The State of Our Kids with Sissy Goff

The Alli Worthington Show

Alli Worthington

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

4.8 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

After a year of living through a pandemic, we are all uncertain, anxious and even a little bit cranky about things going back to normal. As adults, we have a lifetime of practice building coping strategies that work for our individual personalities and lifestyles. But what about our kids? A year of distance learning, isolation from friends, disruption of routines and continued uncertainty only adds to anxiety they may already feel and not know how to manage. That’s why I invited Sissy Goff on the show today to talk about the state of our kids in a post-pandemic world and how we can better support them. Since 1993, Sissy has helped girls and their parents find confidence in who they are and hope in who God is making them be, both as individuals and families. She is a sought-after speaker for parenting events and the author of twelve books, including her latest release for teenage girls, Brave. Join us as she shares her insights and knowledge on: How anxiety and depression manifest differently in boys and girls. Practical ways parents can support their children who struggle with anxiety. The number one thing parents can do to help support the mental health of their kids. Favorite quotes: 1. Culturally we’re just doing too much and moving too fast. And kids are often getting the brunt of that unintentionally from us as adults. 2. For adolescents, so much life for them comes from peers. The loneliness really immediately started impacting them in a very different way. 3. Anxiety is an overestimation of the problem and an underestimation of ourselves. 4. Anxiety is the most prevalent condition among kids but it's also the most treatable. 5. When we can come up with a name for anxiety, it loses its power. In this episode I answer this question: I want to host Bible study but I didn’t go to seminary, is it okay that I host one? (45:13) Great things we discussed: 1. Find Sissy at her website & on Instagram 2. Brave 3. Goodness Of God4. Parenthood5. Late Migrations6. K. McCarthy 7. Hold On To Me 8. Standing Strong Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :) xo, Alli www.alliworthington.com/SissyGoff/

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, this is Allie and welcome to the Allie Worthington show.
0:06.7	It's where we gather, learn, share our stories and have a great time.
0:10.8	Every week I'll be chatting with a friend who I know, who I like and I respect,
0:15.4	and I want to learn something from.
0:17.3	And after we have that discussion, we are going to have coaching time.
0:20.2	So I'm going to be
0:20.8	answering your questions about life, about faith, and about business. Welcome to the show. I'm with
0:26.3	the very wise, Sissy Goff. She is a brilliant counselor, and she shares insight on what's going on
0:32.9	with our kids and anxiety. I mean, after the year we've had, this is a really important conversation.
0:38.3	Now, she's going to tell us what the sometimes silent clues are that our kids are dealing
0:43.4	with anxiety, because especially in girls, apparently, anxiety, you can't really tell
0:49.1	until things get really far out of hand. She's going to break down what anxiety looks like for girls and boys
0:55.1	because it often looks really different and what we can do is parents to support our kids.
1:00.5	This is a really important topic and it's an important show for everyone. I would love it
1:05.8	if as you are watching, you click that share button and you text it to a friend who also is raising kids or
1:13.5	teenagers. This is one of those conversations that we need to share. I was talking last week about
1:19.9	the reason I have this show is to learn from people and to find great info that we all need and
1:26.1	share it with people. So I'm sharing it with you,
1:28.5	but what I need for you to do is share it with your friends. This is one of those shows that's going to
1:34.6	empower us to be better parents, better aunts, better grandmas, better friends to people dealing
1:41.0	with anxiety. It's really, really important, and I don't want anyone to
1:44.2	miss it. And after we talk with Sissy, I am answering a faith question today. The faith question we got
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