Welcome to the AT parenting survival podcast, where you get help and guidance through the

chaos of parenting a child with anxiety or OCD.

This show is for educational purposes and is not

intended to replace the guidance of a qualified professional. Here's your host

Child therapist Natasha Daniels. Well hello there and welcome to another episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast.

Today I want to talk to you about your child self-confidence and their self-esteem, their self-image, their self-worth.

It's all so crucial, especially for our kids with anxiety and OCD because anxiety and OCD can really hit the self-esteem.

And self-esteem and self-confidence is a hard thing anyway if you are a human being and especially if you're a tween and teen, but when you add and

sprinkle in anxiety and OCD on top of all of that, it can be even more difficult.

And that is why I invited my guest to come over and talk to us today.

Jesse Laboe is one of today's most highly sought after youth motivational speakers.

He's also an author. He has an underdog story kind of like the

rest of us and it inspired him to talk to millions of teens through his

speaking, his best-selling books, and his inspirational youth programs.

He is one of the world's premiere basketball trick artist, which is pretty cool, and he is regularly

featured on TV and film and through international tours.

And he has created The Attitude is Everything Foundation,

which is pretty cool because it's a resource for young people

to have ongoing support throughout their difficult teenage years and it targets

the areas of self-esteem, confidence, and mental health, which is truly the name of the game.

So I thought he was a perfect person to invite over

and have a discussion about how do we boost our child's

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