Childhood Anxiety

12/10/20 • 49 min

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Dr. Rukhsana Chaudhry comes on today to kick off our mental health series and gives us SO MUCH insight into our anxieties and how to deal with our kids’. Let’s face it: this pandemic has kicked our collective butts and we’ve seen changes in our kids and in ourselves we haven’t handled well all the time. We can do better by learning better, and when we do that, we MOM better.

Learning to sit with discomfort to teach our kids how to do the same can hit childhood anxiety head-on. Dr. Chaudhry addresses teen needs as well, sharing current research on pandemic-induced social isolation as potentially more hazardous in teens. Filtering information to quell teen anxiety and learning to recognize the signs of mental discomfort and illness in our kids will be key, and the resources she shares with us are amazing. Most importantly, continuing to work against the stigma of mental illness in some Muslim communities is going to be key, so HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS, ya’ll!

Don’t forget to click on the links in the show notes to recognize the signs, be mental health first aid proficient, and learn the lingo of mental health. Tune in to the rest of our episodes on mental health dropping this month, every Thursday at 6 pm EST on Alexa, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!

Links:https://youtu.be/NrB8Iamo0OA

Recognize the signs! Mental Health First Aid virtual training via the American Muslim Health Professional Association: https://amhp.us/virtualmhfa/
Learn the lingo! Reducing mental health stigma with National Alliance on Mental Illness: https://www.nami.org/Home
UCLA Childhood Anxiety Center: https://carescenter.ucla.edu/
Wellness Toolkit in the Time of Coronavirus from The FYI.org: https://www.thefyi.org/toolkits/coronavirus/
Muslim American mental health issues with Muslim Wellness Foundation: https://www.muslimwellness.com/aboutmwf
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: https://afsp.org/
CDC Coronavirus schedule: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6949e1.htm
Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com
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Links:https://youtu.be/NrB8Iamo0OA

Recognize the signs! Mental Health First Aid virtual training via the American Muslim Health Professional Association: https://amhp.us/virtualmhfa/
Learn the lingo! Reducing mental health stigma with National Alliance on Mental Illness: https://www.nami.org/Home
UCLA Childhood Anxiety Center: https://carescenter.ucla.edu/
Wellness Toolkit in the Time of Coronavirus from The FYI.org: https://www.thefyi.org/toolkits/coronavirus/
Muslim American mental health issues with Muslim Wellness Foundation: https://www.muslimwellness.com/aboutmwf
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: https://afsp.org/
CDC Coronavirus schedule: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6949e1.htm
Web: www.mommyingwhilemuslim.com
Email: [email protected]
FB: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group
IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

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Election 2020 Part IV: Acceptance

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Zaiba and Uzma discuss the final stage of Kubler Ross’grief: Acceptance today. They skipped over bargaining for religious reasons!

As Muslims, “acceptance” doesn’t mean lie down and relax. The work is NOT DONE! There’s much to do to keep the momentum going and to undo all the damage that’s been done to our nation in the last 4 years, and particularly to Muslim Americans.

Local and state elections matter because of school curricula, zoning laws that determine when and if masajid go up, law enforcement, where our tax dollars go directly, and so much more! There are some easy things we can do, and even work that our kids can do to get involved or to stay involved in the political process and protect democracy and justice. Never underestimate the power of what ya’ll can do, mamas!

Links:

1) All eyes on GA: Black Voters Matter: https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/

2) Purchase this workbook on anxiety if your child has it--or even if YOU do! What to Do When You Worry Too Much: https://www.amazon.com/What-When-Worry-Much-What/dp/1591473144

3) What to Do After the Election: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/health/election-getting-involved-actions-wellness/index.html

4) Find my Congressperson: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative and https://www.senate.gov/senators/index.htm

5) Points of Light to get matched up with volunteer opportunities: https://www.pointsoflight.org/our-mission/

6) Find other volunteer opportunities based on your interest in Volunteer Match: https://www.volunteermatch.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAk53-BRD0ARIsAJuNhpsPDNaDVM6wY7Moi6qBdq0ZBc8GMSSL85E2dnF33nsQBxRa8pCqfMUaApSFEALw_wcB

7) Better Arguments Project: https://betterarguments.org/

8) Website: https://mommyingwhilemuslim.com/

9) Facebook: Mommying While Muslim page and Mommyingwhilemuslim group

10) IG: @mommyingwhilemuslimpodcast

11) Twitter: @MWMpodcasting

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Next Episode

How You Doin? The State of Our Emotional Cups

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This year has brought a lot of changes we weren’t ready for, moms, and this episode brings on Dr. Saba Maroof, MD, a very busy psychiatrist whose work tripled as a result of the pandemic! She’s seen a lot and has had her pulse on the Muslim American psyche pre-pandemic, but there are some specific Muslim mental health needs she’s seeing arise as a result of the lockdown.

Let’s address what the hang-ups are in the Muslim community, as well as without it, about mental health, address the burdens of motherhood that put her mental health needs on the back burner and further at risk of crisis, and figure out how to identify what we can and cannot control of our emotions and minds. Don’t wait until it gets out of hand, ya’ll! If you FEEL something is off, DO something ASAP.

Find out the names of what you might be feeling and let us know, “How YOU doin?”

Links:https://youtu.be/NrB8Iamo0OA