46. Overcoming Health Anxiety with Lily Sais

DEATS with Deanna: Discussions around Food & Entrepreneurship

Anxiety can show up in your life in many different ways. It can show up in your health, in your food choices, and even in your parenting choices. And sometimes, the anxiety that you are struggling with can take over your life. When you are dealing with this, it is helpful to find ways to overcome the anxiety and realize that it is really just a friendly reminder that you’ve gone off track a bit. Today I’m chatting with Lily, a former lead school psychologist, now full-time mental health practitioner specializing in anxiety. Lily shares with us her own personal experience with anxiety and how it affected her life, as well as why we need to give our minds time to rest and the things that have helped her deal with her anxiety. In this episode, we cover:

• Why it’s important to rest our minds [3:01]
• How anxiety took shape in Lily’s life [8:53]
• When she realized she was struggling with health anxiety [15:25]
• Dealing with postpartum anxiety [22:34]
• The things that have helped Lily through the anxiety [30:45]
• How Lily sees anxiety now compared to before [32:46]
• Giving your mind a break when it comes to food and letting yourself be present [38:28]

Connect with Lily:

IG: @_peacefromwithin Tiktok: @peacefromwithin Website: www.peace-from-within.com

Connect with Deanna:

IG: @dietitiandeanna Website: https://dietitiandeanna.com