33 min
Renee Jain | Anxiety & Your Little Person Little People, Big Feelings Summit
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- Parenting
Timestamps01:57 How do you define anxiety & how does it present?
02:21 Your feelings are messengers
03:20 When does anxiety become a problem?
05:25 Unprocessed emotions
07:55 What are the mistakes that parents are making?
09:00 Catastrophic thinking
10:27 Your feelings are valid
11:03 How to hold space for their emotions
12:12 First shortcut
14:20 Doing the basics when it comes to emotional support
15:20 Make Worry a character
16:53 If you can name it, you can tame it
17:08 Psychological distance
17:15 Worry is not good at remembering success
17:40 Highlight & savour progress
18:24 Tiny wins
19:05 Shame around their feelings
20:50 Reinforcing anxiety by avoidance
23:00 Should we tell kids to toughen up?
24:18 Zone of comfort, zone of distress & zone of growth.
26:54 Play therapy
28:00 Separation anxiety
29:30 Separation techniques
32:12 Take home message
Renee JainRenee Jain is the founder and Chief Storyteller of GoZen! She has been recognized as a pioneer in marrying technology and child psychology in a unique approach that nurtures the hearts and minds of kids.
Through her writing, product invention and development, masterclasses for parents, and children’s advocacy, she works to build the emotional intelligence of kids. Originally a tech entrepreneur who suffered with her own anxiety, Renee founded GoZen! to help a new generation of kids, parents and therapists.
Renee earned her Master’s degree in Positive Psychology — the scientific study of optimal human functioning — from the University of Pennsylvania and is the NYT bestselling co-author of Superpowered: Transform Anxiety into Courage, Confidence, and Resilience.
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Timestamps01:57 How do you define anxiety & how does it present?
02:21 Your feelings are messengers
03:20 When does anxiety become a problem?
05:25 Unprocessed emotions
07:55 What are the mistakes that parents are making?
09:00 Catastrophic thinking
10:27 Your feelings are valid
11:03 How to hold space for their emotions
12:12 First shortcut
14:20 Doing the basics when it comes to emotional support
15:20 Make Worry a character
16:53 If you can name it, you can tame it
17:08 Psychological distance
17:15 Worry is not good at remembering success
17:40 Highlight & savour progress
18:24 Tiny wins
19:05 Shame around their feelings
20:50 Reinforcing anxiety by avoidance
23:00 Should we tell kids to toughen up?
24:18 Zone of comfort, zone of distress & zone of growth.
26:54 Play therapy
28:00 Separation anxiety
29:30 Separation techniques
32:12 Take home message
Renee JainRenee Jain is the founder and Chief Storyteller of GoZen! She has been recognized as a pioneer in marrying technology and child psychology in a unique approach that nurtures the hearts and minds of kids.
Through her writing, product invention and development, masterclasses for parents, and children’s advocacy, she works to build the emotional intelligence of kids. Originally a tech entrepreneur who suffered with her own anxiety, Renee founded GoZen! to help a new generation of kids, parents and therapists.
Renee earned her Master’s degree in Positive Psychology — the scientific study of optimal human functioning — from the University of Pennsylvania and is the NYT bestselling co-author of Superpowered: Transform Anxiety into Courage, Confidence, and Resilience.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
33 min