074: How to live big when you are struggling and overwhelmed.

In today’s podcast I talk about struggling, feeling isolated and how to gain footing when you feel like life is overwhelming. This episode is great for anyone who is struggling and feeling lost in how to move forward. I share two steps that can help you begin the path of moving forward. I’d love to hear your thoughts and if this resonated with you. Comment below or find me on Instagram @betsypake Transcript: Welcome to The Art of Living big. I’m your host, Betsy Pake, and this podcast is designed to share interviews and new ideas to help you redefine what could be possible for your life. Now, let’s go live big. today’s podcast is brought to you by audible. Get a free audiobook download and a 30 day trial at audible trial comm backslash live big, there is 180,000 different titles to choose from. Here’s the thing. I love Audible, I’m sort of obsessed. And I wanted to tell you that last week, I listened to the five second rule by Mel Robbins, which I really loved. I kept hearing about this book, and I was like, you know, 54321 go, I get it. But there’s actually a ton of brain science and I’m all about the brain science. So it was super interesting. And a really, really good Listen, she reads it. And it’s amazing. All right, so grab your audible trial. Audible trial, comm backslash live big now on with the show. Okay, everybody. So today’s show is not really the show I thought I was going to share today. But you know what, I decided that I was going to have this authenticity on the podcast, and I made a commitment. And so I really wanted to, instead of the regular scheduled programming, I wanted to share some things that have been happening, and then tell you about a new fun thing that I have planned for 2008 on the podcast. So all right, yesterday, I posted on Facebook, and I shared how my daughter has been struggling with anxiety. My daughter, Oliver is 15 she’s about to be 16. She’ll be 16 next month, and she’s been struggling with anxiety for years, like years and years. And I almost think like most of her life, isn’t that so crazy. But I would say it kind of came to a head around five years ago. And I’ve, we’ve done a lot of different kinds of things. And my post yesterday was really just that all of is a sophomore in high school. And we’ve kind of gotten to the point where she really wasn’t able to make it to school. And I know that may sound really wild to some of you that have never dealt with this. And in fact, I’ve talked to people about it, people that I know love me. And I’ve shared this with them. And their reaction was oh my god, my mom would make me get up and go to school. And it didn’t. It didn’t bother me because I knew, it’s because we don’t talk about it. Right. So we don’t really talk about this. And so that’s why I’m here because I really want to talk about this. And it may not be that you’re struggling with anxiety or depression or you’re helping somebody that is, but you probably have something in your life, that’s really overwhelming. And that makes you feel like you’re failing a little bit. That’s how I feel a little bit like I’m failing every day, I feel like I’m failing. And I feel like I’m winning. And so if you’re struggling with that, I just wanted to share sort of a quick message. It won’t be long. But I wanted to kind of share this with you and kind of give you some thoughts that I’ve had about it. And you know, in the beginning, I didn’t want to share all of my story. I didn’t want to share it because I felt like it was her story. Does that make sense? Like I felt like that’s something really personal about her and what she’s going through. And,