EP71 Parenting Support for Moms of Anxious Children with Dawn Friedman

The Radical Mother Village with Christa Bevan

In this episode, I'm chatting with Dawn Friedman. With a masters in clinical mental health counseling and a post-graduate training in infant-toddler mental health and postpartum mood disorders, she has been working with kids and families for more than 30 years!

In this episode you'll learn:

• How Dawn realized that to help anxious kids, she needed to be working with the parents instead
• How some kids are born with a more anxious prone brain and some aren’t
• Differentiating between a healthy dose of fear and crippling anxiety in our children
• Why we need to factor in taking care of ourselves as parents when it comes to accommodating our anxious kids
• The answer to the question: “are we really allowing for “all feelings are valid” if we don’t allow them to be for ourselves as parents?”
• The ways the pendulum can swing too far in one direction when we’re attempting to break cycles of generational trauma

For more from Dawn:
http://ChildAnxietySupport.com
http://instagram.com/dawnfriedmanmsed
http://facebook.com/childanxietyspport
Ready for deeper support and the tools it takes to be a better cycle breaker? Grab all the details about the FOUNDATIONS course --> christabevan.com/foundations
For more from Christa:

Join my free "virtual village" on Facebook --> facebook.com/groups/theradicalmothervillage

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A radical mother is a woman poised in her power ready to disrupt cycles of generational trauma running through her family like wildfire. She's working to improve her life, the lives of her children, and shape the landscape of her community. If that's you - you're in the right place.
This podcast is designed to connect you with resources, inspiration, and the reminder that you are not alone as you embark on your journey of radical mothering.
I’m your host Christa Bevan and I’m a nervous system educator for cycle breaker moms as well as a certified TRE (trauma releasing exercises) provider, and a trauma-informed yoga instructor. And of course, a fellow Radical Mother. My approach to this work blends neuroscience backed tools and heart-centered intuition.
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