Your Zen Friend
Lauren Wolfe MS, LPC
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Ever wish you had a zen friend? Someone who could help you ease your tween or tween’s anxiety, while also supporting you, so parenting was more peaceful?
Well good news, host Lauren Wolfe, a therapist and mom who’s made it through those anxious teen years is here to offer parents some zen!
A full-length episode comes out every Tuesday. And "A Drop of Zen," a short guided meditation or a "Zen Bonus Boost," a mini episode, come out every Friday.
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S3E129 5 Ways to Create More Connection and Calm This Summer
Send Lauren a text! Sometimes we have unrealistic expectations about our summer ahead. I just had a family vacation with some real highs and lows. I'm talking about temps in the 60's with rain on a…
S3E128 Fear of Being Awkward: Understanding Today's Anxious Teen
Send Lauren a text! Does it feel like your teen is more afraid of being "awkward," than you ever were at their age? As a therapist working with kids and teens, I've noticed today's generation seems…
S3E127 Chaos to Calm: Managing Your End of School Year Stress
Send Lauren a text! Is this time of year feeling absolutely insane for you as a parent? Between field trips, graduations, concerts, and athletic awards, these final weeks of school can push even the…
S3E126 Why Anxiety Treatment Seems To Fail: What Parents Need to Know
Send Lauren a text! Are you and your tween or teen struggling with anxiety treatment and wondering why it doesn't seem to be "working" right away? In this episode, I'll share the #1 misconception…
S3E125 Anxiety Red Flags: When to Seek Help for Your Anxious Tween or Teen
Send Lauren a text! Are you starting to notice signs of anxiety in your tween or teen and wondering if it might be time to get seek support? In this episode, I’ll share how to know when your child…
Drop of Zen ~ A Joyful Moment
Send Lauren a text! Parenting a tween or teen with anxiety is challenging! This Drop of Zen, a short guided mediation, is designed to offer you support and self care. This mediation is perfect to do…
S3E124 The Parent's Roadmap to OCD Treatment: Choosing a Therapist, ERP, and Home Support
Send Lauren a text! In this episode, I focus on how parents can find qualified therapists who treat OCD in children and teens, understand ERP therapy (the gold standard in OCD treatment) and support…
S3E123 Anxiety or Something More? A Parent's Guide to Recognizing OCD
Send Lauren a text! In this episode, I explore the key differences between OCD and anxiety in tweens and teens. Learn how to recognize the signs and identify when your child might need specialized…
S3E122 Smartphones & Anxiety: Setting Healthy Boundaries for Tweens & Teens
Send Lauren a text! In this episode, I explore the link between smartphone use and anxiety in tweens and teens. I'll introduce the term "problematic smartphone use," explain what it looks like, how…
S3E121 To Reassure or Not to Reassure: What to Do When Your Tween or Teen is Worried
Send Lauren a text! In this episode, I tackle a common dilemma parents face: should you reassure your anxious tween or teen when they're worried, or could that actually make their anxiety worse? I'll…
S3E120 Parenting is Ridiculous, Keeping it Real as a Therapist Mom
Send Lauren a text! In this episode, I'm taking off my therapist hat and getting real about the challenges of parenting - especially when it comes to raising tweens and teens. Join me for some honest…
S3E119 Easing Sunday Scaries for Tweens and Teens
Send Lauren a text! In this episode, I'm tackling the Sunday Scaries - those end-of-weekend worries that so many tweens and teens experience. If your child's weekend joy turns to anxiety as Monday…
S3E118 How to Stop Walking on Eggshells with Your Anxious Tween or Teen
Send Lauren a text! In this episode, I'm diving into something SO many parents tell me about - that feeling of walking on eggshells around their anxious tween or teen. That sense that you're…
S3E117 Social Anxiety in Tweens and Teens and How to Help as a Parent
Send Lauren a text! In this episode, I’m talking about a struggle that’s super common for tweens and teens: social anxiety. I’ll cover what it is, how to spot it, and, most importantly, how you can…
S3E116 Supporting Your Anxious Teen While Managing Your Anxiety
Send Lauren a text! In today’s episode, I’m answering our first listener question from Anna, a fellow Zen Friend, who’s struggling with her own anxiety triggered by her daughter’s anxiety.✨ Here’s…
Zen Bonus Boost ~ The Importance of Validating Feelings: Yours and Your Children's
Send Lauren a text! Welcome to your Zen Bonus Boost! This is a short (and hopefully sweet) episode designed to offer support, strategies and tips for parents of anxious tweens and teens.On this…
S3E115 Have Less Anxiety and More Balance in 2025
Send Lauren a text! In this episode, we’re diving into 3 ways to bring more balance to you and your tween/teen in 2025! 🎉 ✨ Here’s what we’ll cover in this episode:1️⃣ Reducing the pressure (on…
S3E114 Anxiety, Routines and Holiday Traditions
Send Lauren a text! In this episode, I’m diving into routines and predictability—how they can help (and sometimes hinder) your anxious tween or teen—and exploring the joy and connection that holiday…
Setting Boundaries During the Holiday Season with Vicki Smith
Send Lauren a text! Feeling overwhelmed with all the holiday to do's? Guest and friend of the pod, Vicki Smith will help us to clear our schedules of the stuff that doesn't serve us so that we have…
S3E112 Have More Zen and Less Stress for the Holidays
Send Lauren a text! In this festive episode, I’m sharing how I’ve shifted my holiday traditions to create more peace and joy during this busy season. Whether you're juggling the magic-making or…
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