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Anglicare WA Podcast Series

Welcome to our Engage Support podcast hub!

 

Here, you’ll find a series of podcasts featuring experts and lived experience voices from Anglicare WA.

 

These episodes aim to foster deeper connections and provide valuable insights on supporting our community. As a proof of concept, we are testing new ways to engage with you, and we truly value your feedback.

 

Your thoughts will help us refine our approach and explore more meaningful ways to connect and support the WA community.

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We invite you to listen, reflect, and share your feedback to shape the future of these conversations.

Episode 02: Jan 2025

Anxiety & Kids - Part 1

Listening time: 22 mins 28 secs

Hosted by Simone (she, her, hers)

Relationship Educator, Anglicare WA

Back-to-school edition
 

In this episode, we explore common anxiety-related behaviors that parents and caregivers may observe in their children.

These behaviours can include excessive worrying, trouble sleeping, irritability, avoidance of certain activities, and physical symptoms like stomachaches or headaches.

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We also discuss effective strategies that parents have found helpful in managing their children’s stress, worry, and anxiety.

Some of the things covered in Episode 02 part 1 are:

 

  • Anxiety in different ages

  • Fight Fright Freeze

  • Window of tolerance

  • 3 Rs: Regulate, Relate, Reason/Reflect

  • Siegal's Flipping the Lid

  • What does connection may look like?

  • Strategies

  • Self-care for parents and kids

  • Maui Habit and growth mindset

    Book recommendation: "Hey Warrior" by Karen Brooks​See more information about these topics here

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Episode 02: Jan 2025

Anxiety & Kids - Part 2

Listening time: 14 mins 31 secs

Hosted by Simone (she, her, hers)

Relationship Educator, Anglicare WA

Some of the things covered in Episode 02 part 2 are:

 

  • Social media and tech's impact on children's anxiety

  • Relationships as a protective factor 

  • Approaching Anxiety in children from kids' perspectives

  • Strategies - Making time to worry, 'What ifs, what then?', Laddering

  • Activity: Worry tree

  • Self-care for parents

  • Introduction to school refusal

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Episode 01: Dec 2024

Managing Relationships
and the festive season

Listening time: 33mins

Hosted by Simone (she, her, hers)

Relationship Educator, Anglicare WA

Some of the things covered in Episode 01 are:

 

  • ​Expectations and boundaries

  • Financial tips

  • Self-care and activities for children

  • Strategies in communicating in complicated relationships

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See more information about these topics here

Send us your thoughts!

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For 24 hour crisis support: Lifeline 13 11 14​​
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Ngaala Kaaditj Noongar moort keyen kaadak nidja boodja. We respectfully acknowledge the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation as the Traditional Custodians on this land on which we meet. We pay our respects to their strength, cultural resilience and the Elders past and present, and their continuing connection to the land on which we live, work and play. We welcome and support the proposal of the Voice and accept the invitation made to us though the Uluru Statement of the Heart.​

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Note: Engage Learning and Support does not replace receiving an Anglicare WA service. 

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