Anxious people are often afraid of their emotions, and they try really hard to not feel them or to control them or to get away from them.

So this week on The Anxious Truth, my friend Joanna Hardis is here, and we're going to talk about the idea or the concept of emotional allowability.

So let's get to it.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to The Anxious Truth. This is the podcast and the YouTube channel where we talk about all things, anxiety, anxiety disorders, and anxiety recovery, and I guess

mental health in general. Anyway, I am Drew Linzalata, creator and host of the Anxious Truth

podcast and YouTube channel. I am a therapist practicing in the area of anxiety and anxiety disorders in the state of

New York in the US of A.

I am a former sufferer of panic disorder, agoraphobia, OCD, depression for many years of my life on and off, but better now for a very long time.

I'm an author on this topic, a psychoeducator and advocate.

And clearly a guy with a microphone

that hosts this podcast and another one called Disordered, which you'll find at Disordered.fm.

So if you like The Anxious Truth, you'll love Disordered. This week we're going to talk about

the concept or the idea of emotional allowability. I'm going to be joined by my friend Joanna Hardest.

Joanna is a very well-respected and long-experienced therapist practicing in Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Rocks.

Joanna specializes in the treatment of anxiety and OCD as well.

She is a colleague.

She is my friend.

I am proud to call her a friend.

I trust her.

She is not a huckster.

She does, she's not just trying to sell stuff.

She knows of what she speaks.

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