The Girl With The Anxious Heart

Send us Fan MailThis first episode took me eight tries to record—because honestly, I was scared. Scared to be vulnerable, scared it wouldn’t land, scared it might fail. But that fear? It’s exactly what this episode is about.I grew up in the late '90s with undiagnosed anxiety, constantly feeling like I was on the outside looking in. I was the funny, overly sensitive, background character in my own story. When my family moved after my dad lost his job, my anxiety hit a new level—suddenly I was throwing up before school, overwhelmed by every little thing, and by age eight, I was put on Prozac.No one explained what anxiety was. No one told me that needing support didn’t make me broken. I just internalized this quiet shame—“I’m the girl who needs medication to be okay.” That identity stuck with me for years.I became the fixer, the emotional support, the one who didn’t want to worry anyone. And in the process, I swallowed so much of myself just trying to feel safe.This episode is for anyone who’s ever felt too much, too different, or too anxious to speak up. It’s for the quiet feelers and the soft hearts. If that’s you, welcome. Let’s breathe through this together.