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WITH LOVE, DANIELLE

My Anxiety and the Art of Faking It

WITH LOVE, DANIELLE

Danielle LaPorte

Self-improvement, Education

4.9 • 697 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle...”

Behind every perfect photo is a story you don’t see. (photo linked below)

This week, Danielle is sharing the real story behind a polished interview with Chase Jarvis—a “successful” professional moment that, behind the scenes, was complete with anxiety medication, heartbreak, mould poisoning and exhaustion. 

This is the truth about what it looks like to show up when you’re falling apart.

And while it’s easy to be judgmental of others, what everyone really needs is the compassion impulse—the assumption that everyone is going through something and filtering it in their own way. 

In this episode: 

  • The real story behind a picture-perfect interview moment
  • Why “don’t believe what everyone’s filtered life looks like” goes deeper than social media
  • The energy cost of judging others’ highlight reels
  • How to activate your compassion impulse instead of criticism
  • Pro tip: when to mute or unfollow accounts that trigger judgment

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0:00.0

My loves, if you have not seen the photo, the image that accompanies this podcast episode, let me describe it to you.

0:09.6

So it's myself seated in a chair next to my dear friend Chase Jarvis, who is a photographer and a beautiful content creator based in Seattle who gives impeccable

0:23.3

interviews in a super cool studio. And in this photo, it looks like I'm making him laugh because I am

0:30.7

and I'm smiling this big toothy smile of mine. I've got my glasses on. Fab hair day, lowish cut black top, I'm looking

0:41.4

slender, I'm looking fucking great. Now let's begin this story. Are you familiar with the

0:50.1

quote? It's often misattributed to Socrates, be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a

0:58.5

hard battle. There's so much to say about this photo of Chase interviewing me. Good Hair Day because

1:07.6

Chase is a total pro and he has a stylist and a proper green room and amazing swag for all

1:16.4

of his guests on his show. I was at my thinnest at this time in my life because I'd been on this

1:22.1

starvation diet. It was prep for a new guy that I was dating. And I also was in the middle of a major bout with mold poisoning and my gut and my sinuses were whacked.

1:35.0

But I hadn't yet made the connection between disrupted gut and chronic sinus infections because we hadn't found the mold yet.

1:43.3

I was wearing my glasses, which I only

1:45.9

wear my glasses when I'm working in front of a computer. Otherwise, I can see. But this day,

1:51.6

I was wearing my glasses because my eyes were swollen from crying because new guy was not good

1:59.4

for me. And I knew it. And I wasn't going to let sooner turn into later

2:05.4

with a breakup so I ended it in one phone call and it was a big deal it wasn't a light thing

2:14.3

because I thought I was going to marry a new guy.

2:22.5

Also on the same day, I was stoned on Sinutab and Advil.

2:26.0

And on the train ride going from Vancouver to Seattle,

2:30.7

I was in a constant state of prayer as I was crying,

2:35.3

that my vocal cords were going to hold out. And more disturbingly, I guess, that I wouldn't have a panic attack while we were recording

2:43.5

the interview.

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