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 071: How to raise moral people

To lead a moral life means we suspend our own self interests for the sake of others.  Surely the world would be a better place if we could all do our part in making it a moral place.  Unfortunately there is an absence...
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Episode 070: the key thing to make any principle work effectively

Trying not to be too dumb is better than trying to be too smart...I think. I hope I'm right, cause that's all I can manage some days.  It's the same with most principles and practices IMO.  Tune in and I hope this...
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Episode 069: Agreement can be harmful to your children

Agreement for the sake of peacekeeping is invalidating in my view.   So what's a parent to do when they are faced with a situation where they're children are grappling with something big, but you don't want to...
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Episode 068: empathy is your secret weapon for success in business and life

Empathy, I believe, is your secret weapon for establishing trust in your business and personal relationships.  But it's not just an idea or concept, it's a mindset, an attitude.  We all have the equipment; we just...
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Episode 067: Why is parenting hard? And what to do about it

Why parenting is so tough is maybe because we've gotten a little soft around the edges. Let me explain and maybe it'll give you some motivation in your parenting life.
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Episode 066: Managing ADHD- commentary re interview with Emily

A few extra comments from me that I forgot to tack on to episode 65. Practice of Empathic Discipline will help you develop your ability to connect authentically and meaningfully while become irresistibly influential...
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Episode 065: Managing ADHD - a student's perspective

Tune in to my interview with Emily. A student with ADHD. I think the most important thing that students with ADHD need is a village of supportive adults and it became clear that that was a critical piece of Emily's...
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Episode 064: A starting point for parents dealing with gender dysphoria

It can be a disorientating when your child comes to you telling you that they feel they're in the wrong body.  How do you start to approach this? You don't want to alienate them. You don't want to invalidate them. But...
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Episode 063: Victimhood hoodlums in New Zealand!

My thoughts about the Posie Parker shenanigans this week in Auckland, NZ. How do we teach our children the right way to behave in this context? A little empathy goes a long way! www.huddlewisdom.com/practice
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Episode 062: Should our kids have smartphones?

It's useful to have a framework that allows us to work out whether our children ought to be able to have cell phones. Join me and I will share with you what questions I ask to help determine whether a kid should have...
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Episode 061: Respect. Good enough parenting series

You want your kids to respect you? Then...respect your child first... What does it mean to Respect your Child? Come find out     💥💥9 ways to succeed with empathic parenting 💥💥 👇👇👀👇👇 A few more courses available: Pay...
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Episode 060: Pick your battles. Good enough parenting series.

Thanks Kylie for the LinkedIn response. "Pick your battles" is a hallmark of good enough parenting. Join me on my drive home as I do my streams of consciousness thing, trying to unpack this idea. What does it mean to...
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