Hey, welcome back. Today we're going to be talking all things anxiety. We're going to be covering what to do if you have anxiety, what to do when you're dealing with a partner in a relationship with anxiety and even how to work with our kids and notice anxiety in them and coping skills and what to do about that.

I know we cover a lot of normal health topics and this is a more of a mental health topic, but I will say that your mental health affects your physical health.

Anxiety and high levels of anxiety have been linked to heart disorders,

obesity, chronic pain, high blood pressure, a higher chance of stroke, stomach

ulcers, and so many other problems. So your mental health does affect your

physical health hands down no doubt about it. So if you are someone who sometimes struggles with anxiety and we're even going to talk today

about if it's minor or if it's major and kind of to be aware of that, but if you're someone who

does have anxiety sometimes

this is going to be a great episode

that is going to help you get better at

recognizing it and develop some coping skills.

I've been very open about the fact that I have struggled with

anxiety before. I do pretty regularly. I don't obviously have anxiety disorder

but many people do have anxiety those levels just vary based on what we have

going on and that is all normal sometimes it's only a little bit and sometimes it's a

lot but the more tools and more coping skills and more ways we can be aware and have in our

tool belt for when we do hit a moment or a phase or a extended stage where we feel anxious the better off we're going to be at getting to the other

side and moving out of feeling that anxious anxiety situation and just enjoying our life and really having a better quality of life.

So that's what we're going to talk to Dr. Caroline Rubinstein today.

Dr Rubinstein is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Florida specializing in anxiety,

burnout and perfectionism. She particularly enjoys helping anxious overachiever's experience

great ease by finding worth in being and not just doing.

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