169 | You, Me, and Anxiety: Understanding and Walking With Anxious Children with Dr. Robyn Graham
Living Easy with Lindsey
Lindsey Maestas
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Friends! My new book, Don't Burn Your Own House Down is ALMOST HERE!
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In this episode of the Living Easy Podcast, Lindsey Maestas sits down with Robyn Graham, author of You, Me, and Anxiety, to talk about anxiety in children, emotional regulation, and how parents can support anxious kids without unintentionally making things worse.
Together, they explore why so many parents feel overwhelmed and hopeless when navigating childhood anxiety, why children often struggle to emotionally regulate, and how unrealistic expectations from adults can escalate anxiety rather than soothe it.
This conversation offers practical tools for parents, caregivers, and educators who want to create calmer homes, healthier routines, and emotionally safe environments for kids struggling with anxiety.
What You'll Learn in This Episode:
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Why childhood anxiety is increasing and how it often shows up as irritability, shutdown, or emotional outbursts
- Navigating impatience and emotional spirals when your children don't get what they want with, "Is it heard, hugged, or helped?"
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The powerful truth that we often expect children to emotionally regulate better than adults do
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How a parent's tone, pace, and nervous system directly impact a child's anxiety
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The importance of routines and structure for anxious children
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How to prepare kids for the day in ways that reduce anxiety rather than increase pressure
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Practical parenting strategies for emotionally dysregulated children
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How to fight hopelessness in parenting when anxiety feels constant
Get Dr. Robyn Graham's book: You, Me, and Anxiety HERE.
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Follow along with Lindsey on Instagram: @livingeasywithlindsey.
Follow along with Dr. Robyn on Instagram: @therobyngraham.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, we were never promised that life would be easy. Sometimes it is hard and super crazy, |
| 0:11.7 | but when we do life together, we find that it becomes a lot easier and much more fun. |
| 0:17.2 | I believe in joyful life, in happy parenting, healthy marriages, long-lasting friendships, |
| 0:23.8 | and making perfect memories and imperfect homes. I love to dig deep and talk about the really |
| 0:30.2 | raw things that people are not always comfortable discussing. And I'm also passionate about |
| 0:34.9 | sharing practical tips that have helped me to help you |
| 0:38.3 | navigate through life less stressfully and more purposefully. |
| 0:42.1 | We will laugh together and struggle together. |
| 0:44.6 | You will hear honest insights on strengthening your faith and your marriage, parenthood, |
| 0:49.6 | how-toes, and so much more so that you can live life and live it with joy. |
| 0:55.2 | I am Lindsay Maestis. Welcome to the Living Easy podcast. Hello everyone and welcome back to the Living |
| 1:04.5 | Easy podcast. This is Lindsay Myestis and I'm so excited to be here today with Dr. Robin Graham. She focuses heavily on |
| 1:14.3 | neuroscience, anxiety. She's a parenting coach, an author, and a podcast host. And I have actually |
| 1:21.0 | been reading you, me and anxiety, her book with my boys, Sutton and Saxon, who seem to both have taken on a bit of the anxiety |
| 1:30.9 | that I have and we are all trying to navigate it together. I read within your book where you're |
| 1:36.8 | saying, kind of having some of the imposter syndrome that you are communicating. Like, |
| 1:41.0 | who am I to write on this? Can you talk a little bit about why you |
| 1:45.0 | decided to move forward with discussing anxiety and walking people through healing from anxiety? |
| 1:51.5 | Yeah, so I have to say anxiety has been woven into every aspect of my life from childhood. |
| 1:57.8 | My parents had it, my father, my grandmother, and then I myself have had it since |
| 2:04.0 | known, I would say, since I was about six years old, that looking back, I could see where |
| 2:09.4 | it definitely had an impact. And there are so many different components of anxiety and reasons |
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