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Raised Resilient: Help Your Highly Sensitive Child

Parenting is the hardest job ever – and parenting a highly sensitive child who’s struggling can feel downright impossible.

If you’re suffering through endless meltdowns, walking on eggshells to avoid your child’s huge emotions, and losing sleep worrying that you’re failing your child, you’ve landed in the right place.

I’m Dr. Hilary Mandzik – clinical psychologist, parenting specialist, and mom of 3. And I’m here to help you feel GOOD about parenting your highly sensitive child.

Join me each week on the Raised Resilient podcast as we explore the topics parents worry about most when it comes to raising highly sensitive kids: managing meltdowns, building emotion regulation, understanding highly sensitive kids, making sense of challenging behaviors, building self-esteem, finding parenting strategies that actually work *with* your child’s sensitivity … and everything in between.

I’ll help you understand your child’s behavior (and your reactions to it!) so that even the reall…

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Latest Episodes:

Parenting Reflections: “Why Are You Being So Mean?!”: How to Get Curious About Even the Most Challenging Behaviors Mar 29, 2024

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Sometimes our kids say or do things that seem downright MEAN, and it’s really tough to know how to respond. In these moments, it’s easy to lose sight of the good kid underneath the challenging behavior, and it’s easy to react in big and unhelpful ways.

In this week's episode, I share a story from my own parenting where I had to get curious and really look for the need underneath challenging behavior. I share my own struggles and how, once I was truly able to get curious, I uncovered the REAL reason for the behavior.

Here’s the thing: When our kids say and do things that seem mean or manipulative or otherwise hard to understand, there’s always a reason – and it’s never just that you have a mean-spirited, bad kid! When you can truly get curious, you’ll open up a whole new reality in your relationship with your highly sensitive child.

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Is Your Child Highly Sensitive? Take My FREE Quiz! https://www.raisedresilient.com/quiz

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FREE Mindset Shifts: https://www.raisedresilient.com/mindset

Trying to Get Your Child to “Calm Down” or “Stop Overreacting”? Here’s Why That’s Actually Making the Meltdowns Worse Mar 27, 2024

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When your child is constantly getting upset over the smallest things, it can be hard to truly welcome their feelings. And so often, we *think* we’re welcoming and validating – but we’re actually making things worse and creating even more meltdowns.

In this week's episode, I share 3 not-so-obvious ways we inadvertently make meltdowns worse with our highly sensitive kids. I dive into each of these and help you understand why they’re unhelpful and shift into a more helpful mindset and approach.

Here’s the thing: It can feel challenging to truly allow your highly sensitive child to feel their feelings – and we can worry that those feelings will become a bottomless pit if we do. But in truth, allowing your child to feel all their feelings is the key to moving past the cycle of constant meltdowns..

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Is Your Child Highly Sensitive? Take My FREE Quiz! https://www.raisedresilient.com/quiz

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FREE Mindset Shifts: https://www.raisedresilient.com/mindset

Parenting Reflections: Are Your Kids Fighting Constantly? My #1 Tool for Diffusing Sibling Conflict (Without Going Into Referee Mode!) Mar 22, 2024

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If your kids are constantly arguing (like mine are), this is an episode you won’t want to miss. It can be so hard to know how to help our kids work things out when they’re screaming at each other across the room and getting more upset by the second, right?!

In this week's episode, I share a tool that we’ve been using in my family for awhile now – and it’s so simple it’s impossible to do it wrong. It’s called The Perspective Game, and there’s literally just one rule. And as a bonus, this is a game that will help build skills your kids will need for life.

Here’s the thing: Sibling conflict is super normal and even healthy … but there are a few things our kids do need from us in these tough moments to help them learn conflict resolution skills, build emotion regulation, and ultimately be able to handle tough moments in relationships someday when they’re out in the world on their own – and that’s exactly what this game will help you do!

FREE Breakthrough Call: https://www.raisedresilient.com/breakthrough

Is Your Child Highly Sensitive? Take My FREE Quiz! https://www.raisedresilient.com/quiz

Join Our Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/raisedresilient

FREE Mindset Shifts: https://www.raisedresilient.com/mindset

“Go Away, Mommy!”: How to Respond Effectively When Your Highly Sensitive Child Pushes You Away When They Need You Most Mar 20, 2024

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Has your child ever told you to “go away!” … but then gotten super upset when you actually tried to give them space? Yep, mine has too. It’s so hard to know what you’re supposed to do in those moments!

In this week's episode, I unpack why highly sensitive kids tend to push us away when they need us most – and what we can do to respond effectively in these moments. I also show you how to know the difference between the times when your child needs you to stay despite their pushing you away … and the times where your child actually does need some space.

Here’s the thing: Highly sensitive kids WILL push us away when they need us most – it’s a self-protective unconscious response. But when we know how to respond effectively, we can avoid triggering their worst fears and making the situation harder than it needs to be.

FREE Breakthrough Call: https://www.raisedresilient.com/breakthrough

Is Your Child Highly Sensitive? Take My FREE Quiz! https://www.raisedresilient.com/quiz

Join Our Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/raisedresilient

FREE Mindset Shifts: https://www.raisedresilient.com/mindset

Natasha’s Story: How An Overwhelmed Mom Helped Her Highly Sensitive 4-Year-Old Ditch Meltdowns and Aggressive Behaviors & Get Her “Spark” Back Mar 15, 2024

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Natasha and her family were really struggling; their 4-year-old highly sensitive daughter was having daily meltdowns, showing aggressive behaviors toward her baby sister, and resorting to destruction (like slamming a door and breaking a spice rack full of glass) in really tough moments.

In this week's episode, I interview Natasha about her family’s experience in my Chaos to Connection program. She shares how, almost immediately, the dynamic in her family started to shift, and she started to “see a spark” in her child that she hadn’t seen in literal years.

Natasha’s story will inspire you and help you see that you’re not alone. And if your highly sensitive child is struggling like her daughter was, let’s talk! Click the link below and schedule a free Zoom session with me where we’ll talk about what’s working in your parenting & what’s not – and we’ll figure out together whether my program is a fit for your family.

FREE Breakthrough Call: https://www.raisedresilient.com/breakthrough

Is Your Child Highly Sensitive? Take My FREE Quiz! https://www.raisedresilient.com/quiz

Join Our Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/raisedresilient

FREE Mindset Shifts: https://www.raisedresilient.com/mindset

Constantly Yelling at Your Child? Why Trying to ’Stay Calm” Is Setting You Up to Fail (& What to Focus on Instead!) Mar 13, 2024

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As parents – especially in the gentle, respectful, conscious parenting space – we’re constantly told that we have to “stay calm” in order to be effective with our kids. But sometimes staying calm feels unreachable, and it’s easy to feel like you’re failing in those moments.

In this week's episode, I unpack why it’s so hard to stay calm in the face of your child’s dysregulation and why focusing on this alone sets us up to fail. I then share what to focus on instead and how to set yourself up for success with realistic expectations.

Here’s the thing: There’s a lot working against us as parents when it comes to staying calm, and it can be a LOT. If you shift your focus just a little, you'll be setting yourself up to feel effective and connected as a parent, even in the hard moments!

FREE Breakthrough Call: https://www.raisedresilient.com/breakthrough

Is Your Child Highly Sensitive? Take My FREE Quiz! https://www.raisedresilient.com/quiz

Join Our Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/raisedresilient

FREE Mindset Shifts: https://www.raisedresilient.com/mindset

Parenting Reflections: ’Go Away and Die, Mommy!’: How to Respond to Mean Words from Your Highly Sensitive Child (Without Losing Your Cool!) Mar 08, 2024

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“I hate you!” “You’re the worst!” “I don’t love you!” These words are SO hard to hear … especially when they’re coming from your child!

In this week's episode, I walk you through how I handled it when my daughter recently told me to “go away and die.” I share my knee-jerk reaction and also how I shifted my mindset to show up more effectively for her.

Here’s the thing: Our kids will say mean things sometimes as a way to push us away or to help us understand the depth of their anger. Once we understand what’s really going on in these moments, we can respond effectively, and the unkind words will diminish over time.

FREE Breakthrough Call: https://www.raisedresilient.com/breakthrough

Is Your Child Highly Sensitive? Take My FREE Quiz! https://www.raisedresilient.com/quiz

Join Our Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/raisedresilient

FREE Mindset Shifts: https://www.raisedresilient.com/mindset

Raising a Strong-Willed, Anxious, or Perfectionistic Kid? What These 3 Kids Have in Common (& How to Understand Your Child Better!) Mar 06, 2024

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What do strong-willed, hesitant / anxious, and perfectionistic kids have in common? It might seem like nothing at face value … but actually, all three of these behavioral patterns have the same roots.

In this week's episode, I share how being a strong-willed child, a child who tends to hesitate or be slow to warm up, and a child who tends toward perfectionism are all connected. I give examples of what each of these behavioral patterns looks like and then also help you understand how these patterns are all connected to being highly sensitive.

Here’s the thing: Human beings will go to great lengths to avoid discomfort – and this is especially true for our highly sensitive / deeply feeling kids. After listening to today’s episode, you’ll be able to identify how your child is coping (or not!) with the discomfort of big emotions.

FREE Breakthrough Call: https://www.raisedresilient.com/breakthrough

Is Your Child Highly Sensitive? Take My FREE Quiz! https://www.raisedresilient.com/quiz

Join Our Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/raisedresilient

FREE Mindset Shifts: https://www.raisedresilient.com/mindset

Parenting Reflections: How to Respond When Your Highly Sensitive Child’s Feelings Don’t Make Logical Sense Mar 01, 2024

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Have you ever said something to your highly sensitive child, but your child heard something completely different than what you meant? These miscommunications are tough no matter what, but they can lead to huge emotions for highly sensitive kids.

In this week's episode, I bring you behind the scenes of my own parenting life and share a miscommunication I had with my son and things unfolded for us that morning.

Here’s the thing: Our kids’ feelings might not always make logical sense to us, but it’s our job to trust those feelings and trust that they matter, even when we don’t get it.

FREE Breakthrough Call: https://www.raisedresilient.com/breakthrough

Is Your Child Highly Sensitive? Take My FREE Quiz! https://www.raisedresilient.com/quiz

Join Our Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/raisedresilient

FREE Mindset Shifts: https://www.raisedresilient.com/mindset

Why Your Highly Sensitive Child’s Sensitivity is Actually Their Superpower Feb 28, 2024

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If you’re stuck in a cycle of meltdown after meltdown, it’s probably tough to see that your child’s sensitivity can have an upside. But I promise you it does!

In this week's episode, I uncover the many positives of being highly sensitive, and I help you think about how to nurture these wonderful qualities in your child – while also working to help lessen the meltdowns.

Here’s the thing: Being highly sensitive is a wonderful thing – it’s just that most kids don’t know how to hone and nurture their secret superpower. And after listening to today’s episode, you’ll know exactly how to help them do just that.

FREE Breakthrough Call: https://www.raisedresilient.com/breakthrough

Is Your Child Highly Sensitive? Take My FREE Quiz! https://www.raisedresilient.com/quiz

Join Our Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/raisedresilient

FREE Mindset Shifts: https://www.raisedresilient.com/mindset

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