Helping Your Child Survive the Holidays with OCD and Anxiety

AT Parenting Survival | Raising Kids with OCD & Anxiety

Natasha Daniels: Child Therapist, Child Anxiety and OCD Expert, Parenting Coach and Parent

Parenting, Ocd Therapy, Ocd In Children, Ocd, Anxiety, Child Anxiety, Child Ocd, Kids & Family, Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The holidays can be magical — but for kids with OCD and anxiety, they can also be overwhelming. In this episode, Natasha helps parents prepare for the unique challenges that come with travel, family gatherings, disrupted routines, and sensory overload.

You’ll learn how to anticipate triggers before they happen, create a holiday coping map with your child, set boundaries with relatives, and protect your child’s regulation during busy days.

Whether you’re traveling across the country or just hosting at home, this episode gives you simple tools to make the holidays more manageable—and even enjoyable—for your child.

You’ll walk away feeling prepared, supported, and confident going into the holiday season.

Get the PDF template on how to write a text or email to your family about your child’s anxiety and OCD struggles at www.natashadaniels.com/handout

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0:00.0	Before you jump into today's episode, I want to talk to you about overwhelm. Do you get overwhelmed
0:06.4	when your child's anxiety or OCD starts to spiral? I know that I have. Is your child's fear or
0:12.7	discomfort contagious? It can be. And one of the biggest gifts we can give our child is the skill
0:19.6	to anchor ourselves. When we learn how to shift
0:23.3	our mindset out of fear and panic, when we learn how to ground ourselves and calm our nervous system,
0:31.6	when we learn how to spot our own triggers and we learn how to address them. We become an incredibly effective anchor
0:39.7	for our kids and their struggles. And honestly, it's not as hard as you might think. I had to
0:46.1	learn how to navigate incredible life stress, like the sudden passing of my husband a couple
0:50.9	years ago, along with raising three kids with anxiety, OCD, pots, ADHD,
0:57.2	RFID, we've got alphabet soup over here. But this has become a daily practice for me. And because of it,
1:04.4	not only have I felt more calm, I feel healthier, my kids are noticing the remarkable shift as well. And now I'm going to teach
1:13.5	you these skills. Join me in my free series, how to be an effective anchor for your child with
1:19.2	anxiety or OCD. You can register at atyparenting survival series.com. All these videos are on demand so you can watch the videos and
1:29.3	the replay on your schedule while the series is running, which will be January 8th through
1:35.2	January 16th. I hope to see you over there. Now back to the show.
1:43.3	Welcome to the AT Parenting Survival Podcast, where you get help and guidance through the chaos of parenting a child with anxiety or OCD.
1:52.3	This show is for educational purposes and is not intended to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.
1:58.8	Here's your host, child therapist, Natasha Daniels.
2:02.9	Well, hello there, and welcome to another episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast.
2:08.3	I want to talk to you today about how to help your child and you survive the holidays with OCD.
2:16.2	The holidays can be really exciting and fun, but when you have a
2:19.2	child who mentally struggles, there are a lot of triggers and there's a lot of stress that comes
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