Hi, I'm Allison. And I'm Taylor. And we're the host of the anxiety chicks podcast where we dive deep

into the reality of anxiety, nutrition, and mental health. Listen as we explore all things anxiety,

healing while keeping it real, including our own struggles with mental health. We'll bring our

expertise as healing professionals to the conversation while discussing the tools and strategies you need to heal the anxious mind.

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Hi, everyone.

Welcome back to the Anxiety Chicks podcast. I'm Alison Sepanara.

And I'm Taylor. And we are back with another amazing episode this week. We are talking all about healing journeys, which I'm sure we'll talk about our own healing journeys, which we have. I mean,

if you're listening to this and you've been listening for a while, you know we talk about our life all the time. But really, we're going to talk about like what real healing looks like.

And I'm not going to, I put the word real in air quotes because I just don't think, you know, it looks, healing looks different for everybody,

but really what I mean to say is like what healing looks like in a way that is real, like,

realistic, like realistic healing is what I mean to say. Because everyone's healing journey is real and I see it and I see you. I want to

like validate that. It's all valid. But realistic healing, I think has a different perception for people.

And I think that, you know, in this day and age of social media and just everybody having an opinion about everything and thinking they're correct with it all, it gets very nuanced.

So I'm going to talk about why I think what healing looks like in a realistic sense, because i'm always right so it'll be fine i'm

just kidding but i will say that uh that's probably the first thing that i would suggest for anyone

that wants to think about their healing journey is to hold yourself accountable right and recognize

that there may have been moments in your life

that you regret or maybe that you wish you had done differently. And part of that has contributed

to your mental health and you're really hard on yourself for it. And you're really critical

about those things. And that would be the first thing I would say is compassion.

We just talked about that in another episode, how self-compassion and self-love is huge

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