TPP 084: Karen Young of Hey Sigmund Talks About Anxiety in Kids
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
everybody gets anxiety some of the time we wouldn't be alive if we didn't it's what keeps us alive so it's just a part of being human but it's you know sometimes it happens too much so basically it's about just trying to melt away the stigma and saying we all do some of this stuff some of the time let's just depathologize it so we can get on with supporting ourselves and each other and feeling okay about where we're at without first of all having to get over the hump of feeling broken And like there's something wrong because it's just a part of being human.
Welcome to the Tilt Parenting Podcast, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Reber, and today I'm talking with the founder of the popular website, HeySigmund, Karen Young. Karen founded HeySigmund after realizing the power of solid information. It quickly became hugely popular, and on it she shares the latest research and news on psychology and with everyday people. What attracted me to Karen's website is that it frequently features fascinating, comprehensive and easy to digest articles on issues surrounding kids emotional and mental well being with a special focus on anxiety and kids.
So that's what we're talking about in depth today. Anxiety in children. Karen's also going to tell us about her new book, which she wrote specifically for children with anxiety called Hey, Warrior. By the way, if you're new to the podcast, in my last episode, I interviewed a mom about her journey of raising two kids with anxiety disorder. So if you haven't listened yet, and anxiety is something that's touching your family, you can check that out too. It's at tiltparenting.com slash session83. And after you've listened to the episode, don't forget to go over to tiltparenting.com slash after the show. Each week I share a one to two minute video where I share my biggest takeaways from my podcast conversations or tips about taking what you've learned and making it work for your family.
When you go to my after the show page, you can sign up to get new episodes of the podcast and after the show series delivered to your inbox each week. And now I'll get on with my conversation with Karen. Hey, Karen, welcome to the podcast. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Well, I've been wanting to do this for a while. I discovered Hayes Sigmund when I was first researching Tilt Parenting, and I was instantly in love. I just thought that the design's beautiful, the content was amazing. And it continues to be just so thoughtful and powerful. And yeah, and I share your content a lot with the Tilt community. So it's a real honor to be able to bring on the podcast and talk to you about what you're up to.
Oh,
thank you. Thank you. Well, the respect is very mutual and I'm really excited to chat with you today.
Well, let's start by introducing you to our listeners. So we know that you are the creator of HeySigmund, but could you tell us a little bit about your story and what you do and kind of your personal why for creating HeySigmund?
So I started as a psychologist and I was in private practice and then I did teaching and personal growth groups and one-to-one counseling. And then I stopped for a little while to stay at home with my kids. And then I wanted to come back in because I actually loved working as a psychologist. I loved it and I missed it when I wasn't doing it. So I wanted to come back in, but I just wanted to do something where I could have a broader reach. And when I was in practice, what I was really aware of was that when I was working with kids, that parents just needed the information and they could do really great things with the information. So I didn't, It wasn't so much what I did, but when parents knew the information that we as psychologists knew, they could do really great stuff with it.
And so basically that's where Hey Sigmund started was I just want people to have the information that we have as psychologists. And, you know, parents are the ones who are most connected to their kids and have the most influence on.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–4:19
2
What inspired Karen Young to create the Hey Sigmund website?
4:19–9:19
3
How did Hey Sigmund gain popularity and what was the breakthrough post?
9:19–17:37
4
What does anxiety feel like in a child’s body and mind?
17:37–23:47
5
How did Karen recognize her daughter’s anxiety and what steps did she take?
23:47–34:20
Speakers
2 identifiedMore from Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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