How to Boost Your Child’s Confidence While Navigating Anxiety or Child OCD with Sharon West


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Confidence can take a major hit when a child is struggling with OCD or anxiety. In this episode, I sit down with teen coach Sharon West to explore how we can nurture self-confidence in our kids—even as they battle intrusive thoughts, worry, and fear.

Sharon shares insights from her 15+ years working with teens—as a life coach, foster mom, youth leader, and mom of three. Together, we talk about how to give kids space to build competence, how to model self-compassion and resilience, and why peer connection is a vital part of helping our kids feel a sense of belonging.

Sharon also introduces her virtual teen program, Connected & Skilled—a supportive group experience where teens can grow in confidence, practice life skills, and connect with like-minded peers in a warm, judgment-free space.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • How anxiety and OCD impact a child’s self-confidence

  • Practical ways parents can build confidence without rescuing

  • The role of peer acceptance—and how we can’t create it, but we can support it

  • How Sharon’s “Connected & Skilled” program helps teens build skills and self-worth in community

🌸 Learn more and register for Sharon’s virtual teen program here:

https://natashadaniels.com/teen

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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.


Parents, do you need more support?  


🌸 Here’s are resources I offer parents 👇🏻❤️


Online classes for parents raising kids with anxiety and OCD:

https://atparentingsurvivalschool.com


Join the AT Parenting Community (A membership designed to support parents raising kids with anxiety or OCD):

https://atparentingcommunity.com


Take one of my FREE webinars:

www.Natashadaniels.com/webinars


Check out my books: 

www.Natashadaniels.com/books


🌸 Other social places I hang out:


http://www.facebook.com/ATparentingSurvival 

http://www.pinterest.com/ATparentingSurvival

http://www.instagram.com/ATparentingSurvival

http://www.twitter.com/Parentingsurvival

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