Welcome back to the Us Anxious Folk podcast!

After a short break, I'm back with episode 7 - all about how I went from hating and constantly skipping my periods to coming off the pill, using more enviro-friendly period products, and really coming to a place of sacred nurturing and acceptance of my menstrual cycle.

Mentioned in this episode:

Claire Baker and her book 50 Things You Need To Know About Periods

Nat Kingroudis

Sara Avant Stover and her book The Way of The Happy Woman

Come As You Are - Emily Nagoski

Modibodi Period Underwear

Lunette Menstrual Cups

To be a guest on the show, please contact me at [email protected]

You can find me on instagram @laurenr_rose

On today's episode of Us Anxious Folk, I talk to Alex all the way from Madrid, Spain. 

Alex is a psychology student, and he is also someone who has dealt with toilet anxiety and found a way through. In this episode, he talks about his experience with toilet anxiety, how he deals day-to-day with studying, exams, traveling, and exposing himself to his fears to get to a place where he no longer lets his fear hold him back. We also talk about his daily routine, and he shares some tips on his best practices to help his anxiety - he is a shining example of how to nurture and shape your life to encourage growth and a healthy mindset. 

You can find Alex on instagram at @alexx.ferrer

In today's episode, I talk all about my experience with fear of going crazy - for me, this manifests as worry that I'm going to suddenly say or yell something out, or that I'm not really there, or that I'm going to lose control of my mind or body and not realise what's happening. 

I discuss:

• how this feels for me when it happens,


• why it happens,


• and what I do to work through it and nurture and soothe myself.

Mentioned in this episode: Pasta Grannies on YouTube

To be a guest on the show, please get in touch with me via the website - iamlaurenrose.com

Today's episode of Us Anxious Folk features Holly Chesnut from Nebraska. Holly is an incredibly beautiful human being who spent some time with me talking about her experiences with depression, panic attacks, quasi-psychosis, and how her journey with God has evolved and enabled her to trust and allow...and she also drops some magnificent truth bombs along the way.

You can find Holly on her YouTube channel Three One Wellness or over on her instagram (which includes regular posts about her SWEET boxer puppy Lucy 😭❤️Go. Go now. Trust me.) 

To work with me, or to be a guest on the show, feel free to get in touch with me via the website iamlaurenrose.com

In this (very first! hooray!) interview episode of Us Anxious Folk, I talk to the very multi-talented Brooklyn photographer/poet/author/all-round creative soul Patrick Donovan on all things panic, toilet anxiety, creativity and art. We discuss using art as a way to heal, the techniques Patrick uses to soothe and nurture himself through car trips and the subway (!) and how Patrick gave himself permission to open up about his panic and agoraphobia.

You can find Miss You Already: Volume One at Patrick's Website patrickdonovanstudios.com 
And you can find Patrick himself on instagram at @patrickdonovanstudios

To work with me, or to be a guest on the show, feel free to get in touch with me via the website iamlaurenrose.com

Emotional Overwhelm can hit hard, especially when you are someone who has spent a lot of time in fight or flight mode - strong emotions can trigger the fight or flight response and make us feel the most intense urge to escape. 

On today's episode, I will be talking about my experience with strong emotions and how I've learnt to nurture and soothe myself when I have a strong emotional reaction to something - whether it be a conflict, work/life stress, covid-related stress, relationship problems, and all the other fun emotional-triggers that life throws our way.

Welcome to the first episode of Us Anxious Folk, a podcast for those of us who feel frequently overwhelmed with rumination, what-if's, worry and fear. In this episode, I talk about my journey with agoraphobia - from my first experiences with panic attacks, to becoming housebound, and the steps I took to get myself back out into the world again.

As always, you can find me at instagram @laurenr_rose

or on YouTube at Lauren Rose

To work with me, or to be a guest on the show, feel free to get in touch with me via the website iamlaurenrose.com