AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety

When we are raising a child with anxiety or OCD it can be all consuming. So consuming that we put everything on hold, including our own mental health. This is a slippery slope because without our own mental stability, we won’t be able to be an anchor for our child.

In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I explore why it is so crucial we focus on our own mental health and how this will actually help our children as well.

Also, I’m cooking up an OCD online, on-demand class just for kids and teens to teach them those life long skills to handle those waves! You can learn more by adding your name to the waitlist:

Waitlist of Crush OCD Course for Kids & Teens

Subscribe to my Youtube channel and check out my 5 part series on Youtube: 5 Things Every Person with OCD Should Know

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This podcast episode is sponsored by NOCD. NOCD provides online OCD therapy in the US, UK, Australia and Canada. To schedule your free 15 minute consultation to see if NOCD is a right fit for you and your child, go to

https://go.treatmyocd.com/at_parenting

This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.

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It can feel so good when anxiety and OCD pack their bags and give you your child back. Heck, give you your home back. So it can be more than jarring, when that unwanted guest shows back up at your front door.

It is normal to feel disappointment, hopelessness and fear. 

What if things get really bad again?

What if all our progress goes out the window?

What if this is a life sentence?

Those are understandable feelings after riding past storms. 

But anxiety and OCD symptoms come and go and all those skills they patiently grew haven’t disappeared.

In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I talk about how to handle those feelings of overwhelm when anxiety or OCD symptoms show up once again. Feelings of overwhelm that not only impact your child, but you as well. 

Also, I’m cooking up an OCD online, on-demand class just for kids and teens to teach them those life long skills to handle those waves! You can learn more by adding your name to the waitlist:

Waitlist of Crush OCD Course for Kids & Teens

Subscribe to my Youtube channel and check out my 5 part series on Youtube: 5 Things Every Person with OCD Should Know

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This podcast episode is sponsored by NOCD. NOCD provides online OCD therapy in the US, UK, Australia and Canada. To schedule your free 15 minute consultation to see if NOCD is a right fit for you and your child, go to

https://go.treatmyocd.com/at_parenting

This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.

To join the AT Parenting Community go to: www.ATparentingcommunity.com

Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.com

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Take one of my online classes:

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You’ll often hear the word “fight your OCD.” In fact, one of my favorite books about OCD is called Talking Back to OCD, by John March. But sometimes kids misunderstand what this means (and parents too). When we talk about fighting OCD we are usually talking about a counterintuitive way to push back. A way to approach OCD that may not seem like traditional “fighting” at all.

In this week’s podcast I talk about the counterintuitive way to “fight” OCD and why we need to clarify this with our kids.

I’m cooking up an OCD online, on-demand class just for kids and teens! You can learn more by adding your name to the waitlist:

Waitlist of Crush OCD Course for Kids & Teens

Subscribe and check out my 5 part series on Youtube: 5 Things Every Person with OCD Should Know

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This podcast episode is sponsored by NOCD. NOCD provides online OCD therapy in the US, UK, Australia and Canada. To schedule your free 15 minute consultation to see if NOCD is a right fit for you and your child, go to

https://go.treatmyocd.com/at_parenting

This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.

To join the AT Parenting Community go to: www.ATparentingcommunity.com

Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.com

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Many of us learn how to help our kids with anxiety or OCD, but are we doing enough to help them help themselves? Helping our kids own their journey is key to their long term success.

It is similar to that old proverb: If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.

If we are the ones telling our kids what to do and how to do it, will they know how to do it for themselves one day?

Our main goal needs to be slowly fostering independence and building empowerment around their journey with anxiety or OCD.

In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I talk about how to help kids own their journey with anxiety or OCD.

Waitlist of Crush OCD Course for Kids & Teens

Other episodes mentioned during this podcast:

Developing Good Incentives and Getting Kids to Work on Anxiety or OCD

Ross Greene and Anxiety/OCD 

Ross Greene and Anxiety/OCD part 2

Setting Up Summer Structure

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This podcast episode is sponsored by NOCD. NOCD provides online OCD therapy in the US, UK, Australia and Canada. To schedule your free 15 minute consultation to see if NOCD is a right fit for you and your child, go to

https://go.treatmyocd.com/at_parenting

This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.

To join the AT Parenting Community go to: www.ATparentingcommunity.com

Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.com

Sign up for my weekly email newsletter:

https://pages.convertkit.com/740ba8cd83/92109b7172

Take one of my online classes:

To view the entire online school library, go to:

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Most of us don’t love going to the dentist, but for some of our kids it can throw them into a state of panic and fear. This can become a real barrier for check ups, fillings and tooth extractions.

So what can a parent do?

In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I talk about how to handle the fear of going to the dentist one small step at a time.

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This podcast episode is sponsored by NOCD. NOCD provides online OCD therapy in the US, UK, Australia and Canada. To schedule your free 15 minute consultation to see if NOCD is a right fit for you and your child, go to

https://go.treatmyocd.com/at_parenting

This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.

To join the AT Parenting Community go to: www.ATparentingcommunity.com

Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.com

Sign up for my weekly email newsletter:

https://pages.convertkit.com/740ba8cd83/92109b7172

Take one of my online classes:

To view the entire online school library, go to:

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Anxiety and OCD can cause our children to act in ways that can be overwhelming, disheartening and sometimes even hurtful. It is easy to fall into the trap of taking our children’s anxiety or OCD personally.

In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I talk about the many ways we can take our children’s anxiety or OCD behaviors personally, and what we can do instead.

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This podcast episode is sponsored by NOCD. NOCD provides online OCD therapy in the US, UK, Australia and Canada. To schedule your free 15 minute consultation to see if NOCD is a right fit for you and your child, go to

https://go.treatmyocd.com/at_parenting

This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.

To join the AT Parenting Community go to: www.ATparentingcommunity.com

Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.com

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Take one of my online classes:

To view the entire online school library, go to:

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It might surprise some people that the fear of throwing up, Emetophobia, is one of the most common anxiety and OCD themes. For those of us raising a child with it, it isn’t surprising at all!

Sometimes this fear is triggered by an event or experience, but often it is the imagination alone that causes this immobilizing concern. 

We all throw up and many of us see others throw up, but we are able to move past it without too much residual impact.

When you have Emetophobia you get stuck. Stuck worrying that you might get sick. Stuck worrying that others around you might get sick. Stuck analyzing, avoiding and ruminating. A vicious cycle that can keep people from living a full life. 

I invited Dr. Dawn Huebner to the AT Parenting Survival Podcast to discuss how we can help our kids work through Emetophobia. In her book, Facing Mighty Fears about Throwing Up (Dr. Dawn's Mini Books about Mighty Fears), she teaches kids ages 6-10 years old skills to overcome these struggles.

Dr. Dawn’s other Mini Books about Mighty Fears:

Facing Mighty Fears About Trying New Things

Facing Mighty Fears About Health

Facing Mighty Fears About Animals

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This podcast episode is sponsored by NOCD. NOCD provides online OCD therapy in the US, UK, Australia and Canada. To schedule your free 15 minute consultation to see if NOCD is a right fit for you and your child, go to

https://go.treatmyocd.com/at_parenting

This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.

To join the AT Parenting Community go to: www.ATparentingcommunity.com

Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.com

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Take one of my online classes:

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We will all fall short sometimes and so will our children with anxiety or OCD. They will avoid, they will crumble, they will give in to their anxiety or OCD. That is all par for the course.

More often than not they will view these situations as “failures.” They might beat themselves up or use the experience as evidence that they can’t do it again.

So how do we approach our child who couldn’t make it, couldn’t do it, couldn’t get through it? There is learning and growth in everything we do, including our perceived failures.

In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I talk about how to help our kids with these stumbles and how to turn those situations into a learning opportunity for growth.

Has your child or teen done an exposure they regret? Here is a YouTube video to help them with that.

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This podcast episode is sponsored by NOCD. NOCD provides online OCD therapy in the US, UK, Australia and Canada. To schedule your free 15 minute consultation to see if NOCD is a right fit for you and your child, go to

https://go.treatmyocd.com/at_parenting

This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.

To join the AT Parenting Community go to: www.ATparentingcommunity.com

Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.com

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Summer is here and with that comes extra free time for most of our kids with anxiety or OCD. You would think that would be a wonderful thing. Less pressure from school, homework and peer interactions. Less places to be and less things to do.

But for some of our kids that extra downtime can actually increase their anxiety or OCD issues. 

In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I talk about why that is and how to structure summer for kids with anxiety or OCD for optimal success.

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This podcast episode is sponsored by NOCD. NOCD provides online OCD therapy in the US, UK, Australia and Canada. To schedule your free 15 minute consultation to see if NOCD is a right fit for you and your child, go to

https://go.treatmyocd.com/at_parenting

This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.

To join the AT Parenting Community go to: www.ATparentingcommunity.com

Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.com

Sign up for my weekly email newsletter:

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Take one of my online classes:

To view the entire online school library, go to:

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It’s hard enough to parent a child with anxiety or OCD, but when your own mental health issues are added to the mix, it can be all encompassing. 

But it’s not all bad.

Having your own anxiety or OCD issues can help you be a better parent to a child with anxiety or OCD. 

You can often empathize with your child more than others can. You know how it feels to have struggles and can relate to them in a way others may not. You might catch things earlier and get them help faster. All of this can be invaluable for your child.

In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I invited Stacy Quick, an OCD therapist with NOCD to talk about how she parents three kids with anxiety and OCD, while having OCD herself. 

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This podcast episode is sponsored by NOCD. NOCD provides online OCD therapy in the US, UK, Australia and Canada. To schedule your free 15 minute consultation to see if NOCD is a right fit for you and your child, go to

https://go.treatmyocd.com/at_parenting

This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.

To join the AT Parenting Community go to: www.ATparentingcommunity.com

Visit my website at www.ATparentingSurvival.com

Sign up for my weekly email newsletter:

https://pages.convertkit.com/740ba8cd83/92109b7172

Take one of my online classes:

To view the entire online school library, go to:

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