I loved this conversation. For this episode my guest Alex is a grade 11 student at John F Ross, who I met on an outing with The Village of Riverside Glen. Alex has been volunteering there for two years, and Alex's great grandmother was a previous guest on my radio show, which was a cool coincidence I didn't know at the time we met. I thought it would be interesting to interview Alex to hear the perspective of a young person who frequents spends time with the residents at Riverside Glen, to see where we share parallel perspectives, and where things are very different. But the conversation turned out far more fascinating, with Alex having an unusual past, starting with a diagnosis of severe anxiety at age 4, and not attending school for the first time until grade 3, but now excelling in high school. Alex is super interesting and I enjoyed our conversation so much, feeling a lot of kinship while also having a window in a very different experience. I'm enjoying getting to have candid and honest conversations about anxiety. Thank you Alex for being up for this conversation, I hope listeners enjoy it as much as I did!
This interview was originally recorded on Oct 17th, 2024
