Making Sense of Anxious Children: A grounded framework for staying steady when your child isn’t
The Huddle Wisdom Podcast

The Huddle Wisdom Podcast

Hosted by: Psychiatrist and parent Dr. Davin Tan helps families support anxious children with insight, compassion, and calm.

Parenting anxious, emotionally intense, or neurodivergent kids isn’t a problem to solve but a relationship to grow. Modern parenting comes with pressure: to fix, to manage, to stay calm, to get it right. But when...

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Episode 141: Parenting Parenting Is Harder Than You Think, Easier Than You Know (Here's How)

Before we became parents we had all sorts of ideas about what it would be like, stemming from our past experiences, memories, books, hopes and dreams, other peoples ideas...but it's not quite the same thing becoming a...
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Episode 140: How to Parent When You’re Exhausted: Staying Present with Your Child on Empty

This episode is about the version of parenting no one talks about. The one where you’re running on almost nothing. Where your child still needs you, and you’re not sure what you have left to give. We’re not talking...
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Episode 139: The Smoke is Not the Fire: Decoding Your Anxious Child's Behavior

Is your child's misbehaviour leaving you frustrated, confused, or exhausted? You're not alone. In this powerful episode of The Huddle Wisdom Podcast, host Dr Tan unpacks a crucial concept that will transform how you...
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Episode 138: Your kids are maxed out, not acting out

Ever found yourself thinking, “Why is my child acting like this?” In this first episode, we reframe what many of us call "misbehaviour" not as disobedience, but as a signal of stress, overwhelm, or mismatch between a...
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Episode 137: When Connection Feels Impossible: Parenting Through the Disconnection

 When Connection Feels Impossible: Parenting Through the Disconnection Feeling disconnected from your child? This Huddle Wisdom podcast episode with Dr. Davin Tan explores why kids withdraw and offers practical...
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Episode 136: Beyond the Fix: Understanding and Responding to Your Anxious Child

In this episode, Dr. Davin Tan explores a powerful shift in how we respond to anxiety in our children, not by rushing to fix, but by staying present. When your child is overwhelmed, your calm presence, not your...
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Episode 135: How not to raise a 'psycho'! Developing empathy in children

In this episode, Dr. Davin Tan addresses a common but often unspoken fear among parents: "Am I raising a child who lacks empathy?"  He explores the complexities of childhood development, distinguishing between normal...
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Episode 134: Navigating the Neurodiversity Landscape: Raising Siblings with Different Minds

  Raising children is a unique journey for every family, but when siblings have different neurotypes, the path can feel particularly complex. This insightful episode dives deep into the realities of nurturing...
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Episode 133: You'll Never Stop a Meltdown If you Don't Understand These Things

In this episode of The Huddle Wisdom Podcast, Dr. Davin Tan explores the neuroscience behind teenage meltdowns, their common triggers, and provides evidence-based strategies for parents and caregivers. Learn practical...
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Episode 132: Transform Parenting with Ancient Wisdom: Stoicism for Anxious Kids

Discover how Stoicism, an ancient philosophy, can empower parents raising anxious children. Dr. Davin Tan unpacks stoic principles and offers practical tools to build emotional resilience—for both kids and parents....
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Episode 131: Is Your Kid's "Best Friend" Destroying Their Life? Here's what you can do about it.

Childhood friendships aren't always sunshine and rainbows. We're uncovering the hidden manipulation and emotional turmoil kids face in their social circles. Learn about concepts to help your child build resilience and...
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Episode 130: The difference between Anxiety and ADHD

Is your child struggling with symptoms that might be ADHD, anxiety, or perhaps both? It can be difficult to tell the difference, as these two conditions often share similar characteristics. This episode clarifies...
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