Mothers On The Frontline

In this episode, Diana shares her experience mothering a 17 year old daughter with anxiety and depression. Mentioned on this episode:NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness: https://www.nami.org/ Transcription[music in background] Voiceover: Welcome to the Just Ask Mom podcast where mothers share their experiences of raising children with mental illness. Just Ask Mom is a mother's on the frontline production. Today we will listen to Diana, an Iowa parent with a 17-year-old daughter with anxiety and depression. Tammy: Tell us a little bit about yourself before or outside of mothering. What are your passions? Who are you? What do you love? Diana: Well, I enjoy biking and taking long bike rides, not competitively or anything but just kind of peddling along. I enjoy yoga and take some time for that when I can, and I enjoy writing. Tammy: Wonderful. Do you like creative writing, journaling, what kind of stuff do you do? Diana: All of that. I used to write for the newspaper when I'm just column and just kind