2023 SI Swimsuit Rookie Melissa Wood-Tepperberg Candidly Talks Managing Anxiety

The wellness leader opened up to her TikTok followers about mental health.

Melissa Wood-Tepperberg.Gary Gershoff/Getty Images

When it comes to handling anxiety, different practices and tactics work for different people. Wellness leader Melissa Wood-Tepperberg opened up in a recent TikTok about her own journey in the hopes of helping others.

The 2023 SI Swimsuit rookie admitted that even after years of practice, she woke up feeling anxious. She then shared how she works to cope with her anxiety when it presents itself.

“I just sat in a 15-minute meditation, and the difference that I feel before and after is life-changing,” Wood-Tepperberg told her followers. “It doesn’t cure [anxiety], but it does help minimize it, keep it at bay and it just reminds me that the more I can shift this relationship with these anxious feelings, stop judging them, be so kind and gentle with them, I know it’s all going to be O.K.”

The certified yoga and Pilates instructor has built a brand around physical and emotional fitness. Her app, MWH, aims to make health and wellness content attainable and accessible for all.

“What a great message,” one of Wood-Tepperberg’s 95,200 TikTok followers wrote in the comments. “So relatable.”

“This was me yesterday, it’s wild how quickly judgement can kick in. TM is a lifesaver ❤️,” another person noted.

“Amen 🙏,” someone else proclaimed. “I woke up the same way and then did the 16 min walking meditation and feel the shift 💙🙌.”

Meet Melissa Wood-Tepperberg—read the 2023 SI Swimsuit rookie’s full feature profile here.

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