Hosted by Dr. Caroline Buzanko · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 244 episodes
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Practical, science-based strategies to help kids and teens manage anxiety, navigate big feelings, and build resilience. Overpowering Emotions is the #1 resource for adults who want to confidently support children and teens through emotional challenges. Children and teens today are struggling with more anxiety, overwhelm, and emotional intensity than ever before—and adults are desperate for tools that actually work. This podcast is here to change that. Dr. Caroline gives you the knowledge and tools you need to support children and teens through anxiety, emotional overwhelm, and everyday challenges. Whether you’re a parent, educator, clinician, or caregiver, you’ll learn exactly what to do (and what not to do) right away to help young people feel calmer, braver, and more capable. Each episode delivers: • Clear, practical steps you can use immediately • Expert interviews with leading psychologists and researchers • Real-life examples that make complex
Dr. Caroline Buzanko hosts Overpowering Emotions: Tools for Child & Teen Anxiety and Resilience, a kids show with 244 episodes published.
Is Polyvagal Theory still the best way to understand anxiety, stress, and emotion regulation? In this episode of Overpowering Emotions, Dr. Caroline explores what current science says about the nervous system and why man
Is Polyvagal Theory Helping or Hurting Our Understanding of Anxiety? Polyvagal Theory has become one of the most widely shared explanations for anxiety, trauma, and nervous system regulation. But how much of it is suppor
This week on Overpowering Emotions, Dr. Caroline breaks down the vagus nerve, the gut-brain connection, and why emotional regulation starts in the body long before it reaches conscious thought. From “hangry” and “hanxiou
This week on Overpowering Emotions, Dr. Caroline explores the body’s emotional map and why emotions are far more physical than most people realize. From tight chests and shaky hands to heavy limbs and “gut feelings
This week on Overpowering Emotions , Dr. Caroline explores the connection between oxytocin, anxiety, emotional regulation, and resilience in kids and teens. Often called the “bonding hormone,” oxytocin helps calm the ner
When a child is melting down, panicking, or refusing to do something hard, should we calm them down or help them stay with the discomfort? In this episode of Overpowering Emotions , Dr. Caroline breaks down distress tole
We are often hearing the same message everywhere: calm kids down first. But what if that approach is quietly teaching children to fear discomfort instead of handling it? In this episode of Overpowering Emotions , Dr. Car
This episode tackles one of the biggest drivers of childhood anxiety avoidance. Dr. Caroline Buzanko breaks down how well-meaning adults accidentally strengthen fear by rescuing kids from discomfort, uncertainty, an
What if the goal isn’t to change kids’ thoughts, but to change how they relate to them? In this episode of Overpowering Emotions , Caroline introduces cognitive diffusion, a practical skill that helps kids step back from
Helping kids build resilience isn’t about protecting them from discomfort, it’s about guiding them to trust their own inner compass. In this episode of Overpowering Emotions , Caroline breaks down how a values-centered m
When support starts to take over, kids lose the chance to grow. In this episode of Overpowering Emotions, Caroline unpacks the everyday habits that quietly increase anxiety, fear of failure, and dependence in kids and te
Helping children manage big emotions doesn’t start in the moment of meltdown—it starts long before. In this episode of Overpowering Emotions , Dr. Caroline breaks down how self-monitoring builds emotional regulation from
This episode challenges one of the most common habits adults fall into: trying to make kids feel better too quickly. Dr. Caroline breaks down what actually builds emotional strength in children—and it starts with us. Fro
Children rarely melt down without warning. Their bodies, thoughts, and behaviour usually send signals long before emotions explode. The challenge for parents, educators, and mental health professionals is learning how to
Children rarely “choose” big reactions. Most of the time, they simply don’t notice what is happening inside their body until it’s too late. In this episode of Overpowering Emotions , Dr. Caroline Buzanko explains how to
Self-monitoring is the skill that quietly changes everything: focus, impulse control, distress tolerance, and even conflict at home and school. In this Overpowering Emotions episode, Dr. Caroline teaches educators, paren
What do you do when a child’s anger shows up fast—and keeps showing up? In this episode of Overpowering Emotions , Dr. Caroline sits down with Luminara (Esther Clyne) , an intuitive energy healer with 20+ years of experi
Radical acceptance is a strong start… then kids still look at you like, “Okay, now what?” In this episode of Overpowering Emotions , Dr. Caroline Buzanko teaches the missing step: agency —helping kids and teens take the
Big feelings don’t go away just because we want them to. In this episode of Overpowering Emotions , Dr. Caroline Buzanko teaches radical acceptance as a practical skill for kids, teens, and the adults supporting them —ed
Kids and teens don’t struggle because they feel anxious — they struggle because they believe they can’t handle uncertainty. In this episode of Overpowering Emotions , Dr. Caroline breaks down one of the most overlooked s
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Overpowering Emotions: Tools for Child & Teen Anxiety and Resilience is hosted by Dr. Caroline Buzanko. The show is categorised under kids (family) and has published 244 episodes.
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