{"podcast":{"title":"Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry","slug":"flusterclux-with-lynn-lyons-for-parents-who-worry-499415","podcast_index_feed_id":499415,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/WFH2680263126","website_url":"https://www.flusterclux.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/4186b8b6-ae54-11ec-94f2-f319a9f10b46/image/2aa3e2be58d5ed9348c3059bb22e1188.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Flusterclux LLC","episode_count":342,"summary":"Parenting isn't easy, and it's normal to worry. Lynn Lyons, therapist, author, and speaker is one of the world's experts on helping parents, kids, and teens manage anxiety. She talks with co-hosts sister-in-law Robin Hutson and brother Ed Gerwig in a weekly podcast full of laughs, and practical advice without the psychobabble. Since 2020, they've been talking about anxiety and worry, their love for Mr. Rogers, and the crazy things the mental health field gets WRONG about anxiety. Anxiety Expert Lynn Lyons has been a therapist for over 35 years. She's an author of 3 books with a new one coming out in October and has traveled around the US and Canada training hundreds of audiences teachers, school nurses, counselors and parents about managing anxiety. Flusterclux represents that feeling of overwhelm. Each episode is filled with practical advice for parents how to better manage their worry and big feelings like anger and sadness so that they are modeling healthy emotional awareness. Lynn answers listener questions and gives parents concrete strategies for developing the traits that are their kids' best defenses against anxiety and depression later in life: flexibility, resilience, au…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T18:21:18.490086+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flusterclux-with-lynn-lyons-for-parents-who-worry-499415"},"episode":{"title":"Flusterclux Quarterlife: Am I Falling Behind? The Comparison Trap and How to Avoid It.","slug":"flusterclux-quarterlife-am-i-falling-behind-the-comparison-trap-and-how-to-avoid-it","published_at":"2026-05-26T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flusterclux-with-lynn-lyons-for-parents-who-worry-499415/flusterclux-quarterlife-am-i-falling-behind-the-comparison-trap-and-how-to-avoid-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flusterclux-with-lynn-lyons-for-parents-who-worry-499415","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL6231948087.mp3?updated=1779488559","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL6231948087.mp3?updated=1779488559","summary":"Have you ever looked around and seen people you went to school with earning a graduate degree? Climbing the career ladder at break-neck speed? On an incredible vacation around the globe? We all fall into the comparison trap. In this episode, Lynn walks us through why we compare so much, why it's especially unhelpful to do so in your twenties, and how to manage your brain when the comparisons become obsessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Have you ever looked around and seen people you went to school with earning a graduate degree? Climbing the career ladder at break-neck speed? On an incre…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1289,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/flusterclux-with-lynn-lyons-for-parents-who-worry-499415/episodes/flusterclux-quarterlife-am-i-falling-behind-the-comparison-trap-and-how-to-avoid-it/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flusterclux-with-lynn-lyons-for-parents-who-worry-499415/flusterclux-quarterlife-am-i-falling-behind-the-comparison-trap-and-how-to-avoid-it.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}