Girlfriends, episode number 373. How to Overcome Anxiety.

Hello and welcome to Girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom and I'm on a mission

to help you know your worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy and family living.

This week we are talking about ways to overcome anxiety.

We all need this at some point in our lives. I can't wait to dive into this important conversation.

Let's get going.

Hey, girlfriend. Thank you so much for being here. Thanks for being a part of this newest

episode of the Girlfriend's podcast. Before we dive into this week's topic on anxiety, I want to just say

thank you to those of you who joined me in the recent online retreat that we had through Good

Catholic, Heart like Mary's together with Father Edward

Looney. I was delighted to be able to connect with a lot of you and to share about what we can

learn from Mary's example of virtue. So super excited to have that opportunity and really

looking forward to future ways that we can connect through the good things that are going on over there at Good Catholic.

You know, whenever there's an event like that, you're just kind of wondering, like, how authentic can this feel?

How much of a connection can it really be, you know, kind of using different forms of technology?

And I've pretty much used all the things, right?

All the different ways of connecting with people.

And this particular event, I thought, really had a real feel of connection with people.

And that was because of the people who were present. Like, if you were there, you were part of that.

You were part of that reason. And it was really, like, people in the chat were just connecting

with each other,

ministering to each other, answering each other's questions. There was such a sense of community there. And I found that so encouraging. So be looking for future similar events. And speaking of

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