ABOUT THIS EPISODE
SPEAK UP WITHOUT THE PANIC ATTACK
How do you know if your anxiety is talking — or if you’re actually noticing a red flag in your relationship?
And how can childhood experiences shape the way we handle anxiety, relationships, work, and self-advocacy as adults?
In this episode of the Not So Dumb Blonde Podcast, Kaytlyn Gilner sits down with Olivia Jewell Love, producer of City Cast Denver, for an honest conversation about women’s mental health, anxiety, childhood experiences, self-advocacy, relationships, love bombing, and reassurance seeking.
Olivia opens up about her experiences with anxiety and the impact of growing up with parents who believed and supported her mental health struggles. Kaytlyn and Olivia talk about how parental support can shape a child’s mental health journey — and what it looks like to learn to advocate for yourself as an adult.
They also dive into the complicated intersection of anxiety and romantic relationships:
• How do you tell anxiety from an actual relationship red flag?
• What does love bombing really look like?
• Why do we seek reassurance when we feel anxious?
• How do you learn to trust yourself when your brain is constantly searching for certainty?
The conversation also explores mental health in the workplace, vulnerability, asking for help, and why creating environments where people feel safe talking about their mental health matters.
If you’ve struggled with relationship anxiety, childhood trauma, anxious attachment, reassurance seeking, people pleasing, self-advocacy, or trusting your own intuition, this episode is for you.
✨ IN THIS EPISODE
• Women’s mental health and anxiety
• How childhood experiences affect adult mental health
• Childhood anxiety and parental support
• Learning to advocate for yourself as an adult
• Workplace anxiety and vulnerability
• Anxiety in romantic relationships
• Anxiety vs. relationship red flags
• Love bombing and unhealthy relationship patterns
• Anxious attachment and reassurance seeking
• Learning to trust yourself and your emotions
• Normalizing conversations about mental health
⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 — Women’s Mental Health, Anxiety & Relationships
06:55 — Childhood Anxiety & Parental Support
11:44 — How to Advocate for Yourself as an Adult
18:16 — Workplace Anxiety & Vulnerability
29:44 — Anxiety vs. Relationship Red Flags
37:57 — Love Bombing & Anxious Attachment
46:03 — Reassurance Seeking & Managing Anxiety
🎙️ ABOUT THE NOT SO DUMB BLONDE PODCAST
Conversations about mental health, relationships, anxiety, trauma, DBT, attachment, self-trust, dating, emotional regulation, and personal growth.
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