Hey girlies and welcome back to the pod. Today we have a super special Q&A episode with Sadie from She Persisted.

Sadie hosts the She Persisted podcast, which is a podcast specifically focused on teen mental health.

And Sadie is someone who has struggled with her mental health. And Sadie is someone who has struggled with her mental health in the past and now

shares her tips online to help you as well. She's currently studying psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.

And if you want to hear more of me and Sadie together, you can check out my episode on She Persisted,

which will be, of course, linked in the description of this episode.

Welcome, Sadie.

Thank you so much for having me.

I'm so excited to be here.

Yay!

Okay.

So, a few days ago I posted a Q&A on my stories asking y'all to send in some of your mental health questions, so everything about how to manage anxiety with school work, dealing with the impact of

social media, and just mental health in general and what types of resources you can find online or in person?

So my first question, since we are getting into the back to school season,

Sadie, what are your tips for managing back to school anxiety?

So there's so many different things

that I can mention here.

I think kind of depends on if you're anxious about like leading up to the first day of school.

Are you anxious even after that point with meeting new people?

Are you feeling stressed about like your class load and assignments and all of that kind of stuff?

I would say the biggest tip with anxiety is to not avoid what you're anxious about.

The more you avoid like the first day of school or talking to new people or working on your homework the more anxious you will become about that thing.

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