sadie sutton is sharing her journey through her podcast, she persisted. so good to see you. >> good to see you too. i'm so happy to be here. >> the pleasure is all of ours. you are 18. you are about to graduate from high school. you have 10,000 monthly listeners. that is pretty awesome. what is your goal in saying the she persisted podcast? who's it for? >> the goal had to listeners was to let other teams know they are not along in their struggle, to let them know that someone else has been there. you can make measurable changes to your mental health and come out on the other side. i thought that was an narrative that was missing. i wanted to change that. >> when i mentioned i wanted to talk to mental health, several local students suggested i check out your podcast, which i did. i was impressed by how open you were. here's a clip. >> when i started freshman year , i was really struggling. i could barely stay in school the whole day because i was having panic attacks. my i was in and out of treatment. i was going to the hospital every couple of months. i