How to Reclaim Moments of Peace While Parenting a Child 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

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🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

When you’re parenting a child with OCD or anxiety, life can start to feel like one long crisis response. You may find yourself constantly managing meltdowns, fears, compulsions—and feeling like there’s no room for rest, laughter, or lightness.

But even in the hard seasons, moments of peace and joy can exist.

In this episode, I’ll share:

Why joy and connection aren’t signs you’re ignoring your child’s OCD or anxiety struggles
Simple ways to notice and create space for micro-moments of peace
How small joys can build resilience in you and your child
What helped me (and many other parents) stop living in survival mode 24/7

This isn’t toxic positivity—it’s survival with heart.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the AT Parenting Survival Podcast, where you get help and guidance through the chaos of parenting a child with anxiety or OCD.
0:12.0	This show is for educational purposes and is not intended to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.
0:18.5	Here's your host, child therapist, Natasha Daniels. Well, hello there,
0:23.5	and welcome to another episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast. Today, I want to talk to you
0:28.9	about something that I'm really trying to practice and sometimes failing up and then practicing
0:34.4	again, which is how to find those moments of peace and dare I say even joy
0:41.7	while my child or children are struggling with anxiety and OCD and all the other many different
0:49.6	things that go with it, including ArphID, restrictive eating, social anxiety, ADHD.
0:56.4	We've got alphabet soup over here.
0:59.8	And it's hard.
1:01.4	It's hard to find joy sometimes when you're in the middle of a crisis or you're dealing
1:05.8	with chaos.
1:07.1	And yet, it's so important.
1:10.2	And this is our life and our journey too.
1:12.4	So I'm going to talk about how to reclaim those moments of peace
1:16.7	and talk specifically about what I do to find my balance as well.
1:23.2	But before we jump in, I do want to thank No CD for sponsoring this episode.
1:31.3	No CD offers affordable,
1:36.4	effective, convenient therapy, and they're available in the U.S. and outside the U.S. You can schedule your free 15-minute consultation to see if no CD is a right fit for you and your
1:42.0	child. Just go to treat myoced.com. That's treat my
1:46.0	oCD.com. I'll leave a link in the show notes as well. I also want to mention as we talk about
1:53.3	reclaiming moments of peace while your child has anxiety in OCD or while they're struggling,
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