In the Wake

Anxiety and Teen Mental Health with Jodi Aman


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As a Family Therapist for over 20 years, Jodi empowers people to become their own healer. As an anxiety survivor and a mom of teens, Jodi totally gets it. Her TEDxWilmington talk, “Calm Anxious Kids,” and her new book, Anxiety…I'm So Done with You! are changing the way we understand the current mental health crisis.

In this episode, Jodi shares her perspective and insight into anxiety and coping/curing that anxiety. She busts myths society has regarding anxiety, shares tips for parenting kids with anxiety, discusses teen mental health, and how social media and phone usage is affecting our collective mental health. She shares her own battle with anxiety and how she overcame that and healed.

"You know when anxiety says, 'Stay home! You can't handle that and you might be uncomfortable,' anxiety is making you miss opportunities, fun, adventure, and good times with people. In that moment, anxiety is not really protecting you but rather causing you to suffer a lot more." -Jodi Aman

Tune in to hear more from Jodi Aman herself!!

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6 Steps to Coping With Your Anxiety:

  1. Understanding anxiety biologically
  2. Learning the lies that anxiety tells you
  3. Cultivating your control - connecting to your personal agency
  4. Forgiving yourself
  5. Affirmations and changing your beliefs
  6. Practicing self care

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3 Ways Social Media is Affecting Our Mental Health:

  1. Comparison: Increases negative judgement of self
  2. Worldwide Trauma Exposure: Through spread of news & media, exposed to worldwide trauma & acts of violence but left feeling helpless
  3. Commercial Advertising: Thinking we should get the next best thing just because everyone else is doing it & never feeling like what we have is good enough

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Jodi's Work:

  • Website: jodiaman.com
    • Let Go - Free Audio Training
  • Books: 
    • Anxiety... I'm So Done With You
    • You: 1 Anxiety: 0
    • Anxiety & Panic Workbook
  • Tedx Talk: Suck It Up! Calm Anxious Kids 
  • YouTube: Jodi Aman
    • Anxiety Symptoms 
    • Why You Think Anxiety Is Not Curable
  • Instagram: @jodiamanlove
  • Facebook: Jodi Aman Love

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Song:
Let the Sunshine In by Milk and Sugar

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