"There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist--and we're going to get through it. Just be strong." -Mary J. Blige

On today's episode Abby and Margot welcome their next guest, Romina Keper. Romina is a speech therapist for children, and owner of CharTEACHerie: A custom charcuterie board company--but for teacher supplies, decorative items and tasty treats! Romina's anxiety journey began in Kindergarten where she recalls feeling physically sick and not wanting to go to school and followed her into adulthood manifesting itself in many ways. Such as: fearing unknowns, negative self talk, sleep struggles, restlessness and more. Only in the last few years has she had a label for her experience and worked to navigate it. Speaking plainly about her feelings to herself and others, therapy, medication, creating gratitude lists and more are among the several helpful strategies that she uses. Romina reminds the Warriors that we can always change our narrative, that we can remove shame from our shared experiences, feel less alone through honesty, and that being a Warrior means that we're a bada$$!

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"The only competition you should have is with yourself."

On today's episode Abby and Margot talk about competition among friends. In previous episodes, where the focus had been work, the Warriors shared about what it's like to compete for your job, promotions, titles, etc. But, what happens when the competition is a bit closer to home? Navigating friendship can be challenging enough but when we feel like we're competing for each other's time, attention, affection, etc. that can make it that much harder. They share about how they experienced anxiety around feeling the discomfort of competition in adolescents vs. how they experience it in adulthood. They offer listeners an opportunity to reflect on their relationship to competition among friendships and share tips about best practices for communication.

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"Keep a diary, and one day it'll keep you." -Mae West

The Warriors dive into Part 2 of Anxiety Diaries; A mini series where they share some of the big or little anxieties they notice coming up for them lately. Not all anxieties fit neatly into a box or category, so from time to time they'll share the latest in life's roller coaster moments and how they are navigating those challenges. For today, Abby shares about how she feels about the evolution of her body and its impact on her overall wellbeing and Margot shares about the stress and overwhelm that she's been experiencing from opening up a new brick and mortar kids yoga studio. They share about that and more and offer the Warriors the opportunity to reflect on what's been on their mind lately and how to show up for themselves.

"She understood that the hardest times in life to go through were when you were transitioning from one version of yourself to another."- Sarah Addison Allen

On today's episode Abby and Margot welcome their next guest, Larissa Noto. Larissa is certified yoga and mindfulness educator specializing in a variety of diverse populations, including trauma informed adult and children's yoga, folks of all ages and stages with unique abilities, and more.  She's also a trainer, author, speaker and content contributor with Childlight Education Company (NH), Mindful Child Initiative (PA), Prema Yoga Institute (NY), and Outside +/Yoga Journal. She shares that much of her anxiety journey began in childhood, and she describes herself as a recovering perfectionist. She noticed early in life that she struggled to see mistakes as the beautiful and important teachers that she now knows them to be. She recalls the ways she learned to cope before she even knew that she had anxiety. Larissa offers the Warriors so many valuable insights into her experience from the physical manifestations of her anxiety, to how she uses a range of useful modalities to navigate stress/anxiety nowadays. Larissa reminds us all the value of slowing down, embracing flow and change, and knowing when it's time to stop and when it's time to persevere.

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"Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory."- William Barclay

On today's episode Abby and Margot welcome their next guest, Lauren Lebowitz Stanton. Lauren is owner and founder of CeLEBrations by Stanton, a business dedicated to celebrating all of life's big and little moments through custom products in all mediums! Lauren shares that she had never labeled her experience as anxiety until well into adulthood. After experiencing a high risk pregnancy, postpartum anxiety, and due to her sensitivity to hormonal changes as an Endo Warrior--she realized she HAD actually been an Anxiety Warrior her whole life! Lauren's anxiety can often fuel her productivity and creativity, but when she struggles she knows that she'll endure. Her story highlights a highly flexible mindset with notes of deep self awareness, understanding that things will always change, and remembering that she isn't without agency and advocacy.  She offers so many supportive tools and reframes for living purposefully while going with the flow.

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Warriors! We’re hopping in your feed today with an “Only murderers in the building“ style episode, live from the Denver zoo! We hope this small sound bite recapping our day together prompts you to go do something fun with a fellow Anxiety Warrior. See you next week with an all new interview!

"The ego loves labels, not only for the sake of understanding but also to acquire more kindling for the fire of attachment. Labels function as brakes that help us counteract the natural flow of change, and sometimes they even serve as a form of resistance to doing healing work." -Yung Pueblo

On today's episode Abby and Margot talk about the way labeling ourselves/others or working within our labels can sometimes be beneficial and other times a hindrance. A label in and of itself can either limit you or set you free. The Warriors share their experiences with labels and how they choose to navigate operating with a sense of self awareness while leaving space for flow and growth.

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"The courageous conversation is the one you don't want to have." -David Whyte

"Difficult people force you to grow and learn new ways of dealing with challenges."- Unknown

On today's episode Abby and Margot dive deep into what it looks and feels like to navigate difficult people and/or tough conversations. The Warriors share stories/experiences they've had to cope with recently that challenged them in emotionally, mentally and physically exhausting ways, and discuss coping strategies they found to be supportive throughout the process.

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"You were right about one thing, Master. The negotiations were short." -Obi Wan Kenobi

On today's episode Abby and Margot welcome their next guest, Jesse Bartel. Jesse is the Store Manager of BookHampton in East Hampton, NY. In his free time, he likes to take photos of street lights at night and write about nerdy things. He has an MFA from Sarah Lawrence and spends much of his time indoors. Jesse shares that his journey with anxiety began with panic attacks in his teen years, and followed him into adulthood. It manifested in a variety of ways such as: imagining social situations before they happened, being overwhelmed in visually stimulating or loud spaces, being stuck in negative thought patterns and more. In his 20's he would often "quiet the brain" by self medicating.  After starting down a path of sobriety, tapping into a range of coping skills, and being more self reflective he was able to see anxiety as an opportunity to learn more about himself and be truly authentic. Jesse shares so many powerful and useful tips and anecdotes and reminds the Warriors that we can negotiate with anxiety and be proactive as we go.

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