Just Be Here With Me

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Today I’m sharing a list of things that help me feel grounded, connected, and safe when I’m feeling anxiety. This is Journal 1 in a series I’ll continue every so often on the podcast where I’ll talk about what’s helping me deal with my anxiety presently. As my anxiety shifts and grows and changes, I discover new things that help me along the way and through this series, I’ll be sharing those lessons with you every couple months or so. You can head to https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/justbeherewithme to send me a voice message and let me know how you liked this episode and what you want to see next. Have a great week!

I’m today’s episode, I’m breaking down a myth that I’ve reflected on a lot recently—that having a “perfect life” means that you can’t or won’t struggle with your mental health. If you’ve felt guilt or shame over struggling with your mental health when you have a good life or good life circumstances, this episode is for you. Send me a voice note to let me know your thoughts on today’s episode and what you want to see next on the podcast at anchor.fm/justbeherewithme

Today I’m sharing tools that have helped me to process recent losses in my life, including several apps that I’ve found have been helpful for my grief journey and what to keep in mind as you are going through this time. If you’re going through grief and would like to share your journey or share a tool that has been helpful for you, feel free to send me a voice message at anchor.fm/justbeherewithme. I would love to hear from you and thank you for listening today.

Today I’m talking all about what I wish I knew when I first got diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and all the lessons I’ve learned along the way. I found that I have learned so much about anxiety in the almost ten years that I’ve struggled with it that I had to split this episode up into two parts, so here’s two and you can head to last week’s episode to hear part one. Let me know what you want to see next at anchor.fm/justbeherewithme and thanks for listening!

Today I’m talking all about what I wish I knew when I first got diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and all the lessons I’ve learned along the way. I found that I have learned so much about anxiety in the almost ten years that I’ve struggled with it that I had to split this episode up into two parts, so here’s part one and next week, I will be releasing part two. Let me know what you want to see next at anchor.fm/justbeherewithme and thanks for listening!

In this episode, I talk all about the pros and cons of the online college experience and how to know if online college is the right choice for you. Whether you’re just out of high school and wanting to pursue a less traditional path with your college education or a working professional who wants more flexibility as they go back to school to finish their degree, I hope this episode sheds some light on all the different elements of the online college experience and whether it’s a good fit for your lifestyle. Let me know what you want me to share next by sending me a voice note at anchor.fm/justbeherewithme

In today’s episode, I talk about my career journey and how I chose my college major, from wanting to be an exotic animal trainer elementary school to how I found out what I wanted to major in and what I wanted my career to look like in college

In this episode, I talk about my journey with chronic illness, when my chronic illness started, and tips for how to manage chronic illness as a college student from how to plan your courseload, to preparing yourself for flare-up days, to setting up support systems to help yourself be successful.

In this episode, I share what I’ve been up to the past six months, updates on my health journey, what I’m learning, how I’m slowing down my life, and talk about where I want to go next with the podcast. Hope you all are well wherever you are and looking forward to releasing more episodes soon after this long hiatus! p.s. Let me know in a voice memo (if you feel comfortable) what you want me to see next and which episodes/topics would be most helpful for you.