Childhood Anxiety Resource Pack

Welcome to the Childhood Anxiety Resource Pack! Below you will find…

An 80 minute video tutorial on the simple reality of childhood anxiety, what it is and why (rightly, like all humans) children experience it.
A downloadable workbook to utilise while watching the video as a way of brainstorming ideas around regulatory protective factors.
A collection of child friendly Melodic Mantras that you can sing with children to help them understand anxiety whilst also helping to soothe it!

To begin with please download the workbook and print it out (if possible) so you can use it as a tool whilst watching the tutorial (don’t worry, it’s super small).

Anxiety is not something we have to fix, or even aim to get rid of. To be human is to have allll the emotional responses and to be human is to have a nervous system that goes up and down and around and around in response to our environments.

Anxiety is the expected outcome when we live in a world that is fast, chaotic, confusing, demanding, expects high standards, high productivity, good results, fitting in, sensory overloaded, information overloaded and full of modern stuff that the brain still hasn't evolved to integrate seamlessly.

Basically? Anxiety is expected, for all us including our children. And it's because of the world, not because of them. So let's learn to understand it and support them to understand it too. Creating relationship with anxiety may be one of the most important toll we each teach the little ones.

Below this video tutorial you will find a timestamped breakdown of each topic we cover, though I recommend watching from beginning to end, time as much time as you need, you will receive ongoing access to this resource.

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Country acknowledgement 00:00, Intention 01:13, Alli’s bio 2:06, To be human is to experience anxiety 05:27, Survival mode 09:20, The prefrontal cortex + executive functions 11.40, Anxiety in adults vs children 16:02, Anxiety is ‘contagious’ 17:22, The limbic system 20:44, Amygdala 21:52, Sensory + information overwhelm 25:04, The impact of the modern, western world 27:44, Fight, flight, fawn, freeze 30:39, Exercise - identifying challenging behaviours and recognising which survival response they are a byproduct of 39:01, How a baby’s brain develops 42:28, The trigger is not the problem 43:36, Supporting the brain to feel safe 46:17, Music for predictability 47:37, Window of tolerance 50:20, Connectedness 51:26, Using voice 53:29, Planting seeds for love, safety and connectedness 55:25, Shifting the anxiety narrative 57:45, The adolescent brain 59:24, Brains = Behaviours 1:01:29, Supporting children mid meltdown 1:03:20, Alternating through survival responses 1:09:50, Co-regulation and connection to self 1:11:26, How to plant seeds for regulation 1:13:57, Co-regulating with you right now! 1:17:31, The importance of ‘Doing’ 1:18:58, Closing 1:20:00

Timestamps as follows…

I Stop When I Need to

More Singing, More Laughing

I’m Worthy of All the Space I Take

I Will Hold This With You

Every Day my Courage Grows

Just Rest

Every Little Cell in My Body is Happy

Slowly

The Resilience Song

The Shadow Song

Above you will find a collection of melodic mantras, all created by Alli, with the intent that they are spread far and wide, so please feel free to sing these with your children, your classrooms and your singing circles.

Below you will find a bonus ‘mini musical massage’ for your listening pleasure, it’s worth closing your eyes and really allowing your self to get lost in the tones, however if this doesn’t not feel safe for you and your body that is absolutely legitimate, listen to your own needs. xxx

BONUS: Musical massage and melodic mantra

Take 8 minutes of your time with headphones for (to optimise the audio) and lights off, eyes closed for a mini relaxation session with singing bowls and chimes accompanied by voice.

You’re welcome xx