Anxiety in Kids and Breaking the Stress Cyclone With Jess Sherman
The Wellness Mama Podcast06/28/23 • 68 min
Episode Highlights With Jess
- How she trained in adventure therapy and learned to race dog sleds
- What adventure therapy is and how it can be helpful
- Resilience is being adaptable in the face of stress and how to nurture this
- The nervous system is very hungry
- What biological resilience is and how to increase it
- Lack of nourishment sends a signal of being unsafe to the body and can deplete resilience
- How focusing on the root cause specific to anxiety can lead to parents and children feeling stuck
- What she means by the cyclone of stress
- Her model for nervous system health
- Understanding the five core nourishment needs and limiting the five core stressors
- The hidden stressors that send messages of threat to the nervous system
- How genetics come into play in mood and behavior and how understanding them can help parents
- Sleep issues are also connected to safety and nervous system health
- What a lack of sleep can indicate and how to help kids through it
- Importance of approaching these factors with curiosity and help kids take agency from their own health as they get older
Resources We Mention
- Jess Sherman - Website
- Jess Sherman - Instagram
- Raising Resilience: take the stress out of feeding your family and love your life: 36 ways to help your kids relax, learn and grow by Jess Sherman
- Nutrition Genome
- Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids by Kim John Payne
06/28/23 • 68 min
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