The Stress Nanny with Lindsay Miller
Mindfulness and stress management for families raising kids with big goals, big feelings, and everything in between.
Hosted by mindfulness coach Lindsay Miller, The Stress Nanny is full of practical strategies for calming anxious kids, supporting high-achievers, and teaching emotional regulation in everyday moments. Each episode offers easy-to-use mindfulness practices, stress management tips, and confidence-building tools that empower kids (and parents!) to navigate challenges with ease. Whether you’re raising a child who struggles with big feelings, a high-performing student-athlete, or simply want a calmer home, The Stress Nanny will give you the resources and encouragement you need.
Episodes
196 episodes
What Happens When Families Stop Living in Fear and Start Choosing Love?
Your words are planting something. The only question is whether those seeds grow thorns of fear or roots of resilience. We sit down with author and corporate well-being coach Barry Nicolaou to unpack how subconscious “soil” works, why language ...
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Season 11
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Episode 196
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55:29
Ep: 195 The Gratitude-Resilience Connection: Building Mental Strength Through Thankfulness
What if a few quiet moments each day could help your child bounce back faster, sleep more easily, and feel steadier in their own skin? In this episode we share a few ways that gratitude can flip the nervous system from fight-or-flight into rest...
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Season 11
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Episode 195
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9:53
Ep 194: How Presence, Boundaries, And Spiritual Practices Help Families Find Ease Every Day
What happens when a former speech therapist realizes the “perfect plan” for parenting doesn’t exist—and chooses presence over pressure? We sit down with Carrie Lingenfelter to explore how mindful attention, compassionate language, and simple sp...
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Season 11
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Episode 194
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40:55
Ep 193: How Mindfulness & Psychodynamic Therapy Can Help You Break Free from Narcissistic Patterns That Destroy Relationships
The glow of “perfect together” can hide a much harsher truth. We sit down with narcissism specialist Dr. Anthony Mazzella to unpack how the illusion of blissful union forms, why ordinary differences feel like threats, and what actually changes ...
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Season 11
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Episode 193
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1:00:53
Ep 192: How Envy, Anger, And Humility Shape Who We Lift Up And Who We Cut Down
One tall flower in a crowded field changes everything. Dr. Douglas Garland joins us to unpack Tall Poppy Syndrome—the ancient metaphor with very modern consequences—and gives parents a working language for envy, jealousy, pride, and the status ...
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Season 11
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Episode 192
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35:09
Ep 191: Your Kid’s Backpack Is Full Of Ants And You’re Still Okay
Holiday seasons are loud, bright, sweet, and often overwhelming—and that’s exactly why they’re perfect for teaching kids (and ourselves) how to be present. We explore a simple presence practice that uses the five senses to bring a busy mind bac...
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Season 11
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Episode 191
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12:37
Ep 190: Why Your Family Communication Style Creates Stress (And How To Fix It)
Ever wish your teen would text more than “k,” while your paragraphs go unread? We dive into a simple framework that makes family communication clearer and calmer: six modes—sending, talking, meaning-making, tacit knowing, signaling, and advocac...
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Season 10
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Episode 190
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41:53
Ep 189: Building Executive Function With Mindfulness And Self-Compassion
Homework shouldn’t feel like a bear attack, yet for many ADHD families, everyday tasks trigger fight, flight, or freeze. We invited ADHD coach and mindfulness facilitator Corie Wightlin to help us turn those explosive moments into opportunities...
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Season 10
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Episode 189
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46:45
Ep 188: From Survival to Significance: Victoria Rader on Courage, Kaizen, and Quantum Leaps
What if the fastest way to move forward isn’t a grand reinvention, but one small promise kept today? That’s the heartbeat of this conversation with possibility coach and author Victoria Rader, PhD—a practical, grace-filled path from survival to...
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Season 10
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Episode 188
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44:52
Ep 187: From Top to Toe: How to Let Go When Your Mind Won't Slow
Ever found yourself staring at the ceiling, mind racing, unable to drift off to sleep? You're not alone. This episode was born from a conversation with one of my middle school clients who shared she'd been using regular podcast episodes to help...
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Season 10
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Episode 187
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12:42
Ep 186: What If We Could Raise a Generation of Emotionally Intelligent Children?
Ever watched your child navigate a challenging moment with unexpected grace? In this illuminating conversation with Giselle Shardlow, founder of Kids Yoga Stories, we explore how ancient yoga wisdom offers modern solutions for our children's mo...
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Season 10
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Episode 186
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55:14
Ep 185: Mind Body Check-In: Is Your Body a Warehouse or a Temple?
Have you ever considered that your body's pain might actually be stress looking for a way out? That the mysterious aches, tension, and discomfort could be your body's increasingly desperate attempt to communicate something important?Nat...
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Season 10
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Episode 185
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39:06
Ep 184: Three Minutes to Calm: The Morning Practice That Changes Everything
Ever wondered why stress seems hardwired into our daily experience? Stanford professor and pediatric intensive care physician Dr. Greg Hammer returns to The Stress Nanny podcast to unpack this question and share his revolutionary GAIN method fo...
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Season 10
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Episode 184
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35:21
Ep 183: The Hidden Secrets Behind Why Your Relationships Keep Failing (And How to Fix Them)
Ever wonder why you keep finding yourself in the same toxic relationships despite your best efforts to choose better partners or friends? The answer might surprise you.Revolutionary recovery expert TJ Woodward joins Lindsay Miller to re...
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Season 10
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Episode 183
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46:16
Ep 182: Your Joy Is Not Optional: Finding Pleasure in Daily Life
We're often told to prioritize self-care, but what if simply meeting basic needs isn't enough? What if we deserve not just sustainability, but actual joy and pleasure in our daily lives? In this soul-nourishing conversation, intuitive guide Jul...
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Season 10
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Episode 182
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39:57
Ep 181: How Simple Movement Tricks Your Brain Into Feeling Happy Again
Kelly Hale, a 25-year veteran occupational therapist and nervous system regulation specialist, shares powerful yet simple movement techniques to help families shift from survival mode to a state of regulated calm. Through her Gutsy Brain Moveme...
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Season 10
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Episode 181
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48:33
Ep 180: Four Mindful Back to School Strategies with Lasting Impact
Motivation naturally ebbs and flows throughout our lives - especially during the school year. What if you could harness those high-motivation moments to make the inevitable low-energy times easier? That's exactly what mindful motivation allows ...
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Season 9
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Episode 180
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19:29
Ep 179 What if Discouragement is Just a Feeling, Not an Identity?
Have you ever cringed when your child declared "I'm the worst!" during a challenging homework session? That moment of self-defeating language offers a powerful opportunity for transformation—if you know how to respond.The latest episode...
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Season 9
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Episode 179
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13:19
Ep 178 Summer Skills Series: Master the Art of Active Listening
Ever noticed how family conflicts spiral when everyone's talking but nobody's listening? Welcome to the Summer Skills Series on the Stress Nanny Podcast, where today we're diving into the transformative power of active listening.Most of...
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Season 9
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Episode 178
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10:55
Ep 177 Can a Re-do help during reactive moments? Yes!
Ever find yourself instantly regretting how you responded to your kids? Discover a simple yet effective tool to transform those reactive moments into opportunities for connection and understanding.Chapter Summary:00:20 Welc...
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Season 9
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Episode 177
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8:23
Ep 176 The Perfect Acronym to Help you Practice Patience with Yourself
Show Notes: Stress Nanny PodcastEpisode Theme: Embracing Mindfulness and Self-CompassionHost Update: Lindsay Miller shares more about the spacing of podcast episodes to prioritize client work and personal...
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Season 9
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Episode 176
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54:44
Ep 175 Turn Family Pain into Power: Unleashing Your Emotional DNA for a Bright Future
Main Theme:The episode delves into the concept of emotional DNA, as presented in Judy’s book “The Power of Your DNA,” which is part of the Genealogy 3.0 framework. This approach examines how inherited emotional patterns from signific...
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Season 9
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Episode 175
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40:50
Ep 174 Uncertainty is scary, here's how to help kids through it!
In this solo episode, I share one of our family's favorite mindfulness tools: The Green Zone. This simple tool can be used at home, at school, for homework, and during new experiences. Anytime our kids are uncomfortable, understanding the green...
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Season 9
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Episode 174
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17:21
Ep 173 There's Hope! Creative Ways to Cover the High Cost of College.
In this second episode of a two-part series with college planning expert Brad Baldridge, we talk through these important college planning topics:How to determine the actual cost of college based on your family income.What u...
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Season 9
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Episode 173
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33:58
Ep 172 Tackling the stages of college planning one step at a time
In this first episode of a two-part series, I talk with college planning expert, Brad Baldridge. We cover:Early stage planning including savings considerations and communication skills you can build to make the college planning proc...
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Season 9
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Episode 172
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45:32