172 - Scientifically-Proven Strategies For Helping Your Children With Their Mental Health with Dr. Caroline Leaf

The Dear Body Podcast

If you've have children, are thinking about having children, or have an interest in helping today's kiddos navigate their mental and emotional health - this episode is for you. And man, is it eye-opening. This generation of children are showing more signs of anxiety, depression and mental health challenges and left unaddressed these challenges can impact them the rest of their lives.

But fortunately we have some incredible resources and strategies for helping our kids navigate mental health. And to unpack these scienctifacally-proven strategies and steps to help our children, I am joined today by bestselling author and renowned neuroscientist, Dr. Caroline Leaf!

Her newest book releasing August 8th: How To Help Your Child Clean Up Their Mental Mess is a guide to building resilience and managing mental health. It is a must-read for anyone who wants to help equip their children to build an unshakable foundation for mental health. You can pre-order the book to recieve super-fun exclusive bonus content HERE.

Or purchase from your favorite book retailer:

• Amazon
• Christian Book
• Barnes and Noble
• Books A Million
• Baker Book House

Last time Dr. Caroline Leaf was on the podcast we chatted the neuroscience of healing disordered eating and you guys LOVED it. I have no doubt you will love this episode just as much.

We discuss:

• How our own mental messes from our childhood follow up into adulthood and how those then impact our children AND what we can do about it
• If we should outright talk about our own mental health struggles with our children
• How children's mental health has gotten worse over the last 40 years
• What the neurocycle process is and how we can use to manage our mind and drive neuroplasticity in the right direction
• How a messy mind leads to a messy life
• A simple strategy for helping your kids grow in mental and emotional resilience
• How long it actually takes to reprogram your mind
• What the mental health warning signals are to be aware of
• How do we get out of the cycles of self-sabotage

Other links:

• Dr. Caroline Leaf's podcast - Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess
• The Neurocycle App - a brain detox app to help you manage stress, anxiety, depression and toxic thinking
• Dr. Caroline Leaf's other book mentioned in the episode - Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess