Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry

Lynn Lyons LICSW, Robin Hutson

Episodes 335
Avg. Duration 39m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.9 (468)
Since Apr 2020
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Parenting isn't easy, and it's normal to worry. Lynn Lyons, therapist, author, and speaker is one of the world's experts on helping parents, kids, and teens manage anxiety. She talks with co-hosts sister-in-law Robin Hutson and brother Ed Gerwig in a weekly podcast full of laughs, and practical advice without the psychobabble. Since 2020, they've been talking about anxiety and worry, their love for Mr. Rogers, and the crazy things the mental health field gets WRONG about anxiety. Anxiety Expert Lynn Lyons has been a therapist for over 35 years. She's an author of 3 books with a new one coming out in October and has traveled around the US and Canada training hundreds of audiences teachers, school nurses, counselors and parents about managing anxiety. Flusterclux represents that feeling of overwhelm. Each episode is filled with practical advice for parents how to better manage their worry and big feelings like anger and sadness so that they are modeling healthy emotional awareness. Lynn answers listener questions and gives parents concrete strategies for developing the traits that are their kids' best defenses against anxiety and depression later in life: flexibility, resilience, autonomy, and problem solving. New episodes every Friday at 5AM EST. Find us at flusterclux.com https://www.facebook.com/flusterclux https://www.instagram.com/flusterclux/

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S8E48 A Success Story: Devin Uses His 20s to Make Remarkable Changes

Jun 12, 2026 30m

Need a little hope? Looking for inspiration? Lynn is joined by her client Devin who has gone from a highly anxious child with selective mutism to a socially anxious and depressed young adult (that’s…

S8E47 Flusterclux Quarterlife: In-Personal: Why Moving Your Conversations Offline Will Change Your Life

Jun 09, 2026 19m

Too often we send a text when we have something hard to say. Smart phones allow constant communication, but we are missing somehing vital when we forgo face-to-face interaction. Learn more about…

S8E46 We're Grieving Our Moms: A Conversation with Robyn Isman

Jun 05, 2026 37m

Robin and Lynn are joined by fellow anxiety therapist Robyn Isman, not to talk about anxiety, but about the grief over losing their moms. Listeners of the pod know that Robin’s mom died in 2010 and…

S8E45 Flusterclux Quarterlife: Robot Therapists: AI and Mental Health

Jun 02, 2026 18m

Each Tuesday, Lynn Lyons talks with her son, Brackett, about all the new challenges in life facing twenty-somethings. Today, we discuss how Artificial Intelligence is everywhere - including the…

S8E44 How To Create Accommodation Plans That Don’t Support Avoidance

May 29, 2026 32m

A listener is looking for help creating accommodations for a first grader. How can the adults help without reinforcing the fear through avoidance? The key is to focus on supporting with skills…and it…

S8E43 Flusterclux Quarterlife: Am I Falling Behind? The Comparison Trap and How to Avoid It.

May 26, 2026 21m

Have you ever looked around and seen people you went to school with earning a graduate degree? Climbing the career ladder at break-neck speed? On an incredible vacation around the globe? We all fall…

S8E42 Best of: Depression's Treatment And Prevention: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Yapko

May 22, 2026 56m

In this re-cast of a not-to-be missed episode, Lynn and Robin talk to the expert Lynn values most, Dr. Michael Yapko. Dr. Yapko is one of the world’s foremost experts on depression, how it moves…

Flusterclux Quarterlife: Too Old for the Pediatrician, What's Next?

May 19, 2026 20m

Because your 20s are a mother. Welcome to the debut of Flusterclux Quarterlife! Each Tuesday, Lynn Lyons talks with her son, Brackett, about all the new challenges in life facing twenty-somethings.…

S8E40 How Music Boosts Mood & Connection

May 15, 2026 28m

Humans have experienced the power of music throughout all of history. And research shows that its impact on our psychological state, memory and anxiety is real. Ed is a musician and he joins Lynn to…

S8E39 Anxiety Can Be Exhausting, So Do We Give Our Kids A Break From Exposure?

May 08, 2026 38m

Following some love for Love on the Spectrum, we discuss a listener question from the mom of a 13 year-old who is worn out from her child's OCD and panic. Is it time to let the nervous system “cool…

S8E38 Best of: Managing the Big Feelings Around Graduations

May 01, 2026 32m

Today we re-cast an important episode about end-of-school-year emotions and all the big feelings. It’s graduation time. Robin is smack in the middle of this emotional time and Lynn has navigated it…

S8E37 When My Kids Are Afraid To Try Something, How Hard Do I Push Them?

Apr 24, 2026 40m

A listener wants her son to learn to swim after a previous bad experience at swimming lessons. Should she push him to go? How can she convince him to try again when he won’t even address the topic?…

S8E36 How Denying A Problem Keeps Families Stuck & Disconnected

Apr 17, 2026 34m

Lynn often talks about the sizable “sweet spot of normal.” Our children will be sad, angry, confused and rejected and we can guide them through the ups and downs. Denial, however, prevents kids from…

S8E35 Why Kids Should Not Be In Therapy Without Their Parents

Apr 10, 2026 44m

A listener asks a question about being left out of her children’s therapy following the death of their father. The listener is baffled and so is Lynn, so she’s climbing back on her soap box to…

S8E34 The Power of “Coregulation” and How Your Family Can Have More

Apr 03, 2026 31m

Being together and “hanging out” as a family does more than you might think. Doing it regularly, while reading or cooking or playing music and games, powerfully models connection and communication.…

Best of: High Anxiety & Good Grades: Our Toxic Achievement Culture

Mar 27, 2026 43m

In this recast of an important episode from Seasons 2, we tackle the toxicity of our current achievement culture. It’s so normalized, it’s now invisible to us. Lynn has a must hear answer for kids of…

S8E32 How To Handle Panic Attacks

Mar 20, 2026 35m

A listener asked a common question: how do I help someone who’s having a “real” panic attack? In this episode, we talk about the different terms people use to describe anxiety symptoms (including…

S8E31 Why the ODD Diagnosis Doesn't Help Parents Help Children

Mar 13, 2026 42m

A listener has a question about the diagnosis of ODD, oppositional defiant disorder. What does this diagnosis mean, what does this label offer families, and why (in Lynn’s and others' opinion) is it…

S8E30 Health Anxiety and Catastrophizing Every Symptom: How To Stop!

Mar 06, 2026 47m

Anxiety causes or amplifies physical symptoms. Headaches, stomachaches, dizziness, and even muscle pain are common. But what happens when your anxiety causes your physical symptoms AND such symptoms…

S8E29 How To Not Pass On Your Social Anxiety To Your Kids

Feb 27, 2026 38m

Remember the outdated parenting adage: “do as I say, not as I do”? Well, when it comes to passing on anxiety, both what you say really does make a difference. Research shows that how parents talk…

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