Welcome back to Anxiety Slayer. I'm Shan Vanderbilt here with my wonderful friend and co-host

Ananga Civier. Hey Ananga. Hey Shan. This week on the podcast we're responding to a listener question about helping a beloved teen navigate through anxiety.

And here's the listener question, how can I navigate and love my son in his late teens through high anxiety?

It's difficult for me as I'm highly anxious, watching him and feeling all the mental and physical symptoms that anxiety can give you.

I feel many anxious parents want to help and not project their anxieties onto their child. It's knowing when to listen and

when to teach, but without lecturing. It's keeping our own emotions intact and trying to create

a healthy distance without overpowering and over protecting them.

I feel like this listener already answered her own question.

I think she's doing a fine job based on what she shared in the second half of her question.

Yeah, it's a deep reflection on the experience, isn't it?

I also thought that that's a lucky teen because he's got a very thoughtful

parent there and yeah it is finding that that balance isn't it and some days that's easier than others. I think this can be a

super challenging experience because we're highly tuned into our children's

anxiety we can be right there with them.

We can also feel triggered and very aware of another anxious person

in the home.

I know for myself, if I'm around another mind, with with anxiety I'm very aware of it. So that's the

challenge is that two anxious people in the same home can amplify that

can be an invitation to look more deeply

at getting support for our own anxiety

and having tools and

That makes me think of many years ago when

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