach as you watch your child crumble under the weight of their worries, 
    Their confidence shattered, 
    Their potential obscured by the dark clouds of doubt doesn’t help, does it?
    Listen to learn more.

    If your child is demonstrating the meltdown cycle, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5-shifts-registration

    If your teen is struggling to engage with your family, shutting down and struggling with a perfectionism spiral, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/tp/5-steps-registration

    If you're ready to book a call with our team, use this link: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/pod/book-your-call-now

    For families with high school aged teens, use this link: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/tp/teentalk

     

    • 11 min
    209. Is Time-out Effective For Sensitive Kids?

    209. Is Time-out Effective For Sensitive Kids?

    Have you ever stopped to consider why time-outs might be ineffective?

     

    I get that your kid’s pediatrician, therapist or school counselor probably recommended this tactic, or maybe you remember it “working” for you as a kid… 

     

    But let’s face it– time-outs just don’t work for your sensitive kid. 

     

    Why?

     

    Because it is an outdated practice that is simply not based in brain science AT ALL.

     

    With all the noise out there on parenting, I totally get that you may have felt like you can rely on a basic old school tactic that wasn’t as harmful as spanking.. 

     

    And, time-outs expect a level of self-control that isn’t effective.

     

    Listen to learn more.

    If your child is demonstrating the meltdown cycle, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5-shifts-registration

    If your teen is struggling to engage with your family, shutting down and struggling with a perfectionism spiral, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/tp/5-steps-registration

    If you're ready to book a call with our team, use this link: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/pod/book-your-call-now

    For families with high school aged teens, use this link: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/tp/teentalk

    • 29 min
    208. Happily Homeschooling Littles

    208. Happily Homeschooling Littles

    Picture yourself in a busy classroom surrounded by 24 other children. 

     

    The teacher just finished an engaging Science lesson, but you found yourself missing out on half of it due to the constant distraction of your neighbor's hushed whispers.

     

    This scenario represents just a glimpse into the daily experiences of highly sensitive children in the school environment.

     

    Listen to learn more.

    If your child is demonstrating the meltdown cycle, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/5-shifts-registration

    If your teen is struggling to engage with your family, shutting down and struggling with a perfectionism spiral, watch our free training here: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/tp/5-steps-registration

    If you're ready to book a call with our team, use this link: https://www.megghanthompsoncoaching.com/pod/book-your-call-now

    For families with high school aged teens, use this

    • 39 min

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