Episode 7: How to Support a Child with Anxiety

Wonderfully Human Podcast · Aug 20, 2026 · 30m

In episode 6, Sarah and Donovan offer insights and ideas for teaching and parenting children who experience anxiety. When we ask what children need, rather than what we should teach them, we help support their inner capacities for feeling safe and grounded in their body. We have the responsibility as parents and teachers to observe what each individual child needs to feel safe, healthy, and to feel a sense of belonging. We discuss using the extraordinary pedagogical tools of sleep, rhythm, working with one’s hands, and sometimes getting creative in our curriculum to help create balance in the…