Childhood Separation Anxiety

A Conversation with Natasha Daniels

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CHILDHOOD SEPARATION ANXIETY

When my memoir, Little Panic, came out, I spent over two years on a book tour and did many podcasts.

I have several I love, and this one with the child psychologist Natasha Daniels (whom I’ve mentioned before) is one of them.

I share it now because it’s an excellent preview of things I discuss in the digital workshop The Little Panic Approach to Supporting Your Anxious Child, but also because it’s a natural leadup to a piece I’m working on now that is, perhaps, the most personal How to Live piece I’ve ever written.

I hope today’s video resonates with you.

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