Ep62 - What Your Child’s Anxiety Is Really Trying to Tell You: stop fixing, start empowering

What if the key to helping your anxious child isn't fixing them; it's understanding yourself first? In this powerful episode, Mia sits down with Maria Osborne, Senior Psychologist at Sensational Kids, to explore one of the most important conversations in parenting today: how to understand, support, and empower children who experience anxiety, worry, and emotional overwhelm. Maria brings both professional expertise and the honest, grounded perspective of a mum of three, and the result is a conversation that is as reassuring as it is practical. In this episode you'll discover: ∙Why a dysregulated parent cannot regulate a dysregulated child, and what you can do about it ∙The simple science behind anxiety and how the nervous system responds to perceived threats ∙How to teach children that thoughts are transient, and make their positive inner voice louder ∙Why 10 minutes of child directed play a day can transform your child's resilience and self-esteem ∙The powerful role of sensory play in grounding children and reducing anxiety in the moment Because calm is contagious. And it starts with you. 🎧 Listen now to get started.

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