Living Confidently With Anxiety

My blog and brand is called Living Confidently With Anxiety!

Living confidently with anxiety does not mean being confident and getting rid of your anxiety. Instead, it is the process of simultaneously being both confident and anxious. You acknowledge what you are feeling, and then doing the thing anyway.

Now, anxiety?? I'm an expert at that. Starting in 2nd grade after a near death allergic reaction, I feared for my safety, had a fear of dying, and a fear of living. From 3rd-12th grade I was relentlessly bullied by my peers and did not feel comfortable in social situations. Even though I had a strong family support, was talkative and extroverted, I was suffering in silence with this internalized anxiety.

I developed positive coping skills like looking for positives in negative situations, using humor, and utilizing therapy. I wanted to be the person I needed when I was younger and help other people struggling which inspired me to get my bachelors in social work, and now my masters.

I have a personal drive and understanding of anxiety, as well as a professional background, knowledge, and skills to bridge the gap of my influence and make a positive and effective impact on my followers lives.

I created a written blog to share my stories and offer advice in context of my life experiences. I began using twitter as a way to share random quotes that inspire me, that I think are funny, and as a tool to put down ideas and thoughts to return to later and expand on.

My current social media focus is growing my Instagram blog. I post daily alternating between quotes that have inspired me, I find meaning in, or that I have said and pictures of me and other things that I pull meaning out of.

I want to begin collaborating with other goal driven, successful, or passionate individuals. I also want to grow my following and get more active followers participating on posts through sharing and commenting.

I've always had the dream of being well known, positively influential, and inspiring. I want to make people happy, feel more confident, give support, and improve their quality of life. I am currently using this brand as a platform to highlight my strengths and bring others up too throughout my own journey.

I have goals of creating either a podcast or YouTube channel, as well as create an online market to sell branded clothing, bags, stickers, and pins. Something specific is having jewelry with an assigned meaning (hope, faith, happiness, peace, strength, etc) and a quiz for people to take which will determine which meaning/attribute they need the most and match them to the assigned jewelry for that meaning.

In the future I am also interested in becoming an author and motivational speaker.

The good thing about my audience is its diversity. They all have their own individual likes, hobbies, and types of blogs. The one connecting factor is their mental wellness. They all have the desire to be happy, be their best selves, and live more authentically. This diversity is one of the best things about my following because we all have different life experiences and perspectives which is very influential when it comes to successful support. Every single one of my followers and future followers either has anxiety, knows what it is like to have anxiety, or knows someone with anxiety since it is ever increasing in our society.

Everyone can benefit from the support and community in this blog and my brand.

I am interested in all collaborations. I am personally interested in collaborations with people who are passionate about their work, have overcome adversity, is a big thinker, or have background in more business and marketing.

I want to connect with other people, learn, and improve on skills.

Overall, the reason I got into social work and the reason I want to be a public influencer are the same thing. I might not be able to change the world, but maybe I could help one person and change everything about their world.

When we collaborate and work together, we can succeed. The same goes for mental wellness and confidence. Suffering ends when we come together.

I look forward to talking to and working with other motivated individuals and for you to join me in creating a chain reaction of kindness in our own lives, communities, and followers.