What's up, Batty Bees? I'm Brianna, mom, wife, serial entrepreneur, and host of the badass basic bitch podcast.

Each week, I sit down with a seemingly ordinary woman who's doing extraordinary things,

and I get to share her story with you. So let's go. Buckle up as we're going to get real and dive into

the shit nobody talks about. Welcome to the Batty B Club. Just like moving from where you are to something else. If you're sitting there and you're having a panic attack over the email, you're reading it over and over again that your boss had had a meeting. Walk away from that email. Go to the bathroom. Wash your hand. Start to ground yourself back in the moment. Think about like how this feels on my hand. That's really cold. bring yourself out of that cycle in your head so that you can put that thought on pause and then you can be like, okay, wait, what's coming up for me? Why am I worried? Is this realistic? Like, am I really going to get fired? No, I'm doing the best that I can. Like, there's nothing going on.

Welcome back to another episode of Badass Basic Bitch.

On this week's episode, we are joined by therapist, coach, and podcast host, Amber Benziger.

As someone who has experienced anxiety herself, Amber specializes in helping women manage their anxiety and move through their

feelings with radical acceptance, self-love, and boundaries. And today, we are going to be talking

about all things anxiety, what it is, how it shows up, tips for managing it, and some misconceptions.

So Amber, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me.

I'm really excited. Me too. And most of you guys didn't know or didn't witness. Both of us were

pretty much sweating with anxiety, trying to figure out our mic situation and everything.

It was kind of funny because this whole episode is about anxiety. So why don't you give our listeners a short summary of who you are and what you do?

Yeah, so I'm Amber Benziger. I'm a licensed therapist in the state of New Jersey. I have a private practice where I see primarily women who are struggling with either anxiety or trauma. Those are my two specialty areas.

I also do some anxiety coaching, helping people develop coping strategies for when they're feeling

anxious. I do that one-on-one. And I also have a membership service called The Anxiety Lab,

because I'm really passionate about it because it's something that I struggled with

for a long time, and it kind of brought me full circle here. Well, I guess that would be my next

question. What led you to this path? Yeah, so I always wanted to be a therapist for quite some

time, but, you know, I don't really know what specialty I wanted to go into or what I wanted to focus on.

But as I started to explore more and once I got my license and, you know, started seeing clients,

I was like, this is what I'm passionate about.

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