TPP 084a: Karen Young of Hey Sigmund Talks About Anxiety in Kids

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Debbie Reber 0:00
Hey there, it's Debbie and welcome to Playback Friday. I'm going back into the archives and re releasing some of my favorite conversations from years ago every Friday. Unless you're a longtime listener of the show, there's a good chance you haven't heard this one yet. And even if you are, you just may get something completely different from listening to it this time around. Here you go and enjoy the show.
Karen Young 0:24
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 de pathologize 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. 'Cause it's just a part of being human.
Debbie Reber 0:59
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 Reaver, and today I'm talking with the founder of the popular website Hey Sigmund, Karen Young. Karen founded Hey Sigmund after realizing the power of solid information. It quickly became hugely popular, and on it she shares the latest. Research and news on psychology 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 in kids.
Debbie Reber 1:42
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 session 83. 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 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.
Debbie Reber 2:28
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 I just thought the the the designs beautiful. The content was and it continues to be just so thoughtful and powerful. And yeah, and I share your 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.
Karen Young 3:17
Oh, thank you. Thank you. Well the respect's very mutual and I'm really excited to chat with you today.
Debbie Reber 3:23
Well let's start by introducing you to our listeners. So we know that you are the creator of Hay Sigmund, but could you tell us a little bit about your story and what you do and kind of your personal why for creating Hay Sigmund?
Karen Young 3:37
So I started as a psychologist and I was in private practice and then I did uh teaching and personal growth groups and one to one counselling and then I stopped for a little while to stay at home with my kids and then I wanted to come back in
Karen Young 3:57
I just wanted to do something where I could have um 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 um 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.

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