Life is filled with changes that keep many in a constant state of anxiety, even more so nowadays as we deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

With more than 25 years of experience in the mental health field, board-certified neuropsychologist and author Dr. Michelle Bengtson offers a biblically based prescription for finding peace from worry or anxiety. She shows readers how to recognize that anxiety originates from a spiritual influence and how to use the weapons God has already given them to fight back and reclaim their peace.

When living in this age of anxiety, worry can come from many factors: children, jobs, homes, health, and finances. News and social media also feed these fears. Even the fear of missing out leads to anxiety. In Breaking Anxiety’s Grip: How to Reclaim the Peace God Promises, Dr. Bengtson shows the solution isn’t to try to rid our lives of the sources of anxiety but to recognize where anxiety originates and then use the weapons of power, love, and a sound mind to fight back and live in God’s peace.

Through sharing her own journey of emerging from the battle with anxiety as well as the stories of others, she reminds readers of their identity as a follower of Christ and of the peace he promises despite everything. She explains the spiritual battle that fosters worry and fear and offers truth and practical application through Scripture to reclaim God’s peace. This book provides the tools to cope with the crushing emotional burden of anxiety now and, more importantly, shows how to reclaim God’s peace as a way of life so that the grip of anxiety can be broken.

Dr. Michelle Bengtson is a board-certified neuropsychologist with more than 25 years of experience in the mental health field. She is a national and international media resource on mental health and wellness. Dr. Bengtson is the author of the award-winning Hope Prevails and Hope Prevails Bible Study. She lives in Dallas/Fort Worth with her husband of 30 years, their two sons, and three dogs.