Heart On My Sleeve

Sarah Wilson: make anxiety your super power


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This episode's guest is Sarah Wilson - author of "I Quit Sugar", journalist, TV host, environmental activist. Sarah lives with Bipolar disorder, OCD and Hashimoto's disease.

We cover:

  • How do you know when anxiety is your super power
  • Her George Costanza moment of doing the opposite and how it saved her life
  • The importance of "the wrestle" - how we aren't focussing on resilience enough in our approach to mental health
  • We unpack what it means to "do anxiety once"
  • Why Sarah trusts anxious people more than non-anxious people
  • 2 tools she uses to reduce her anxiety
  • The 1 thing she let go of and the 1 thing she gained that changed her life
  • Mitch shared what he believes is the first step in everyone's journey to living with anxiety
  • What it was like getting her first mental ill health diagnosis at age 12
  • Living with Bipolar including full manic episodes, OCD and Hashimoto's disease (autoimmune issue that causes thyroid dysfunction)
  • Described her ultimate breakdown and what that looked - including the moment where she said "I am ready to go"
  • Don’t wait until the dark night of the soul before you make a change - you don’t need to have a dramatic moment
  • The benefits of minimalism and being able to carry your whole life in a single bag
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