Emily Ishbia

overcoming anxiety, coping with mental health issues, finding balance

Who are you? That's always been the thing for me. Who am I? Who the world sees and who I am are two different people. They see this married beautiful woman with a great husband and family. That is what they see today. (I will confirm I do have a great husband and amazing family, that part is correct.) They assume they know me. They assume I must be part of that typical lifestyle that he provides. I must be light minded. I must be free with my thoughts and my cares.

Learning to cope with the loss of my mom

A story of anxiety and finding peace with it

Hear me out. Ever go to a village in a third world country where nobody has fresh water. Your thirsty so your guide gives you a Dasani water in front of everyone in the village. You look at this with disgust and declare "yuck, I don't drink this brand!" I want an Evian. And proceed to dump out the entire contents of the Dasani on the ground. Ok, maybe this is an exaggeration but when I hear someone was actually shedding tears because they found out they were pregnant wi

Why I decided to take my 5 year old to funeral to teach him early about the circle of life

Stool transplants, chronic c-diff, antibiotic resistant c-diff

Watching my husbands grow his business from 12 people to 2300 people and achieve his goals gave me the confidence to go after my own dreams.

coping with the loss of my mother to cancer

Overcoming sickness, misdiagnosis and physicians that would not listen