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Chad and Nikki discuss anxiety-related avoidant behaviors, and share ideas for navigating these challenges with anxious children.

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In this episode, Nikki and Chad share ideas for how and when to check in on your own mental health so you can be at your best while modeling healthy self-care for your children.

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Even though it may feel instinctive to threaten to take away your child’s phone or another privilege when they are being uncooperative, this episode is a conversation about why that rarely works and what you can try instead.

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Masking, a term that can be seen circulating on social media, may seem like a new idea, but it’s something many people do to cover up their mental health symptoms. 

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Executive function, or the skills that help us organize, plan ahead, pay attention, control impulses, and many other important life skills are the focus of this episode, in which Chad and Nikki discuss the connection between common childhood mental health conditions and difficulties with executive functioning skills.

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The title of this episode might be how many people look at therapy and medication in the treatment of mental health symptoms: see a therapist or take medicine, which is better?

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Symptoms and problem behaviors are not always signs of a mental illness health diagnosis or condition. It could just be age appropriate behavior. 

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Chad and Nikki are starting a new non-sequential series of episodes featuring other individuals and groups who are spreading awareness of children’s mental health.

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Family meetings are a tool that can help kids and adults practice communication skills, conflict resolution, and effective expression of difficult emotions. 

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In episode 33, Nikki and Chad discuss what a phobia is and what it’s not, and what treatment might look like for someone with this type of anxiety disorder.