Ep. 6: Sharon Lawton on Coping with Anxiety

Okay, a lot of this episode is about managing exam stress, because that's where we were supposed to be at right now. I almost didn't publish this today, but as I was editing, I realised how much of what families coach Sharon Lawton said was helpful to me in coping with my anxieties over coronavirus. It's still an episode about exam stress, but if you have worries about your own mental health as we go further into self-isolation, there's a lot of coping strategies in here that you might find useful. I'll republish this as purely an exam stress episode once things are back to normal, and exams are able to resume! You can find Sharon's brilliant daily tips on managing stress in families on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sharonnatflair/], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/naturalflairlifeandparentcoaching/], and Twitter [https://twitter.com/sharonnatflair], as well as on her coaching site Natural Flair Coaching [https://www.natural-flair.com/]. Useful links from our chat * Amy Cuddy's TED Talk [https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_may_shape_who_you_are?language=en] on the effect of your body language Thank you so much for listening! Subscribe [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/teenage-kicks-podcast/id1501488455] now to the Teenage Kicks podcast to hear all my new episodes. I'll be talking to some fabulous guests about difficult things that happened to them as teenagers - including losing a parent, becoming disabled, and being hospitalised with mental health problems - and how they overcame things to move on with their lives. I'd love it if you'd rate and review the podcast on iTunes too - it would really help other people to find it. You can also find more from me on parenting teenagers on my blog Actually Mummy [https://www.actuallymummy.co.uk/], and on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/iamhelenwills/] and Twitter [https://twitter.com/iamhelenwills] @iamhelenwills. This episode is sponsored by Blue Microphones, [https://www.blue-designs.co.uk/] who gave me the brilliant Yeticaster for the recording of the podcast. For information on your data privacy please visit Podcast.co. [https://www.podcast.co/privacy] Please note that I am not a medical expert, and nothing in the podcast should be taken as medical advice.