SPECIAL EPISODE: Reducing Anxiety for Kids

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Gwyneth Paltrow

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 25 March 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Family counselor, school consultant, and educator Kim John Payne shares tips, guidelines, and resources to help parents and children adjust to this new normal. Kids feel safe, says Payne, when they sense their parents are in charge—even, and perhaps especially, in uncertain moments. Start smallish, suggests Payne: Declutter your home. Remove obvious triggers. Creating a calming environment can reduce feelings of disorientation, says Payne, which he believes are at the root of so-called misbehavior. For kids who are currently out of school, Payne says, it’s important to set up rhythms and rituals at home that mimic the structure they’re used to. But also: Be easy on yourself. Embrace boredom. It’s a doorway to deep creativity. (For more, see The goop Podcast hub.) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Don't hold anything too tightly. Just wish for it, want it, let it come from the
0:10.6	intention of real truth for you, and then let it go. For me our soul is like it's
0:16.8	unbound, it's limitless, but we will use words to limit ourselves. When people
0:23.2	stop believing that somebody's got your back or Superman's coming we turn to
0:28.9	ourselves and that's where you become empowered. Courageous participation attracts positive things.
0:37.3	I'm Gwyneth Paltrow. This is the Goop podcast bringing together thought leaders,
0:43.0	culture changers, creatives, founders and CEOs, scientists, doctors, healers and seekers.
0:49.9	Here to start conversations because simply asking questions and listening has the power to change
0:55.6	the way we see the world. Today is no exception. I'll let Elise fill you in on her extraordinary guest.
1:03.6	All right, over to Elise. Hi, I'm Elise Linnon, co-host with Gwyneth of The Goop podcast.
1:11.1	In today's special episode, in efforts to spread awareness and helpful information and how we
1:16.0	can best manage during the coronavirus pandemic, Kim John Payne is joining us. Kim John Payne is
1:23.6	an educator, school consultant, family counselor and the author of simplicity parenting using the
1:28.9	extraordinary power of less to raise calmer, happier and more secure kids. His work focuses on the
1:35.2	feeling of overwhelm that many of us manage on a daily basis and he specializes in finding ways we
1:41.2	can build deep connections with our children. So today, Kim is sharing strategies and tools we can
1:46.6	use to remain calm and connected with our kids, especially while many of us are cooped up in the
1:52.1	house together right now. So thank you, thank you, thank you. Tell me what to do. I'd add my
2:02.5	children and their stuff. Hi Elise. Hi. How about we start right there, hey?
2:14.4	One of the things that this kind of four or so things that I think are going to be helpful, one of
2:25.0	them is dealing with the stuff, dealing with the toys, the books, the clothes, just with the clutter.
2:34.0	And the reason this, with kids being home, that this might be a time to think more about that,
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