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Cathy and Todd discuss Jack Kornfield’s advice for reducing anxiety, and how fear, history, and programming can make it more difficult. They process why back-to-school is particularly challenging for parents, and the simultaneous presence of joy and grief as children grow and transition. They are joined by Millie Hsi, a friend and member of their Team Zen virtual community, who shares her personal experiences and insights on coping with anxiety. For the full show notes, visit zenpopparenting.com.
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(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:01:55) Milli talks about her involvement in the community and her favorite part of community
(00:07:28) Todd Introduces Anxiety and Emotional Well-being
(00:08:09) Parental Role as the Last Line of Defense
(00:10:21) Significance and Prevalence of Anxiety Today
(00:11:00) Step 1: Learning from Jack Kornfield, how to deal with anxiety better
(00:14:17) Importance of Naming Anxiety
(00:16:05) Acknowledgment of anxiety as a human experience and the physiological and cultural reasons behind it are discussed
(00:18:40) Personal Experience with Anxiety
(00:22:53) Step 2: How to work through anxiety?
(00:25:19) What’s the thing that makes you most anxious?
(00:28:45) Step 3 The wisdom of insecurity
(00:30:40) Our partner of the week Koko Sleep – Bedtime Stories & Meditations For Kids
(00:31:30) Discussion about perfectionism
(00:35:50) Shifting away from what you want to say to what you need to hear.
(00:37:55) Step 4: How many of us do something like that when we’re being paralyzed with anxiety?
(00:44:10) Step 5: Question your thoughts
(00:50:40) Step 6: Find where you feel the anxiety most strongly in your body
(00:54:47) Crying in front of your kids
(1:00:00) The parts of us- Richard Schwartz
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