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The Wellness Mama Podcast - Anxiety in Kids and Breaking the Stress Cyclone With Jess Sherman

Anxiety in Kids and Breaking the Stress Cyclone With Jess Sherman

The Wellness Mama Podcast

06/28/23 • 68 min

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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

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06/28/23 • 68 min

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