What's up? What's going on you guys? Guess what? Today is episode number 600 of the Shaline show. I'm so excited.

You know what I'm really excited about? Not that it's episode 600. I mean, it's a number, right?

But the number that means so much to me is we just hit 5,000 love letters.

I mean, 5,000 reviews. That's what it feels like. They're not all love letters. Let's just be frank.

But most of them are so meaningful because you're giving me feedback about a specific show.

Like I love it when you say I love the Shaline show because blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Those are really cool.

But my favorite, my absolute favorite reviews that I read are when it's about a specific show.

Like this one specifically helped me and here's why. So I just want to say thank you. I know some of you have written more than one.

It takes a few minutes. It's not easy. It's kind of funky to figure out where to find the place to review on the app.

You actually have to scroll all the way down. You'll see there's like, it'll say five stars and it says, right, review.

You just tap that and you write your review and it just, it means a lot because you're busy.

And that you do that means the world to me. We just hit 5,000 reviews. If yours is one of those, just know how much I value and appreciate that.

And it's crazy because I've I've read all 5,000. Of course, over the course of time.

But you know, they come in each week and it means a lot. So thanks for doing that. If you do one today, let me know specifically which episode has helped you the most.

Today on the show, we're talking about tips and techniques to help you cope with anxiety.

Well, first let's break it down. What is anxiety? And I think the reason why we should do this is because you might wonder if in fact,

your worry or the feelings that you're having if those are in fact anxiety. Well anxiety is in fact a feeling.

It's a feeling of worry of nervousness or dread and it's not comfortable, but it's natural.

It can even be very productive. It's your brain signaling you that something isn't quite right.

An anxiety is natural because it's an intent, its purpose is to help us avoid danger. It's to help us make meaningful, important, safe choices.

But when it's persistent, when it's pervasive, when it feels like it's taking over your daily life, whether that's at school or when you're with friends or with family, when you can't think, that is what often is known as general anxiety disorder.

And get this nearly one third of American adults in the US struggle with anxiety at some point in their lives according to the National Institute of Health.

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