Podcast Episode
4 Steps to take so that Joy & Stress Can Work Together EVEN During the Holidays for More Ease
Anxiety Ease | High Functioning Anxiety, Entrepreneur, Business Leaders, Neuroscience, Anxiety, Psychology of Mind, Resilience·Lisa L. Hartwell, PsyD,RN·17 July 2026·16 min

About this episode
This is episode 11 of the Anxiety Ease podcast.
Aloha everyone. Welcome to Anxiety Ease Podcast. I hope you've been enjoying the holiday season. I have a good one for you today. This is how joy and stress can work together, even during the holiday season! Even if that seems imaginable! I always think of joy and stress, or a lot of people do, that they are not compatible, from the opposite ends of the spectrum actually. Right? Especially during something like the holidays (which seems to start earlier and earlier every year). So I want to talk today about how sometimes that it feels that there's just no way that you can enjoy the holiday season with all the to-do’s. I call them my ta-da’s! How can you do your list with absolute joy and also when you have accompanying stress with that? I've got four things I want you to think about today on how we can all get better at managing our high- functioning anxiety, especially during the holidays. This first one I want to talk about and the first two actually relate to joy and the second two relate to stress.Enjoy today's episode!Wishing you ease & grace,Dr. Lisa HartwellP.S. Would you please leave me a podcast review on Apple podcasts? I would be so grateful if you would take the time to rate and leave me a review - it helps others find me, and I love to hear from you! It helps me know what you want to hear so I can create shows for you! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anxiety-ease/id1651044205Anxiety Ease with Dr. Lisa Hartwell is a self-improvement podcast for ambitious professionals and business owners who struggle with high-functioning anxiety whenever they feel overwhelmed. Anxiety Ease is not about eliminating your high-functioning anxiety. It is about going on a self-discovery journey of illuminating the incredible human that is already there, and how high-functioning anxiety can shine the light on our growth.
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