Grow Through What You Go Through

Listen to Brooke's story of moving from everyday panic attacks to managing her anxiety in a healthy way. In this episode, we discuss healthy and unhealthy coping mechanisms of mental health in college, and how talking with your friends, therapy, journaling, and fitness can make all the difference.

Today, Lia shares how she went from an unhealthy lifestyle freshman year to going to bed at 10 pm and drinking around 100 oz of water a day. Her lifestyle change is inspiring and can motivate us to kickstart each of our health journeys in college. 

In the first episode of the College Series, I am talking all about how I deal with stress in my own life. This thought was sparked by a breakdown in a local coffee shop - and how I realized that I don't need to be a superhero and accomplish one million goals in a week. In the stressful times that college brings - it's best to take it day by day. 

 

Today I'm sharing 8 things I'd tell my freshman self from my senior perspective. So much changes (thank gawd) - if you're a freshman, I want to remind you that IT GETS BETTER. 

Here are a couple of points I go over in the show:

• You won't always feel like you're at camp
• It's okay to be homesick 
• You won't always feel alone
• You don't need to know what you're doing with your life

Hoping this uplifts you today. 

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Today, Zahra Biabani of Soulful Seeds Blog shares how to start your health journey without developing unhealthy habits.

Years ago when Zahra tried to start living healthy, she eventually found herself wrapped in an eating disorder. She now has a wholesome relationship with food and exercise and shares how to start your own health journey in a sustainable and life-giving way.

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High school is tough. In this episode, you'll hear about my high school journey, along with 5 things I would tell my high school self.

In this season of my life, I never thought I would find my people or feel like myself. Looking back four years later, I am so happy I pushed through that time and didn't stop seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

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Zahra shares her story about taking a gap year after freshman year. She left school to get back on track with spiritual, physical and mental health. 

She emphasizes how you can use this time as an opportunity to recalibrate, grow in your relationship with God, go to treatment, set priorities, and establish a vision for your health and life. 

"This time allows you to go into the next season with more potential for success," Zahra says. 

Zarha furthermore says that your worth is not what you do. She emphasizes we are worthy just the way we are. Sometimes, you have to make the choice that is best for you as an individual. 

Your worth is not what you do.

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Kat Mena pulled regular all-nighters during her freshman year of college. But after a couple months of staying at the library until 3am, she found that she was completely lonely, and not surrounded by an uplifting community.

"Your life is like a grain of salt on the timeline of eternity - exams are a grain of a grain of a salt," says Mena.

Feeling uneasy about her college experience, she realized she was giving her GPA a whole lot of power over her life. She went on a journey of self-discovery - where she learned that she was looking for fulfillment in the wrong places. 

"You can't be upset about your current situation if you're not doing anything to change it," Mena said.  

This does not mean you should ditch schoolwork altogether. It's more of a reflection on finding the right balance - putting in the work for school, but not letting it take over your life. You control what you can, but the results are not up to you.

Proverbs 31:21 "The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the Lord." 

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Emily shares what she has learned through this season of two big transitions - her dad getting cancer, and studying abroad. Emily discusses what it's like to stay in the light when the darkness seems tempting, and holding on to truth when you're doubting. She talks about finding the good even when all you can see is bad. She also discusses the AW Tozer quote: "It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly, until he has hurt him deeply.” 

Emily is one of the strongest people I have ever met. I hope you all enjoy listening to her story of persevering through trial, and finding hope in the hopeless.

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Studying abroad is supposed to be "the time of your life". The promotional materials, as well as the Instagram pictures, portray the experience to be perfect and out of a movie. But for Carrie, it was everything short of perfect. In fact, it was the hardest season of her life. 

In this episode, Carrie shares what she learned when she lived for 4 months on the other side of the world. She describes what it felt like to be away from everything familiar, and experience feelings she didn't know what to do with. 

But in this season, she saw the things she clung to for so long strip away from her self-worth. In this, she found herself, and she learned to love the person she was covering up for so long. It was such a joy to have such a strong, wise woman on the show, and I'm so excited for y'all to listen to her story.

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