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Without Pointing Fingers (feat. Estee Weingarten)
Without Pointing Fingers (feat. Estee Weingarten)
Without Pointing Fingers (feat. Estee Weingarten)
Sunday 5th November 2023
Estee Weingarten shares her journey living with her husband's anxiety and prioritizing self-care for healing and empowerment.
50 minutes
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Episode Overview
- Estee's experience with her husband's debilitating anxiety.
- The importance of seeking help and personal well-being.
- Developing compassionate empathy without shouldering others' burdens.
- Creating stability through support systems and recovery programs.
- Empowerment through self-care and community support.
I have so much compassion for the person next to me that has anxiety and not take it as anything against me. That alone is such freedom.
In this episode of the Neshamas Podcast, Moshe Hanen welcomes Estee Weingarten, a Montreal native now living in Brooklyn, New York, as she shares her poignant journey of living beside her husband's debilitating anxiety. Estee opens up about the emotional turmoil and chaos that accompanied this journey. Despite the challenges, Estee found a path to prioritize her own mental health and well-being, ultimately becoming a life coach who supports others facing similar struggles.
Estee describes how her role shifted from being a 'can-do' problem solver to someone who needed to focus on herself to be the center point of healing. Her husband's anxiety, which often led to panic attacks and emotional distress, was a significant aspect of their life together. Estee recounts moments of feeling trapped, unable to express her struggles due to the fear of others finding out.
Through hard work and seeking help, Estee found stability and developed empathy towards others dealing with anxiety. Estee shares the liberating realization that she no longer had to shoulder the responsibility of others' emotional states. Instead, she learned to validate others' experiences without taking on their burdens. Estee's story is one of hope and empowerment. She emphasizes the importance of building a support network and not giving up, even when facing the overwhelming challenges of mental illness.
Her journey highlights the freedom in watching someone have anxiety, validating their experience, and feeling safe without being responsible for changing their emotional state. Estee's story is an inspiring testament to the power of self-care, empathy, and community support in overcoming the challenges of living with a partner's mental illness.
The episode closes with a message of gratitude for those who supported Estee and her husband, Binyamin, on their journey, and a call for others to seek help and find empowerment through their own healing processes.