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Apr 8
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#222 What I Wish I Had Known at the Begi...

The Anxiety Dr
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I am sharing the things I wish someone had sat me down and told me when my anxiety was at its worst. Not clinical language. Not a checklist. Just the honest truth about what anxiety actually is, why the most common advice makes it worse, and what finally moved the needle for me — and for the clients I now work with who have been struggling for years.


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