"Don't compare your insides to someone else's outsides." -Patty Wildasinn

On today's episode Abby and Margot welcome their next guest, Patty Wildasinn. Patty is a level two Kundalini Yoga Teacher for people of all ages and abilities and a former addiction counselor from southern California. She shares about noticing worry and "nameless fears" in childhood, but didn't have the language for her experience. Additionally, she didn't grow up in an environment where it was safe to talk about feelings. As a teen, she was high functioning and held an excellent GPA, but turned to drugs and alcohol to cope with her bottled struggles. After receiving help at residential treatment in her 20's, she began to turn the corner and start to help others do the same. Later as a Mom of two kids, one of whom has special needs, she'd notice intense anxiety attacks. With Kundalini yoga, practicing self compassion, and breathwork she moves through her anxiety with more ease and even feels victorious in being able to support herself and others through the many layers of life.

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"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." -William Shakespeare 

On today's episode Abby and Margot continue to explore the lighter side of anxiety with Part 8 of the Mundane Anxieties Series: NAMES! Even though names are mundane, because we all have them, they are also important! The Warriors talk about their feelings about their names, teasing they experienced growing up, correcting their names, how they navigate trying to remember people's names (and pronounce them correctly!), and more!  They share the simple and creative ways they've worked through these challenges and offer listeners a chance to reflect on their relationship to anxiety around names. 

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"I spend many months in apparently listless rumination out of which I hope something will emerge." -Daniel Day Lewis

On today's episode Abby and Margot talk about ruminating thoughts! Fun, right!? They share stories about their experiences with rumination, how it's changed, when it commonly shows up, and how they practice self care and coping when it crops up! Finally, they offer the Warriors a chance to reflect on their personal experience with rumination and how they navigate the endless stream of intrusive thoughts.

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"Keep going. Keep growing." 

On today's episode Abby and Margot welcome their next guests; brothers and co owners of Plant Parenthood, LLC (Joliet, IL) Josh and Justin Resto! They offer a unique plant shopping experience for new and seasoned plant parents. They believe in creating a strong community and providing support along with resources for aspiring gardeners. The brothers talk a lot about how anxiety has shown up in their lives in the form of overthinking, social anxiety, small business stressors, and navigating introversion. Justin and Josh offer so many valuable tips for self support as well as how they show up for each other as they face challenges. They provide the Warriors with helpful reminders such as the importance of failure, and trying as well as learning to be patient with your anxiety. Like with plant life, the human experience isn't always easy or linear. Justin and Josh remind us that practicing presence and patience with our struggle will make it all worth it in the end.

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"Quitting is leading too." -Nelson Mandela 

On today's episode Abby and Margot talk about quitting! For some the idea of quitting can feel sticky. They share about the many discomforts that can show up around the act of quitting something. The rumination, the people pleasing, the starting over, the letting go of the familiar for the potential for something better. Knowing when it's time to let go, come what may. Noticing when you're being mistreated and it's time to make a change. The Warriors share quitting stories and offer reflections for listeners to check in with their own inner knowledge around when to stay or when to go.

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"We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us."

On today's episode Abby and Margot talk about all things travel! They share about the many stressors and anxieties that can often make travel complicated. Everything from planning, to packing, to expenses, and excursions, air travel vs. road trips, family dynamics and SO much more. They discuss all of the over thinking that creeps in when it comes to travel and its many rewards and challenges. Finally, the Warriors offer some of their favorite go-to travel anxiety tips and strategies.

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"Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know."

On today's episode Abby and Margot welcome their next guest, D'mitri Colbert. D'mitri is a motivational speaker and voiceover artist from North Carolina. His story begins as an 18 year old freshman in college who suddenly found himself in the throes of a panic attack, and from that point experienced anxiety frequently. Everything from overwhelm, intrusive thoughts, and a rigorous schedule all while trying to do the hard work of growing up. He noticed becoming a shell of himself and feeling shame around his experience, leading him to hide it from everyone. Only after speaking with a friend did he start to feel less alone. Therapy, useful analogies, anchoring phrases and reframes and other coping strategies has led him to finding hope and inspiration for himself and others. He reminds the Warriors to keep breaking down the stigma surrounding getting help for mental health, and that "trouble doesn't last forever."

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"I considered the concept of oversharing, and what undersharing might be, and whether it was ever possible to settle on something in between." -David Nicholls

On today's episode Abby and Margot explore the sometimes uncomfortable, often regrettable idea of oversharing. They define what oversharing means to them, and share stories from their personal experiences of being on the giving and receiving end of some (or a lot of) oversharing and how they navigated it! They reflect on how they've evolved over the years, when and if to create boundaries around communicating, and offer the Warriors to consider the same.

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"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."

On today's episode Abby and Margot celebrate their 100th episode with a very special Q and A mailbag episode! You will hear the Warriors responses to questions they received from listeners, and members of the podcast Instagram community as well as words of gratitude for the opportunity to share their personal experiences in this space. So many questions were offered, so you can expect future mailbag episodes to come! If you have any questions for the Warriors, don't hesitate to reach out.

Today's Questions:

How do you help your partner with anxiety when you notice it in your spouse?

How has anxiety changed for you over the years?

What are your favorite tools/coping strategies?

What's the most helpful reframe about anxiety that improved your recovery?

Describe the differences between a panic attack vs. anxiety attack.

How has your relationship to anxiety changed since you started yoga?

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"As much as we hate to hear it, there is no quick fix. There is no painless or easy solution. There's just moving forward." -Kimberly Davis

On today's episode Abby and Margot welcome their next guest, Karen Shock. Karen is a writer and author from Fort Wayne Indiana. Her new book, Too Much and Not Enough, comes out on April 18th. Karen's shares that her journey with anxiety began in childhood, but became a big part of her life exactly one year after having a traumatic emergency C-section with her first child at the age of 24. She talks about her experiences with health anxiety, overcoming doomsday thoughts, and surviving deeply rooted religious trauma. She offers helpful tools and strategies that have served her well, and reminds the Warriors that there are 'no quick fixes'. Karen strives to continue to empower herself and others by showing up with honesty and vulnerability through her writing and beyond.

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