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Make sure to check out my podcast, The Transforming Anxiety Podcast. Each episode contains practical tools and tips for transforming anxiety.

NOW, A LITTLE ABOUT ME…

My name is Kelly Hanlin McCormick and I’m a Midwestern girl (though there’s a big piece of my heart in the Colorado mountains). I teach women how to rehabilitate from anxiety so they can live the okayest life ever. “Okayest?” Yup. I’m over the relentless pursuit of happiness and perfection (it’s not real anyway, have you noticed?). I’m shooting for plain and simple OKAY.

I’m the host of The Transforming Anxiety Podcast, have been published in The Temper, Elephant Journal, Mantra Magazine, and interviewed on multiple podcasts (The Life Coach School Podcast, Yoga Chat, Health Harmony & Happiness, Feeling Good, So My Life Coach Said).

I’m a devoted student of yoga, mindfulness meditation, and I read like it’s my (other) job. This is important to share with you here in the first part of my “about me” page because more than anything else, I walk my talk. I’m a student and practitioner first. 

…And a little about MY FAMILY

I have 2 sons, Aedan and Rowan. They are 2 of my favorite people, best teachers, and most fun sidekicks. I wasn’t so good at the little kid stuff (if I never watch another Disney movie or put together another train track, that’d be alright by me), but now that they’re on the cusp of their teenage years, I’m finding a new flow with parenting. The conversations. The questions. The relationships they’re forming. It’s wild watching them be who they are out in the world in a more independent way.

I promise you, I’d be missing ALL of this if I weren’t doing the work of rehabilitating my anxiety.

My husband is a science teacher, runner, and nonstop DIY’er. We are well-versed in the ways of public education, marathon training, and huge home improvement projects around here.

Lucky for me, my brother and his family live just down the street, so our village is close. His older son was diagnosed with leukemia in September, 2021 and though he’s in remission (YAY!) we are walking the exhausting, painful, terrifying path that so many families walk when given tough health news. I’m so grateful my brother is one of my closest friends and that we are nearby for all the things, good and bad.

Raising 2 busy kids while running a business + supporting my brother as he navigates the *hardest* time of his life (and, oh yeah, trying to connect with my friends and enjoy my life) is something I never could have done if I hadn’t tamed this whole anxiety thing.

IF YOGA & MEDITATION WERE ALL IT TOOK, I’D BE ALL SET

I practice with the best of ‘em. And I value these practices + the foundational lifestyle elements of nourishing food, plenty of water and tea, and prioritizing quality sleep. I know, *lame*. And yet, so necessary.

But…if these practices were all it took, I’d been the chillest mama ever. Turns out, there’s more to living with true emotional health than what we do on our mats, have on our plates, and when we go to bed. I suspect you know this, too, and have likely tried all of the above. Do they help? Of course. Is there more we can do to transform anxiety? Absolutely…

WHY ANXIETY + THIS WORK?

Anxiety is stealing presence, confidence, and steadiness from so many women. I’ve read the stats, I hear it from women all the time, and I’ve *experienced* it firsthand. I’ve had panic attacks at work (the time I was giving a classified presentation to the Pentagon and had to be removed from the room by my director is a particularly good story, remind me to tell ya that one sometime), anxiety to the point of hyperventilating and passing out, and sworn off random things like pink patent leather shoes and Mexican food for years at a time all because I (wrongly) associated them with anxiety.

I now live with a solid sense of who I am, trusting in my own potential, and knowing what I want for myself. But I can promise you, it wasn’t always this way. It’s taken years of practice, showing up for myself, and a lot of small changes and commitments along the way.

And here’s what I know: this work is for you, too. If you’ve had the never-ending to-do lists sprinting through your mind, felt that heavy pit of mom guilt in your stomach, and spent sleepless nights tossing and turning, wondering why you can’t just figure out how to get it together already, then this is absolutely for you.

Listen: the promise of a life without anxiety? Not possible. But, anxiety is figureoutable. I’m so glad you’re here.