73: Nurturing Resilience. With Dr. Mary Wilde

Are you worried you'll pass on your anxiety to your child? Listen in to find out how you can be a good model. Letting our children fail and at the same time always being there to catch them at the bottom of the slide. A balance of modeling, working through tough times, and encouraging courageous actions. Dr. Mary Wrilde helps navigate these fine lines in today’s episode. What We Talked About: Defining resilience and why it’s important to nurture it for our children Modeling how we deal with our own anxieties The importance of having our own alone time as parents How can we help our anxious children navigate their feelings? Do anxious parents create anxious children? Things to Remember: “As mothers, it’s important to give ourselves permission to have our own creative time.” “Our children need to develop their own frustration tolerance.”  “Anxiety is part of our existence, learn to ride its waves.” “How we frame things as a parent shapes our children's inner dialogue.” “It is absolutely possible to fall in love with parenting.” -Dr. Mary Wilde “Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.” - Angela Duckworth “Talk about your failures without apologizing.” - Brené Brown “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” - Nelson Mandela Click here for Show Notes and more from Jeanne-Marie, Your Parenting Mentor