Dear Anxiety, Let's Break Up

Break up with anxiety-for good.   Between the shortage of mental health providers and the rising cost of health care, countless individuals are left with no choice but to function with mental health issues on their own. Dear Anxiety, Let's Break Up offers forty devotions written from both a medical and biblical perspective to help readers - understand the Bible's message on mental health, - develop actionable, scientific-based coping skills, - reverse the cycle of negative thinking, - free themselves from shame, guilt, and harmful stigmas, and - learn to support loved ones who also struggle with anxiety.   Choose faith over fear and move from a life marked by anxiety to one of peace and abundance.

Dr. Amanda Porter is an introvert and writer who is passionate about faith, hope, mental wellness, and recovery. As a nurse practitioner who specializes in Integrative Mental Health, Amanda diagnoses, treats, and prescribes medication to patients of all ages, of every diagnosis, and across all levels of care. She is board-certified in internal medicine, psychiatry/mental health, and addictions and practices at the nationally renowned Lindner Center of HOPE, a freestanding mental health center associated with the local academic medial center, the University of Cincinnati.                Amanda earned her PhD in Mind-Body Medicine from Saybrook University, where her dissertation studies examined the biological basis of depression. She lives in a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband, Joseph, who is a filmmaker and director at Whitewater Crossing Christian Church. Together, Amanda and Joseph have two kids, a boxer mix named Marley, and a COVID cat named Izzy.                Follow Amanda on Instagram @AmandaPorterNP or on her website, AmandaPorterNP.com.