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When anxiety is treated as the enemy, young people learn to fear their own internal experience.When anxiety is understoo...

01/11/2026

When anxiety is treated as the enemy, young people learn to fear their own internal experience.

When anxiety is understood, it becomes manageable.

This episode offers language and tools that support growth, resilience, and self-trust.

Listen to Block Out the Noise: Helping Teens and Young Adults Overcome Anxiety wherever you get your podcasts!

Teens and young adults do not need anxiety eliminated to function.They need skills to interpret it accurately and respon...

01/11/2026

Teens and young adults do not need anxiety eliminated to function.

They need skills to interpret it accurately and respond differently.

This episode outlines three practical strategies young people can use immediately.

Listen to Block Out the Noise: Helping Teens and Young Adults Overcome Anxiety wherever you get your podcasts!

Anxiety often increases when something matters more, not less.College.Grades.Tryouts.Relationships.New responsibilities....

01/09/2026

Anxiety often increases when something matters more, not less.

College.
Grades.
Tryouts.
Relationships.
New responsibilities.

Understanding this helps parents and caregivers respond with empathy instead of frustration.

Listen to Block Out the Noise: Helping Teens and Young Adults Overcome Anxiety wherever you get your podcasts!

Avoidance is one of anxiety’s favorite coping strategies.When young people wait to feel calm before acting, anxiety quie...

01/08/2026

Avoidance is one of anxiety’s favorite coping strategies.

When young people wait to feel calm before acting, anxiety quietly runs the show.

This episode teaches practical ways to move forward even while anxiety is present, which is where real confidence develops.

Listen to Block Out the Noise: Helping Teens and Young Adults Overcome Anxiety wherever you get your podcasts!

One of the most damaging messages anxious teens receive is “just calm down.”Their nervous system is already activated.Lo...

01/07/2026

One of the most damaging messages anxious teens receive is “just calm down.”

Their nervous system is already activated.
Logic alone will not shut it off.

This episode explains what actually helps in anxious moments and why connection and perspective matter more than reassurance.

Listen to Block Out the Noise: Helping Teens and Young Adults Overcome Anxiety wherever you get your podcasts!

Anxiety is not always about fear.Sometimes it is about importance.Tests, sports, friendships, performances, and transiti...

01/06/2026

Anxiety is not always about fear.
Sometimes it is about importance.

Tests, sports, friendships, performances, and transitions all matter deeply to teens and young adults.

This episode reframes anxiety as a signal, not a flaw, and explains how to help young people work with it instead of against it.

Listen to Block Out the Noise: Helping Teens and Young Adults Overcome Anxiety wherever you get your podcasts!

Many teens and young adults believe anxiety means they are failing.In reality, anxiety often shows up around effort, car...

01/05/2026

Many teens and young adults believe anxiety means they are failing.

In reality, anxiety often shows up around effort, care, and responsibility.

When we teach young people to fight anxiety instead of understand it, we unintentionally increase shame and avoidance.

This episode explains why anxiety works the way it does and how to respond more effectively.

Listen to Block Out the Noise: Helping Teens and Young Adults Overcome Anxiety wherever you get your podcasts!

If your teen seems stuck in cycles of self-criticism, body anxiety, or control around food or movement, support can help...

12/29/2025

If your teen seems stuck in cycles of self-criticism, body anxiety, or control around food or movement, support can help.

Anxiety often hides in these patterns.
Addressing the anxiety changes everything.

Listen to Block Out the Noise: Helping Teens and Young Adults Overcome Anxiety wherever you get your podcasts!

Teens do not need to love their bodies to heal their relationship with them.Respect comes first.Respect looks like eatin...

12/27/2025

Teens do not need to love their bodies to heal their relationship with them.

Respect comes first.
Respect looks like eating without apology, resting without guilt, and moving from care instead of fear.

These are skills that can be learned and practiced.

Listen to Block Out the Noise: Helping Teens and Young Adults Overcome Anxiety wherever you get your podcasts!

One of the biggest shifts we help teens make in therapy is this.Their body is not a problem to solve.It is a partner to ...

12/26/2025

One of the biggest shifts we help teens make in therapy is this.

Their body is not a problem to solve.
It is a partner to listen to.

This single reframe reduces shame, anxiety, and self-criticism over time.

Listen to Block Out the Noise: Helping Teens and Young Adults Overcome Anxiety wherever you get your podcasts!

Social media plays a bigger role than many parents realize.When teens are exposed to edited bodies and comparison conten...

12/25/2025

Social media plays a bigger role than many parents realize.

When teens are exposed to edited bodies and comparison content daily, their brain starts to believe that is normal and anything else is wrong.

Curating what they see is not avoidance.
It is protection.

Listen to Block Out the Noise: Helping Teens and Young Adults Overcome Anxiety wherever you get your podcasts!

If your teen feels pressure to work off food or earn rest, that is a sign worth paying attention to.Punishment-based mov...

12/25/2025

If your teen feels pressure to work off food or earn rest, that is a sign worth paying attention to.

Punishment-based movement increases anxiety and damages trust with the body.
Care-based movement supports regulation and emotional safety.

These patterns do not start out extreme, but they grow when left unaddressed.

Listen to Block Out the Noise: Helping Teens and Young Adults Overcome Anxiety wherever you get your podcasts!

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100 Batson Court Suite 206
New Lenox, IL
60451

Opening Hours

Monday	1pm - 9:30pm
Tuesday	1pm - 9:30pm
Wednesday	1pm - 9:30pm
Thursday	1pm - 9:30pm

Website

http://www.davis-smithmentalhealth.com/

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