You're listening to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast, episode number 223. We're talking about

helping children to manage their emotions and especially their stress. Stay tuned.

Hi, I'm Jen Ridey, and this podcast is for women who want to feel more vibrant, happy,

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Welcome to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast.

Hey, everyone. So we are three months into this pandemic experience, depending on where you live.

And how is it going for you?

Well, you might have noticed over the past couple of weeks, we've been talking about

helping our children to handle their emotions related to the pandemic, but also in general.

And one of the themes I've noticed coming up is that we need to be

able to regulate our emotions. Emotions are contagious and that old saying, the wife's tale,

which wife's tales sometimes have some truth, I've noticed, that saying, if mama ain't happy,

ain't nobody happy, it's so true. And if you accept that as a

truth, it will help you feel justified in making sure you feel good. And that's the point of this

podcast, Vibrant Happy Women. So I'm talking with Anna Seawald today from the Authentic

Parenting Podcast. Anna is an awesome parenting expert. I highly recommend her.

And we're talking about stress and anxiety and helping kids to discover where they feel their

emotions in their bodies. A lot of times we'll try to solve problems by talking about the problem.

I notice you were yelling, honey.

Why were you yelling? What made you yell? And then we try to talk and talk and talk,

but we forget to back up a step and look at how are they feeling in their bodies.

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