PSP 408: How to Use Mel Robbins’ Let Them Theory with Kids with Anxiety or OCD

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

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🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

I quickly fell in love with Mel Robbins’ book The Let Them Theory. It is such a simple, and yet powerful approach to living your life. Throughout the book I thought about how the Let Them Theory could be adapted to parents, and in particular, those of us raising kids with anxiety or OCD.

I started to implement this approach with my kids in a child friendly way. It made a huge impact on how I showed up for their anxiety and OCD struggles. It also helped me let go of what I cannot control.

In this week’s AT Parenting Survival Podcast I talk about how to implement elements of the Let Them Theory with our kids with anxiety and OCD.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the AT Parenting Survival Podcast, where you get help and guidance through the chaos of
0:09.0	parenting a child with anxiety or OCD. This show is for educational purposes and is not intended to
0:15.5	replace the guidance of a qualified professional. Here's your host, child therapist, Natasha Daniels. Well, hello there,
0:23.1	and welcome to another episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast. Today, I want to talk to you
0:29.2	about using Mel Robbins's Let Them Theory with kids with anxiety and OCD. And even if you didn't
0:36.0	read the book, I'll tell you what it's
0:37.6	about. And this concept, it's not a, it's not a new or novel concept, but I do think it is worth
0:46.1	discussing how we approach our kids anxiety and OCD and what things we control and what things we
0:53.8	don't control. And I'm going to go into a little bit
0:56.7	about what her book is about, but then how we apply that to our kids. And regardless of whether you read
1:01.6	the book or not, it's a fantastic book. You should read it. You'll get something from this episode as far as
1:06.5	how do we, how do we dance with our kids' anxiety and OCD in ways that reduce overwhelm and actually create more effective results?
1:15.9	So we'll dive into that in a second, but I do want to thank No CD for sponsoring this episode.
1:22.1	NoCD offers affordable, effective, convenient therapy, and they're available in the U.S. and outside the U.S.
1:28.3	You can schedule your free 15-minute consultation to see if no CD is a right fit for you and your
1:34.1	child. Just go to treat myocd.com. That's treat myoced.com. I'll also leave a link in the show
1:41.0	notes. And I don't know if you're aware that I have an OCD card deck.
1:46.6	And so if you've been wondering or worrying about how to keep your kids, teens and young
1:53.0	adults skills alive related to OCDs, my card deck is a great supplement or a great maintenance
1:59.8	tool or a great thing to just add to your
2:03.0	toolbox when you're trying to help your kids build skills long term to crush OCD. They get to
2:09.4	pick a card each day and then either think about what is on the card. Sometimes it's just a thought
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