Anxiety to Empowerment

Amanda Huggins is an anxiety and mindfulness coach, certified yoga instructor, podcast host, author, and speaker. Her signature Scientific, Spiritual, Practical approach has helped thousands achieve transformation in mind, body, and soul. Besides presenting online courses, Amanda offers guidance on her podcast, Anxiety Talks with Amanda and has an online community of over half a million followers. Visit her at www.AmandaHugginsCoaching.com.

"I've come to know Amanda's work independently and am in incredible awe of her integrative approach—body, mind, and soul....She has keen insights, structure, process, and genuine compassion."—Cyndi Dale, internationally renowned author of thirty bestselling books, including Energy Healing for Trauma, Stress & Chronic Illness"Amanda Huggins is a force and a gift. She has the unique and keen ability to translate incredibly heady information into easily digestible bites without diminishing the power and potency of the message."—Melanie C. Klein, high-level empowerment coach and professor of sociology and gender/women's studies"Amanda blends many of the most effective tenants of traditional therapy (including CBT) with the dynamic and spiritual elements of Universal Law to work with clients in a progressive and unique way. This blend of the rational and the spiritual are a breath of fresh air for anyone looking for a better, more holistic approach to mental health."—Michael Grillo, head of consumer products at Calm software company and co-founder of Gravity Blankets"Amanda helped me do the real work I needed to do to understand my anxious thoughts and showed me the tools to manage them in my everyday interactions....She has a true gift for connecting with and relating to people in a very real way."—Abby Cohn, vice president of brand and communications at SK Group"Amanda showed me how to reset my life by becoming more self-aware in the present moment."—Sean Fagan, owner of Impact Fitness gyms"The tools Amanda gave me opened up the door for me to accept that I have worth, I have gifts, and I have permission to explore the stories my anxiety tells me."—Karla Del Angel, freelance digital marketing director"Amanda is a fantastic teacher and coach who puts everything into a real-life context, making it easy to understand."—Nicole Levings, global brand director at Agency TK"Amanda honors her duality as a coach whose responsibility is to keep you accountable and as a friend who will sit with you as you navigate some of the hardest and darkest parts of yourself."—Neeyaz Zolfaghari, founder of Unspoken Nutrition"Amanda is transforming the conversations around anxiety and mental health, making them more accessible and acceptable for everyone. Her loving, spiritual, and tactical approach is changing the coaching world."—Lisa Battaglia, founder and host of The Elevated Podcast"Amanda helped me with both immediate exercises to triage daily anxiety and steps to plan for long-term fulfillment."—David Worhman, senior program manager at Amazon"Amanda's approach to anxiety is intuitive, adaptable, and meets clients where they are. Her empathy and compassion combined with her own lived experience has created a unique approach to not just understanding and contextualizing anxiety, but also provides clear steps to seniority in the space of anxiety through tools, techniques, and meditations."—Cyndi Mauer, host of Into the Known podcast"Amanda really helped me identify patterns that don't serve me to prevent the spiral and anxiety."—Ashley Jefferson, founder of The Affirmation T"Amanda approaches these sometimes-esoteric ideas in a real, honest, and authentic way—none of that toxic positivity stuff."—Taylor Mount, engineer and artist

• ContentsList of Exercises xiDisclaimer xiiiAcknowledgments xvIntroduction 1Part One: Anxiety and the Mind-Body ConnectionChapter One: Anxiety's Not Just in Your Head 15Chapter Two: The Spin Cycle 37Chapter Three: Sleep Strategies to Tame Anxiety 71Part Two: Soul Guidance and Emotional HealingChapter Four: Become Self-ish 89Chapter Five: Dialogue with the Soul 107Chapter Six: Own Your Avoidance 123Chapter Seven: Explore Your Triggers 147Part Three: Embodiment and EmpowermentChapter Eight: Retrain Your Mind 163Chapter Nine: The Importance of Compassion 179Chapter Ten: Envision and Embody Your Empowered Self 191Conclusion 207Resources 211References 235