352: Kim Strobel: Surviving and Thriving After Living With Panic Disorder
Kim Strobel is a teacher, a consultant, a speaker, a happiness coach, and an aspiring author. But her personal life is just as full. When she\u2019s not firing up educators with her signature mix of excitement and experience, she\u2019s a die-hard runner, an advocate for her community\u2019s abandoned animals, and a family-oriented gal who loves spending time with her husband Scott, their four children, two grandkids, and three pups.\nIt\u2019s tempting to believe that the Chief Happiness Officer herself has never known a down day. But the truth is, sometimes you have to live through darkness before you can thrive in the light.\nKim spent her childhood and teen and young adult years dealing with panic attacks and crippling fear. Diagnosis of a seizure disorder and full panic disorder followed and with them a burgeoning fear that she would never be able to achieve her dreams.\xa0\nListen in to hear how Kim overcame her crippling panic disorder and what her life looks like today - as a Happiness Coach, who is not immune to panic attack relapses.\nListen in to hear Kim share:\n\nHow she endured 8 years living with panic disorder, having 25 panic attacks a day at times\n\nHow medical intervention and CBD therapy saved her life\n\nHow to retrain your brain toward happiness\n\n50% of your long term happiness is genetic, 10% is external circumstances, 40% is self-controlled/self-managed\n\nTop 5 happiness habits\n\nWhat your kids are really see when you show up imperfectly\n\nLinks Mentioned:\n\nConnect with Kim\n\nFree Facebook Group\n\nInstagram\n\nDeepak Chopra Ananda meditation app\n\nThank you to our sponsors:\n\nScary Mommy Speaks podcast\n\n\nOpenfit: Join the Openfit 30-day challenge and get a special extended 30-day free trial membership to Openfit when you text SHAMELESS to 303030.\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices