Childhood anxiety is rising—and many parents feel like they’re stuck in anxiety management instead of real prevention. In this episode of Powerful on Purpose, transformational coach and speaker Linda Eskay shares a powerful, paradigm-shifting perspective on anxiety in kids and teens, nervous system regulation, and why so many children live in “survival mode” inside environments that don’t feel safe for who they truly are.

Linda tells the moment everything changed: sitting in a pediatrician’s office with her 15-year-old son, hearing a shocking recommendation tied to suicide prevention—despite her son not being suicidal. That experience sparked a deeper mission: helping parents go before the symptoms and understand what anxiety is really communicating.

Together, Leslie and Linda explore how school environments, social pressures, and “one-size-fits-all” expectations can activate a child’s threat response—leading to fight/flight/freeze/fawn patterns that often get mislabeled or rushed into diagnosis. Linda also shares practical ways to help kids feel safe, seen, and supported in their natural gifts, plus one simple nightly phrase that parents report creates almost immediate shifts.

If you’re parenting an anxious child, a stressed teen, or a struggling college student—this conversation will give you a new lens, more compassion, and a grounded next step forward.

Free Gift: Linda is offering a Parent Clarity Call—a compassionate, personalized conversation to help you understand what’s happening with your child, how you got here, and what to do next.

🎁 Book your Parent Clarity Call here: https://linktr.ee/lindaeskay

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Chapters
00:00 Meet Linda + today’s mission
02:05 Why anxiety “management” isn’t enough
05:10 The pediatrician moment that shocked her
08:15 Ask better questions about learning
11:10 Survival mode: fight/flight/freeze/fawn
14:05 “It’s not safe to be me” root belief
17:05 Gen Z stressors: screens + comparison
20:05 Repair with your child: the apology that shifts everything
23:10 The nightly 3-sentence practice
26:10 Parent Clarity Call: what you’ll get