Welcome to the live taping of The Anxious Rebels podcast with the San Diego Moms Blog! Reva chats with fellow mom bloggers, Michelle Milla and Daphne Gaghagen about mental health - specifically as it pertains to motherhood. 

Michelle Milla is a navy wife and who's a mom to her super cute son, and is currently dealing with her husband being deployed. She is a blogger herself and blogs over at michmilla.com - the conversation surrounds how challenging it can be to be a parent while your significant other isn't around all the time. 

Daphne Gaghagen is a mom to two adorable little babies, and blogs over at mommyiloveyousobig. Daphne opens up about her journey starting with her decision to take medication and how she feels after taking care of her mental health. The conversation also surrounds the stigma around medication. 

You can find Michelle & Daphne on Instagram as well - 

Michelle: michmilla
Daphne: mommyiloveyousobig

Payal Patel is a South Asian therapist with a Masters in Family Therapy. Through her private practice at Manu Counseling, she provides counseling services in Charlotte, NC.

Payal and Reva talk about mental health in the South Asian community as well as how boundaries rarely seem to exist, especially in a family dynamic. They talk about how to establish healthy boundaries which can really help to maintain healthy relationships in the long term. 

You can find Payal at the links below:
Website: Manu Counseling
Instagram: @manucounseling

Bek opens up about her history with extreme anxiety and talks to us about how we don't need to wait to hit rock bottom before we reach out and seek for help. 

She talks to us about ways to make conversations around mental health more accessible and mainstream and shows us how there is absolutely no need to be ashamed about anything that we may suffer with from a mental health standpoint. 

You can find Bek using the links below:

Website: itsbekwilliams
Instagram: itsbekwilliams
Facebook: Bek Williams

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This episode with Kimberly might be one of Reva's personal favorites. They talk about a form of therapy that Reva herself went through, called CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy). The purpose of this episode is to educate you on what CBT is as well as understand it's benefits when it comes to mental disorder treatment. 

Kimberly specializes in CBT as well as treatment of those who have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). They go deep into understanding more about what OCD entails and what types of behaviors it encompasses. 

Toward the end, listen in on how Reva gets her own personal dose of therapy and an excellent mindset shift about social media. 

Kimberly has just launched ERP School for treatment for those with OCD and it is open until Sept 20th. So, click here to get your hands on that! 

You can find Kimberly at the links below:

Website: CBT School
Instagram: @cbtschool 
Facebook: Kimberly Quinlan, CBT School

I found Julia's videos on YouTube and once I saw a few, I knew that I had to bring her on The Anxious Rebels podcast and to all of you. Julia and I agree on the fact that we can take more responsibility in how we handle our anxiety and take back control so that we can get out of the vicious cycle that anxiety can suck us into faster. 

We talk about common myths of what psychotherapy looks like, what it can look like and important things to look for when looking for a therapist. We also talk about what we can do to become more mentally strong, especially for those of us who are highly-sensitive people. 

You can find Julia's videos on her YouTube channel here:
Julia Kristina Counselling

You can find her on Instagram here:
@juliacounsellor

You can find her on Facebook here:
Julia Kristina Counselling, M.A. Psych

There is a difference between PMS and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). PMDD is known to greatly interfere in one's daily life, including work, school, social life, and relationships. 

Rachel walks us through her experience prior to getting diagnosed with PMDD and how her life changed once she understood how to get her symptoms a little more under control. 

Rachel can be found on Instagram at @sunny.saturdays 

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Today’s Anxious Rebels story is by Ashley Cecere. Ashley has had severe migraines for as long as she can remember and she walks us through her story and about how it can cause extreme anxiety for her because you just never know when it hits you. We talk about food anxiety as well and how this ties in because a lot of new-age medicine addresses diet as being a cure for migraines and how that just doesn’t work for and in fact, may cause more frustration overall.

The really big take away, in my opinion from this episode, is this. While it truly is difficult to communicate your symptoms some times with a medical professional, it helps to be educated, speak up and take responsibility for your treatment plan. You are entitled to speaking up when it comes to your treatment or lack thereof.

You can find Ashley on Instagram @thehealthyllama

Or on her website at www.thehealthyllama.net

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Today, we’re going to hangout with Chelsie Carr who is a 12-year survivor of cancer, Osteosarcoma, to be specific. Chelsie walks us through when she got diagnosed and talks to us about survivor guilt – which is something that I hadn’t even considered for those who are survivors of such a serious disease.

Pay close attention to this episode – there are some excellent takeaways for how to handle the anxiety that comes with recovery with the constant worry of relapse – I’m so excited to share this with you.

Chelsie's info:
Instagram: @heytherechelsie

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Business Anxiety, especially when it comes to businesses being built using social media for marketing purposes, is a big topic and one that needs more exposure. The podcast going forward will include both Anxious Rebel stories as well as a Business Rebels segment so that we can touch on this very important topic. 

Tori Mistick is an Instagram Strategist who helps create stylish and engaging Instagram feeds. She is also a dog mom to an adorable chocolate lab  and also loves mint chocolate chip ice cream!

Reva and Tori talk about the anxiety and stress many people face about their Instagram platforms, how to work around those feelings and walk through Tori’s personal daily strategy with Instagram that keeps her on the app less and living in the world with her puppy more.

You can find Tori:-
Instagram: @tmistick and @instamistick
Website: www.instamistick.com
Download her FREE Instagram with Intention strategy
Access her Planoly Perfection Course

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Here’s what’s happening on The Anxious Rebels podcast going forward. I am so excited to start bringing you some amazing stories from some amazing people, who have been through and are currently going through so much, but are focusing on moving past what has happened to them and learning to not only survive and cope, but to thrive in their lives.

Going forward, you can expect to hear multiple stories, that I hope, will inspire you to give yourself more grace and allow you to continue to move forward in your life like a bad ass. I will also continue to have episodes that are career and business related, and that is because I am passionate about showing you that we can have successful, and fulfilling careers, without having to sacrifice our mental health for it.

In today’s episode, you are going to meet Kaitlan Hardin. She is a single mom to 3 little girls and has suffered from trauma induced anxiety for the past few years. She has been in recovery from Betrayal Trauma for 2 years now. She talks to us about what betrayal trauma is and how her life story unfolds. I have a feeling that this is going to be an eye opener for some of you out there, and if you find yourself resonating with pieces of Kaitlan’s story, reach out and ask for help.

Kaitlan's info:
Instagram: @aspen.warrior
The Aspen Soul Retreat (click here)

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