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Parenting is hard. And when anxiety enters the picture, it can feel impossible. If your child is struggling and you're not sure what to do next, this is the podcast for you.
Join broadcaster Vanessa Feltz and her daughter, child therapist Saskia Joss, as they unpack the emotional rollercoaster of raising kids - especially when anxiety or emotional overwhelm start to take over. With a powerful mix of professional insight, real-life stories, and no-judgment honesty, each episode offers clear, compassionate advice to help you feel more equipped and less alone.
From school avoidance and separation anxiety, tricky teens to bedtime battles, they tackle the hardest parenting moments with warmth, humour, and expert guidance - because while parenting doesn’t come with a manual, this podcast might be the next best thing.
Want to get in touch? Email us: helpmychildsanxious@global.com
For advertising opportunities on this podcast email: dax@global.com
Join broadcaster Vanessa Feltz and her daughter, child therapist Saskia Joss, as they unpack the emotional rollercoaster of raising kids - especially when anxiety or emotional overwhelm start to take over. With a powerful mix of professional insight, real-life stories, and no-judgment honesty, each episode offers clear, compassionate advice to help you feel more equipped and less alone.
From school avoidance and separation anxiety, tricky teens to bedtime battles, they tackle the hardest parenting moments with warmth, humour, and expert guidance - because while parenting doesn’t come with a manual, this podcast might be the next best thing.
Want to get in touch? Email us: helpmychildsanxious@global.com
For advertising opportunities on this podcast email: dax@global.com
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This week we talk about the accusation that anxiety isn't real or being blown out of proportion. We have an anxiety specialist (our very own Saskia Joss) break down how anxiety is in fact VERY real.
Welcome back! This week on the podcast we're talking about how to assist your Childs anxiety with events or objects. If your child doesn't like dogs, parties or clowns you may think the best way to get over these fears is by making them experience the things that scares them. This may not actually be the case...
This week we're doing things a little differently - instead of focusing on one form of anxiety we're looking into what you should actually say to your anxious child. We're sort of scripting what you need to be saying to assist your child.
We had the incredible Narinder Kaur on the show this week and she shares her anxiety she has about her daughter at university. What can you do when your child has left the nest to know that they're safe? We answer all of these questions on the podcast!
This week we discuss the best ways to discipline a child. Every generation has their own style of parenting none of which are perfect but we talk about why some are better than others
The internet is a very odd place sometimes and we are discussing one of those times. Mummaxxing is a new trend taking over the world but is it a playful online thing or is it actually surprisingly damaging?
When the world is in such tricky times where the news has never been so busy. Your child may hear or watch a news story that may upset them. The dynamic duo discuss the best way to help your child understand such terrible news in the safest way possible!
Parenting burn out happens to even the best parents. It doesn't make you a bad person it makes you human - but luckily we have a dream team who are happy to help you out!
After our chat with Helen Flanagan we decided we'd do a full episode on how to not push your anxieties onto your children.
This week the dynamic duo aren't alone! We are blessed to be in company of the lovely Helen Flanagan who has just written a book all about her anxiety growing up called Head and Heart, which is out now. She opens up about her eating disorder and how she's noticing her anxieties growing in her children.
This new trend of FAFO Parenting really has started taking off and our lovey duo discuss if it's the right way to parent OR do they think it'll harm the child in the long run?
You asked us for advice so we're responding! How do you talk to your kids about Mummy and Daddy cuddles in the safest way and how do you inform your child about their changing bodies without embarrassing them. Its all explained in this weeks episode!
There was really only one thing this week we could be discussing and that is OF COURSE Brooklyn Beckham talking about his anxiety of being born into a celebrity family. Saskia shares how she can understand Brooklyns pains.
Welcome back! This week we talk all things social media. It's a dangerous place online so should we actually be allowing our children to use it? Australia has just banned children under 16 from using it should the whole world follow suit?
Do you know what Janxiety is? It's the anxiety you get at the start of the year where you may feel a little bit lost when the date rolls over. We discuss how you as a parent may feel letting your kid go back to school and how tracking them may not be the right thing to do...
This week we asked you all on our instagram at Help! My Childs Anxious Pod what questions do you want answered and they came in thick and fast and so we have answered a good chunk of them on this special episode - perfect for Christmas Day listening!Happy Christmas Everyone!
This week our two Turtles Doves deliver us some incredibly useful help on how to deal with Christmas anxiety for both yourself and your child!
This week we discuss the top news story of last week, is my child actually anxious? How can I tell if my Childs actually anxious or just doesn't like doing certain things? With doctors over diagnosing how can I tell if my child is actually anxious?
Warning!! This is a much more serious conversation than what we're use to! This week we talk about pregnancy anxiety and all the fears that come with pregnancy!
Ben Rebuck joins us on the podcast this week to talk about what it's like to be a good dad. There's a lot on emphasis on being a mother and the dads often get left to figure it out on their own. Ben opens up about the struggles on becoming a second time father.
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i'd be fascinated to hear Vanessa's ideas on how Gazan mothers might address their childrens' anxiety after suffering the trauma of 21 months bombardment, displacement, physical injury, starvation, grief and the certain knowledge that there is little their parents can do to protect them from an army intent on genocide (as defined by the UN, Amnesty and Medicin Frontiere). the same army and Israeli government Vanessa has been such a loyal apologist for .