Your Child Isn’t Too Anxious… They’re Too Alive
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This episode discusses how to support children facing anxiety in competitive sports by understanding their emotional needs.
Your child works hard. They care deeply. And every single competition day — they fall apart.Shaking. Throwing up. Running to the bathroom. And you don't know what to say anymore.In this episode I share two real stories from parents just like you — a 14-year-old track runner and a 15-year-old wrestler — both performing well, both physically falling apart before every competition. And I want to show you what is really happening, and what to actually do about it.Because here's what I want you to hear: your child isn't too anxious. They're too alive. And that is a very different problem — with a very different solution.In this episode:Why telling your child to "breathe" and "it's okay" is not enough — and what they actually need from youThe first shift: how to help your child step out of the center and connect to their deeper whyThe second shift: how to bring them back to the internal joy of their sport — and why that's what makes them perform betterThe ancient Jewish wisdom of light and vessel — and why your child's anxiety is actually their greatest gift, uncontainedThis episode is for every parent who sees their child's potential more clearly than the child…
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