I'm so happy to have my stress mastery mentor here today!

Heidi Hanna, PhD, is one of the most intellectual, intuitive and compassionate people I know, and I'm honored to host her wisdom today. We recorded this interview in March 2020, when we were all in a tailspin and figuring out managing our stress was more important than ever!

Fill your brain with Dr. Hanna's research and her personal experience today:

• At age 10, Heidi was fainting from stress - literally. Find out how to help if this happens to your child, or if they seem to get stomachaches and headaches in uncomfortable situations.
• Highly sensitive kids actually fare better than other kids if raised in the right environment...but we don't always get that right as you'll hear.
• What research is showing about how stress-sensitive people's brains work and why Dr. Hanna doesn't love the term "negativity bias," even though it's technically accurate to describe stress-sensitive people.
• Why HSCs sometimes spiral into thinking like, "It's all my fault, I messed that up, I'm so dumb, and this is why NO ONE LIKES ME!" (I feel like that's my whole high school life!)
• And more importantly, what parents can do to help kids stop that spiral, appreciate what their reactions are trying to tell them, and reverse the reaction.
• How we can look at the ways in which our kids (or ourselves) are reacting to stress and understand what recharge techniques they need to get more capacity.
• Dr. Hanna's encouragement for parents of HSCs and how we can see the positive about our children's personality.

Resources We Mention for Managing Stress

• Dr. Hanna's website
• Dr. Hanna's courses: Stress Mastery Fundamentals 101 and Stress Mastery Foundations
• Elaine Aron's Website
• My Healthy Parenting Handbook Episodes on Stress Mastery: part 1 and part 2
• My interview with Dr. K, an expert on highly sensitive children
• My introduction to highly sensitive people
• GoNoodle
• HeartMath device helps regulate stress response

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