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4 Things with Amy Brown

Worry Is Contagious, But You Can Stop Its Spread (The Worry-Free Parent with Sissy Goff)

4 Things with Amy Brown

Nashville Podcast Network

Relationships, Self-improvement, Arts, Fashion & Beauty, Education, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.75.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Amy is so excited for this chat with Sissy Goff. She's wanted her on the podcast for a long time and Sissy is finally here!!! If uncovering the roots of your own anxiety and learning how to process it in a healthy way sounds good to you....Sissy is your girl.

Sissy is the Executive Director of Daystar Counseling Ministries here in Nashville, where she works alongside your pet therapist, Lucy the Have-anese. She's a sought-after speaker for parenting events across the country. Sissy is a frequent guest on CNN, Good Morning America, Christianity Today and more. She's a bestselling author of 13 books including her latest: The Worry-Free Parent: Finding the Confidence You Need So Your Kids Can, Too.

Anxiety is contagious, and it's likely affecting your kids, distracting you in the present, and making you feel like it will define your family's future. Sissy's new book is full of well-researched, practical tools that will make a difference in your life and the lives of our children. She'll teach you how to:

-Uncover the roots of your own anxiety

-Process anxiety so you don't pass it on to others

-Model bravery

-Have a deeper, freer connection to our kids, or other people in general

HOST: Amy Brown // RadioAmy.com // @RadioAmy

GUEST: Sissy Goff // @raisingboysandgirls and @sissygoff // RaisingBoysAndGirls.com

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Mind the depths of God's Word and ignite your faith with pray.com's new podcast, the heartbeat of faith with me, Dr. Andrew Farley.

0:10.5

The beast raged against him, but he was not equal to the Lord of Lords.

0:14.6

God's chosen hero, the Messiah, Jesus Christ, had defeated evil once and for all.

0:21.7

Listen to the heartbeat of faith on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

0:30.2

Women get a lot of advice about self-care these days, but one of the most important self-care steps we can take is making sure we're financially secure later in life.

0:38.7

For small steps you can take to save for retirement, visit wesaysavet.org, a message from AARP in the Ad Council.

0:45.3

In the cozy village of nothing much, we're soothing stories help you drift to sleep. We are preparing for the event of the season.

0:52.3

This September, wedding bells will ring out at the end by the lake. The baker has been testing cake recipes.

0:58.3

The innkeeper is decorating the ballroom upon the second floor, and the invitations are being delivered into mailboxes throughout the village.

1:06.1

You're invited to listen to nothing much happens, bedtime stories to help you sleep on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:36.1

Happy Thursday, Amy here, and Haley is joining us now at Haley's on the podcast a few weeks ago, and we introed you in everything, but this is your first time back since then.

1:57.1

Hello, and before we came on, we were talking about my dry mouth, because it's back. I think I had a period where it's sort of disappeared and now it's back, and I guess it's premenopause situation, not quite sure.

2:10.1

I'm going to get my everything tested. I'm just going to do it. That's just a good idea anyway. It's a good idea. I want to see what's going on. What am I lacking?

2:19.1

What do I need? Because I'm drinking all the water. I have electrolytes in this water. So many listeners kept saying more electrolytes, put this in. You just need extra things.

2:28.1

But right now you said you can't hear it in my voice when I'm talking, but I feel it. It's just it's uncomfortable, but I'll power through for you.

2:39.1

And we were also talking about energy vampires, because that's a thing. We were talking about just people that suck your emotional energy. So I literally typed into Google, what is it called when another person sucks all of your energy?

2:51.1

And that's where energy vampires came up and I was like, whoa, I didn't know there was an official name. There's a whole article in NBC News about how to spot and deal with an energy vampire.

3:02.1

I didn't know it came from NBC News. It comes other places like a lot of people healthline.com energy vampires, 10 signs to watch for and how to deal with them. So we are late to the party.

3:12.1

Yeah, we are energy vampires. Another article psych to go.

3:17.1

Six types of people who suck your energy and these kinds of people they say we call quote energy vampires, which another party that relate to as the narcissist one, not humans, but since

3:30.1

like a smell, there is this soap that is called narcissists. It's the best smelling thing ever. So good. So good.

3:38.1

Like Haley got into my car yesterday. We went hiking yesterday and you're like, oh, you smell so good. And I'm like, oh, thank you. And then I realized, oh, it's not me.

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