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Raised Resilient: Help Your Highly Sensitive ChildAuthor: Dr. Hilary Mandzik - Psychologist
Parenting is the hardest job ever and parenting a highly sensitive child whos struggling can feel downright impossible. If youre suffering through endless meltdowns, walking on eggshells to avoid your childs huge emotions, and losing sleep worrying that youre failing your child, youve landed in the right place. Im Dr. Hilary Mandzik clinical psychologist, parenting specialist, and mom of 3. And Im here to help you feel GOOD about parenting your highly sensitive child. Join me each week on the Raised Resilient podcast as we explore the topics parents worry about most when it comes to raising highly sensitive kids: managing meltdowns, building emotion regulation, understanding highly sensitive kids, making sense of challenging behaviors, building self-esteem, finding parenting strategies that actually work *with* your childs sensitivity ... and everything in between. Ill help you understand your childs behavior (and your reactions to it!) so that even the really hard moments make more sense. Ill empower you with tools, strategies, and scripts to navigate those really hard moments with connection and confidence. (And Ill remind you that no tool, strategy, or script is as powerful as your parenting ace your relationship with your child!) Im passionate about parenting differently parenting in a way that sees all kids as good, even when theyre struggling. Im passionate about breaking unhelpful generational cycles and putting a hard stop to spanking, time outs, shaming, and yelling. Im passionate about helping highly sensitive kids build the skills they need in order to manage their big emotions successfully ... and parents learning to regulate their own emotions alongside their children. I want to help you stop worrying about whether youre raising them right and feel confident that your kids will grow up trusting themselves and feeling comfortable in their skin because they were raised resilient. And thats big. Because raising our kids resilient can literally make this wo Language: en Genres: Kids & Family, Parenting, Relationships, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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How to Support Your Highly Sensitive Child Through a Big Transition Like Moving — 3 Things We Accidentally Do That Make Transitions Harder (and the Approaches That Truly Ease the Shift)
Episode 207
Wednesday, 19 November, 2025
Big changes are tough for sensitive kids — even the exciting ones. And without meaning to, we sometimes make those transitions harder by over-preparing, over-explaining, or hyping things up in hopes it will make them easier. Whether it’s a move, a new sibling, or a big end-of-year transition, sensitive kids feel every ripple. And sometimes, the more we prep or talk about what's coming, the bigger those emotions grow. In this episode, I’m breaking down what actually helps: the steady, low-pressure steps that give sensitive kids the safety and confidence they need to handle big shifts. If your child struggles with change, this episode will feel like a deep exhale. FREE Breakthrough Call: https://www.raisedresilient.com/breakthrough Is Your Child Highly Sensitive? Take My FREE Quiz! https://www.raisedresilient.com/quiz FREE Guide: 10 Things Your Highly Sensitive Child Needs You to Know: https://www.raisedresilient.com/10things Mastering Meltdowns Support: https://www.raisedresilient.com/meltdowns Join Our Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/raisedresilient
