How to Reduce Anxiety as a Mom with Sissy Goff

Hey friend! Worry seems to be a routine part of life these days. As parents, it feels like we worry non-stop even though we don’t want our kids to worry. Is it even possible to reduce that anxiety? 

My friend Sissy Goff has written amazing resources on raising worry-free kids, but her newest book, The Worry-Free Parent: Living in Confidence So Your Kids Can Too, is a resource for grown-ups. 

What we do with our worry as parents impacts our kids more than we know, and that’s why Sissy and I went all in, both in this conversation and in our recent books. This conversation is too important not to! 

Sissy is the author of multiple books and co-host of The Raising Boys and Girls podcast. She is a counselor who works with kids and their families in Nashville. 

Join Sissy and I as we talk about: 

• Why this was the right book for Sissy to write, both as an author and as a therapist

• Best practices you can use if you find yourself struggling with anxiety, especially as a mom

• Five ways parents tend to respond to anxiety in our kids

• One common denominator Sissy sees in people of all ages who deal with anxiety

• How being hard on ourselves impacts our kids 

• Sissy’s advice for parents of perfectionists

And after 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?  Don’t miss our previous conversation about the state of our kids in a post-pandemic world and how we can better support them.

Favorite quotes:

• “Anxious parents raise anxious children.”
  
• “Anxiety spreads by the way we respond.”
  
• “Be present in the moment rather than focused on the only time you have left.”
  
• “Right now even more concerning is that parents feel like failures more than ever before.”
  
• “The way we  talk to ourselves is going to spill over onto others.”
  
• “You need to fail in front of your kids and laugh at yourself when you do it.”

Coaching this week: 

1. The Stages of Delegation  (37:09)

Links to great things we discussed: 

• Sissy Goff Website

• Sissy Goff Instagram

• The Worry-Free Parent: Living in Confidence So Your Kids Can Too

• Goodness of God - Cece Winans

• Tom Lake

• The Bear

• K. McCarthy

• Meg 2

• New York State of Mind - Billy Joel

• Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z

• Welcome to New York - Taylor Swift

• Ciate Dewy Blush

• The Coach School

• The Coach School Instagram

• 3 Secrets to Become a Successful Coach

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

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xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com