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August 21, 2026
Helping Kids Cope with Their Emotions
Every parent knows from experience that little people have big emotions! Our children struggle with their feelings, and surprisingly, worry is among their greatest concerns. How can we help our children learn to process their fears and take charge of their emotions? On this edition of Equipped with Chris Brooks, we talk with author and counselor Dr. Josh Straub about fostering emotional awareness in our children.
Featured resource:
What Do I Do with Worry? by Dr. Josh and Christi Straub
What Am I Feeling? by Dr. Josh and Christi Straub
August thank you gift:
A Compelling Faith in a Compromising Culture by Mike Tatlock
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IN THIS EPISODE
Josh Straub
Joshua Straub, Ph.D. loves being a husband and father. He is also a speaker, author, marriage and leadership coach, and a podcast cohost. He and his wife Christi host the Famous at Home podcast. They also founded The Straub Co. (dba Famous at Home), a coaching organization equipping leaders and corporations in emotional intelligence and healthy family systems. Josh is also a Fellow of the Townsend Institute for Leadership and Counseling. Josh is author/ coauthor of seven books including Safe House: How Emotional Safety is the Key to Raising Kids Who Live, Love, and Lead Well & Famous at Home: 7 Decisions to Putting Your Family Center Stage in a World Competing for Your Time Attention and Identity. He and his wife, Christi, have co-written five children’s books to help parents foster emotional awareness in kids. Together they live on a small homestead outside Nashville, TN with their three children.
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Chris Brooks
Chris Brooks is the senior pastor of Woodside Bible Church, a multisite congregation across the Detroit metropolitan area. Chris served for 20 years as the senior pastor of Evangel Ministries, a thriving 1,600-member church in the heart of Detroit. He also served as the campus dean of Moody Theological Seminary in Plymouth, Michigan. A popular Detroit radio host since 2005, Chris is the author of Kingdom Dreaming and Urban Apologetics. He graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in Finance, completed his MA in Christian Apologetics at Biola University, and graduated from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry degree at Asbury Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Yodit, are the proud parents of six children: Christopher, Zewditu, Cameron, Judah, Sophia, and Christyana.
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