#1035 - Adolescent Anxiety With Dr Jodie Lowinger
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Dr Jodie Lowinger is recognised as one of the world’s leading anxiety, mindset, and resilience experts. Jodie was a guest speaker in the groundbreaking Breaking Point Digital Conference and today we share a snapshot from her session on 'Girls and Mental Health'.
In this episode:
- Sydney Anxiety Clinic - Psychologists
- Author of The Mind Strength Method: Four steps to curb anxiety, conquer worry and build resilience
The prevalence of anxiety among adolescent girls
Anxiety is part of our human condition
- Gender and anxiety
- Multidimensional factors contributing to adolescent anxiety:
- Biological (hormones, genetic predisposition)
- Environmental (social, psychological, technology/social media, FOMO, life experiences)
- Parents as therapists?
- Emotional intelligence
- Empowering parents with skills and tools to build emotional literacy
- The need for consistent language
- Parents, educators, therapists, child - getting on the same page!
- The power of relationship
- Parents want to fix things
- Undermining a child's capacity to build resilience
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Related links:
- Enough: Overcoming Anxiety, Perfectionism, & Self Loathing
- Riding the Waves [The Course]
- A Grown Up's Guide to Worry Stacking (and how to help kids kick it!)
- #168 Emotional Intelligence with Marc Brackett
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