The Garden Within: Where the War with Your Emotions Ends and Your Most Powerful Life Begins

· Zondervan · Narrated by Dr. Anita Phillips and Sarah Jakes Roberts
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER

Featured on SUPER SOUL PODCAST hosted by Oprah Winfrey.

Read by the author.

Too often we’ve been taught to view our emotions with suspicion, seeing them as something to be suppressed, managed, or mastered. This isn’t true. Emotions are not your enemy. Internal war is not your destiny. You were created to flourish.

In this game-changing book, trauma therapist and mental health expert Dr. Anita Phillips reveals how embracing emotion is the key to living your most powerful life. Just as gardens thrive in good ground, the abundant life you’ve been seeking can only be grown in the soil of your heart.

Blending faith, the latest discoveries in neurobiology, and her own research and work as a licensed therapist, Dr. Anita shows you how to cultivate a state of emotional well-being that can:

  • strengthen your body and reverse the effects of trauma,
  • calm anxiety and renew your mind, and
  • unleash a new level of spiritual power in your life.

This book will equip you with the tools you need to nurture a part of yourself that has been misunderstood for too long — your heart — setting you free to live just as the Creator intended.

AUTHENTIC. FRUITFUL. POWERFUL

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Featured on SUPER SOUL PODCAST hosted by Oprah Winfrey. Read by the author. Too often we’ve been taught to view our emotions with suspicion, seeing them as something to be suppressed, managed, or mastered. This isn’t true. Emotions are n...

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18 reviews
Raheem Clark
August 27, 2026
wonderful book. Thank you for affirming my faith in Jesus and helping me understand how to take care of my own garden within.- Raheem Clark
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Cheryl Woods
February 26, 2025
This is a comprehensive approach to faith and the physiological impacts of emotions and routines. I feel so validated and seen. This is a must read!!
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Pamela Eason Raney
May 28, 2025
The clarity this book brings about is what the world needs right now. Very well written and easily relatable. One of my favorites now.
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About the author

Dr. Anita Phillips, LCSW-C is a trauma therapist, life coach, minister, and New York Times bestselling author of The Garden Within. Widely recognized as a thought leader at the intersection of mental health, faith, and culture, Dr. Anita holds degrees from the University of Maryland and Regent University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is a dynamic speaker and podcast host who adores her family and friends, a good pint of ice cream, and sitting by the ocean.

Dr. Anita Phillips, LCSW-C is a trauma therapist, life coach, minister, and New York Times bestselling author of The Garden Within. Widely recognized as a thought leader at the intersection of mental health, faith, and culture, Dr. Anita holds degrees from the University of Maryland and Regent Un...

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