I finally get to have my stress mastery professor on the Healthy Parenting Connector!Heidi Hanna, PhD, is one of the most intellectual, intuitive and compassionate people I know, and I'm honored to host her wisdom today. We had all these stress sensitivity topics planned before COVID-19 turned our world upside down, and I think it's more important than ever to understand how a highly sensitive person reacts to stress and threats and how to help them through difficult times such as these. Fill your brain with Dr. Hanna's research and her personal experience today:* At age 10, Heidi was fainting from stress - literally. Find out how to help if this happens to your child, or if they seem to get stomachaches and headaches in uncomfortable situations.* Highly sensitive kids actually fare *better* than other kids if raised in the right environment...but we don't always get that right as you'll hear.* What research is showing about how stress-sensitive people's brains work and why Dr. Hanna doesn't love the term "negativity bias," even though it's technically accurate to describe stress-sensitive people. * Why HSCs sometimes spiral into thinking like, "It's all my fault, I messed that up, I'm so dumb, and this is why NO ONE LIKES ME!" (I feel like that's my whole high school life!) * And more importantly, what parents can do to help kids stop that spiral, appreciate what their reactions are trying to tell them, and reverse the reaction. * How we can look at the ways in which our kids (or ourselves) are reacting to stress and understand what recharge techniques they need to get more capacity. * Dr. Hanna's encouragement for parents of HSCs and how we can see the positive about our children's personality. Resources We Mention:* Dr. Hana's website: https://heidihanna.com/* Dr. Hanna's Global Stress Summit (Online event, April 18th!): https://www.kitchenstewardship.com/GlobalStressSummit* Dr. Hanna's courses: * Stress Mastery Fundamentals 101: https://www.synergyprograms.com/a/17430/whL63ng8 * Stress Mastery Foundations: https://www.synergyprograms.com/a/17429/whL63ng8 * Elaine Aron's Website: https://hsperson.com/* My Healthy Parenting Connector Episodes on Stress Mastery:https://kidscookrealfood.com/stress-mastery-1/ andhttps://kidscookrealfood.com/stress-mastery-2/* My interview with Dr. K, an expert on highly sensitive children: https://kidscookrealfood.com/highly-sensitive-child* My introduction to highly sensitive people: https://kidscookrealfood.com/highly-sensitive-person/* GoNoodle: https://www.gonoodle.com/* HeartMath device helps regulate stress response: https://www.kitchenstewardship.com/heartmath-inner-balance-mediation-help-review/I'm an affiliate for Dr. Hanna's courses, but that doesn't change your price!Visit the Kids Cook Real Food eCourse and see how we teach children confidence in the kitchen: https://kidscookrealfood.comFind all the Kids Cook Real Food Healthy Parenting Connector videos at https://youtu.be/GVRq0m-Ehe4
