Anxiety Through Generations | Raleigh News

Raleigh News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 11, 2026 · 1m

Ava Phillippe opens up about her lifelong battle with anxiety, sharing grounding techniques and the power of validating your feelings—even when others can’t relate. Partnering with the Kids Mental Health Foundation’s Take Five campaign, she urges adults to check in with young people early and often. Her mom Reese Witherspoon adds depth, revealing her own postpartum depression and performance anxiety, which she overcame through meditation, medication, and a hypnotist using neurolinguistic programming. Both mothers stress that coping tools exist—and you’re not alone. Listen in comfort:Get a…