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Recently released: Audiobook edition of Anxiety Anonymous (Ortman)

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Recently released: audiobook edition of   Anxiety Anonymous   by Dr. Dennis Ortma\. Book description: Break Free from the Grip of Anxiety with a Proven 12-Step Program Do you feel overwhelmed by anxiety, worry, or fear? Does your need for control interfere with your daily life? If anxiety leaves you feeling powerless, out of control, or hopeless, you're not alone—and there is a way out. In  Anxiety Anonymous , psychologist and former priest  Dennis Ortman, Ph.D. , offers a groundbreaking approach to healing: treating chronic anxiety as an emotional and behavioral addiction. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and the trusted  Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous , Dr. Ortman provides a practical roadmap for recovery from anxiety, panic, and obsessive worry. This powerful guide will help you: Recognize anxiety as an addictive pattern Understand how anxiety hijacks your thoughts, emotions, and behavior Work through each of the 12 Steps to transform anxious t...

Life, Liberty, and the Source of Hope

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  We speak often of life and liberty as if they are given, as if they arrive on our doorstep like sunshine. But in truth, they are cultivated. Life is nurtured through care—by hands that hold, meals that nourish, voices that soothe. Liberty, too, must be sustained. Not just through law or politics, but through the daily dignity of choosing how to speak, how to serve, how to dream. And yet it is hope that makes these two sing. Hope is not a distant promise—it’s the quiet ember tucked beneath life’s routines and liberty’s declarations. It is the spark in the caregiver's resilience, the teacher's persistence, the patient's bravery. It is what fuels both the striving and the stillness. In seasons of hardship, when life feels stripped of rhythm and liberty seems shadowed by constraint, hope becomes radical. Not because it denies suffering, but because it refuses to be diminished by it. Hope says: there is meaning still to be made, there is ground still sacred, there is breath st...

Recently released: Audiobook edition of Anxiety Anonymous (Ortman)

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  Recently released: audiobook edition of   Anxiety Anonymous   by Dr. Dennis Ortma\. Book description: Break Free from the Grip of Anxiety with a Proven 12-Step Program Do you feel overwhelmed by anxiety, worry, or fear? Does your need for control interfere with your daily life? If anxiety leaves you feeling powerless, out of control, or hopeless, you're not alone—and there is a way out. In  Anxiety Anonymous , psychologist and former priest  Dennis Ortman, Ph.D. , offers a groundbreaking approach to healing: treating chronic anxiety as an emotional and behavioral addiction. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and the trusted  Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous , Dr. Ortman provides a practical roadmap for recovery from anxiety, panic, and obsessive worry. This powerful guide will help you: Recognize anxiety as an addictive pattern Understand how anxiety hijacks your thoughts, emotions, and behavior Work through each of the 12 Steps to transform an...

Publisher's Pride: Books on Bestseller Lists - Anger Anonymous (Ortman)

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    Today's Publisher's Pride is  Anger Anonymous  by Dennis Ortman, which recently reached #341 on Amazon in anger management self-help. Book Description: When you feel in the grip of anger, ask yourself these questions: Do you feel powerless to control your temper? Does your anger frighten you so much that you feel compelled to suppress it? Does your life feel unmanageable because of your anger? Does your preoccupation with the unfairness of life and being wronged interfere with your happiness Do you feel hopeless about finding a cure for your temper?  If you answer "yes" to these questions, you may be addicted to your anger. It acts like a drug that stimulates you, energizes you, and causes you to act insanely. Viewing your anger as an addiction, Dr. Ortman guides you through the time-tested Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous to find healing and growth. He shows how the Steps offer practical wisdom to use the natural energy of your anger wisely and well, ne...