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6 ways to help a child with anxiety

As the parent of an anxious child, you’re most certainly not alone. Millions of families all over the world are right there with you. Though ...
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What are signs of anxiety in a child?

Normal anxiety in kids Anxiety is a normal human emotion and serves an important purpose. To keep kids safe. When kids feel anxious about trying ...
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How to help your anxious teen achieve their goals

Anxiety and avoidance go hand in hand. Since anxiety is a response to a perceived threat or danger, it’s perfectly natural that when your teen ...
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Living with Anxiety

Anxious Kids co-author Dr Jodi Richardson is an expert on anxiety, having lived it and studied it. Here she takes us through her personal journey ...
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Thoughts are not facts

I want to start by putting your mind at ease. If your child or teenager is having thoughts that are frightening and upsetting, or what ...
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How to live life in full colour with anxiety

Anxiety has a way of clouding over the brightest days. For some kids, anxiety can stand in the way of school camp, parties, sleepovers, performing, ...
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6 critical skills for anxious kids

“I have seen self-harming in children as young as prep, grade one and two." This quote from a Victorian Primary School principal in The Age newspaper ...
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It’s time we stopped waiting for signs of mental illness in our kids

In 2015 the second Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing Report revealed that one in seven Australian children between the ages of ...
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6 Positive Ways To Respond To Your Anxious Child

When our kids feel anxious they come to us for help. Help to stop the worrying thoughts spinning around their head, help to get rid ...
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Every upset is an opportunity to build resilience – how do you respond?

Do you know the noise it makes when you scrape metal on metal? I can't stand it. It makes my skin crawl. Ugggh. I have ...
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“Wellbeing is realised by small steps,
but is truly no small thing.”

- Zeno

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