Why your anxiety could be shaping theirs
Firstly, a question. When your child is scared of something, what do you do?
Step in. Smooth it over. Keep them close.
Totally natural, right? But new research suggests that response, especially when it comes from an anxious parent, might be quietly teaching your child to be anxious too.
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COVID and anxious kids. What to do?
Most of us have heard of the term “helicopter parents” but what does it really mean and have you been guilty of it? The answer is probably.
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Minimising anxiety even during a pandemic
A little over a month ago, we were all going about our daily lives as usual. Going to work, sports, shopping centres, cinemas, and cafes. I was able to visit my mum in her residential aged care environment.
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Horoscopes And Anxiety. Real? Yeah.
If you see your horoscope in a magazine do you check it out? When I ask this question to clients I mostly get “yeah, but I don’t believe it!”
My response is usually “then why the hell read it?”
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How to unlearn social anxiety
I remember going to high school with a girl called Alison. She was born and raised in Australia but her parents were American. Alison had an Aussie/Americano sort of thing going on when she spoke. There were certain words she said that had a twang to them. Kinda cool at the time.
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