Anxiety, OCD, & Raising a Child with a Heart Condition with Sarah Michelle Boes

Jess sits down with Sarah Michelle Boes for an honest conversation about anxiety, OCD, and navigating motherhood when your child is diagnosed with a complex medical condition.

Sarah built and sold a multi-million-dollar nurse practitioner exam prep company after struggling with severe test anxiety herself. While eight and a half months pregnant and shortly after selling her business, she learned her daughter, Meadow, would be born with a complex heart condition. Not long after, Sarah received an OCD diagnosis that finally put language to the anxiety she had carried for most of her life.

In this episode Jess and Sarah talk about what OCD actually looks like beyond stereotypes, how anxiety shows up when control is no longer possible, and how Sarah learned to relate to herself with more compassion while caring for a child with ongoing medical needs. Sarah also shares how she’s turned her lived experience into advocacy, supporting others navigating anxiety and congenital heart disease.

This episode is for anyone learning how to live alongside anxiety, uncertainty, and the parts of life you didn’t plan for.

About Sarah Michelle Boes:

• Website: https://sarahmichelleboes.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahmichelleboes/

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