Anxiety is the most common mental illness, affecting more than forty million adults each year. Studies show that about 30 % of americans will experience clinical anxiety at some point in their lives. Shawn: I was always struggling with confidence, and that was adding to anxiety. And so as the organization grew, my fear of people finding out how i was struggling grew. So i kept trying to hide it more and more. We want to try to avoid at but before the breakground, what did you know about anxiety? Shawn: It's such a good question. When i started, i had never led anything in my life.