Episode Details

In this episode, we're talking about anxiety, self-worth, people-pleasing, faith, and what happens when you finally begin to feel deeply rooted in who you are.

I share a personal story from my own healing journey in my 20s, when I struggled with anxiety, insecurity, and constantly questioning how I was showing up in the world.

A deeper relationship with God—and learning to see myself through His perspective—changed everything for me.

We'll explore:

• Why feeling safe can make it easier to take risks and pursue your dreams
• How anxiety can keep you filtering, hiding, and second-guessing yourself
• The connection between feeling loved and feeling confident
• How faith can become a source of security rather than another source of pressure
• Why you don't need everyone else's approval to know you're enough
• How to shift whose opinion of you carries the most weight
• What it looks like to move through life with more freedom, play, confidence, and purpose

If you're an anxious, high-achieving woman who is tired of overthinking, shrinking yourself, and feeling like you have to get everything "right," this episode is for you.

You don't need to become someone else to become confident.

You get to become more rooted in who you already are.

HIGHLIGHTS |

00:00 — What a healthy relationship can give you

01:35 — When anxiety makes you question everything

02:10 — The beginning of a deeper healing journey

03:02 — “Who do you say I am?”

04:00 — Becoming rooted instead of reactive

04:44 — The realization that changed everything

05:14 — What if God is already walking with you?

06:00 — Feeling safe enough to actually live

07:18 — “God's got me.”

08:09 — Stop hiding. Stop filtering. Stop trying to say the perfect thing.

09:44 — The wake-surfing story

10:18 — What happens when you're no longer afraid to fail?

11:09 — You were created to let your gifts shine

12:30 — The God who created beauty also created you

13:07 — You don't have to live according to everyone else's opinion

13:16 — Whose opinion gets the most weight?

14:21 — “I am enough.”

14:51 — The freedom of letting yourself be yourself

START HERE | 

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ABOUT FREE & WELL | 

Free & Well is a mental wellness movement helping women start fully living their lives. Hosted by anxiety therapist & yoga teacher & therapeutic workshop facilitator, Devoney, each episode blends practical mental health tools, faith & nervous system based tools to help you step into your most peace filled, confident era.

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