In The Light with Dr. Anita Phillips

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Dr. Anita is a trauma therapist, spiritual teacher, and author of the New York Times bestseller, The Garden Within. Through this mix of solo episodes and conversations, Dr. Anita invites you to transform the way you feel, think, and live. Step into the garden of your soul and prepare to get your hands dirty. It's time for you to flourish!

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  • Livin life jazzy
    Dr. Anita is my Oprah šŸ˜­
    This lady is such a jewel to the body of Christ and the Mental Health field! She is my mentor in my head lol. She has inspired me to go back to school for my masters and pursue a career in mental health! Iā€™m so excited for this new journey! šŸ„³ I love Dr. Anita! Cant wait to meet her in person! šŸ’š
  • Cmazurful
    Followed after hearing her on another podcast
    I started following Dr. Anita late in the game after hearing her on another podcast. I love her focus on health mentally, spiritually, physically and emotionally. I share episodes with other's often. I connect with Dr. Anita and her guests so well. Thank you for this podcast and the content you are sharing.
  • Marcy54
    I followed Dr. Anita from YouVersion
    After hearing her on YouVersion with the verse of the day, I just felt a bond. She is so down to earth and lovableā¤ļø The episode with her and her daughter unpacking self love brought tears to my eyes. Partly because I have been ignoring myself and her daughter says what I say to my seniors about FUTURE SELF love ā¤ļø
  • Classy Jen
    Thank you
    As a missionary in my late 60ā€™s I needed to hear this. I have spent my life loving others but not myself. I do not like myself let alone love myself. God really spoke to my heart in the episode with her daughter about loving ourselves. Thank you so much, you beautiful ladies. Just what I needed.
  • Alexcallalily
    Thank you!
    Thank you for connecting healing and our faith. Such a breath of relief, and helpful as we all serve through life.
  • zaida41
    I love it!
    I love listen to you ladies. I learned something new about my own trauma and healing process. I just enjoy listening to your advice. You sure have blessed me makes me feel Calm and peaceful. Thank you so much.
  • iBALL4GOD
    Thank you Dr. AnitašŸ™šŸ»
    This podcast has helped me so much. I feel understood and accepted and that is something I needed. Thank you Dr Anita. ā¤ļø
  • L1f2h4
    Favorite way to spend my Free Time
    I am so grateful for this podcast. Thanks Dr.Anita for allowing God to use you to educate, support, and create space for us. If you havenā€™t downloaded this what are your waiting on?
  • Ballott45
    So so so so good!
    Iā€™ve been in therapy for at least a year, dealing with surface issues. Now I was to uproot the issues. This is God answering my prayers of opening up the avenue to heal and revealing the streets that I need to take to get to my destination of total body health!
  • blahblahblah30
    Love this space.
    i hold this podcast so close to my heart. love this space šŸ¤
  • KayCee2018
    YESSSSS
    So glad youā€™re back!! Thank you so much for all you do for the body of Christ Dr. Anita!!
  • Sisnhead
    Sister in my Head!
    Dr. Anita, I just want to thank you for sharing your time and gift . You are the sister in my head that I have always wanted in my life. Your balanced approach to life seasoned with practicality and compassion brings life to my soul. I thank Lord for you and your ministry to the body of Christ! I pray that the Lord will continue to bless prosper you and your family.
  • 6 degrees of separation
    I love you and your gift!!!
    Dr. Anita, You are so many words, and then you are words that havenā€™t been yet formulated. I just love you, your spirit and your transparencyā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø
  • Creative Allotment
    Narcissistic Abuse
    I loved this episode, which feels uncomfortable saying, but it met so much of my experience with relation to the ā€œmother wound.ā€ I listened to an audiobook called ā€œDaughter Detox: Recovering From An Unloving Mother.ā€ That was the first time in my life that I heard my experience quantified. Dr. Abernathyā€™s statement about ā€œyou only get one motherā€ dogged me most of my adult life - although my mother has been deceased for almost as many years as Iā€™ve been alive. As a Black woman, this episode was so valuable to me because I heard other Black women validate the mother wound. I mean itā€™s just not something we talk about in the community. Your mama?! Nope, nope, nope donā€™t talk about mama, especially when sheā€™s the only one holding you down. Thank you for this episode. It was the episode I didnā€™t know I needed.
  • Hydrangea2021
    Powerful
    This podcast is both powerful and practical. It brings together faith and psychology in a beneficial way, allowing the two to intermix and inform the listener. Dr. Anita also has a gentle (yet strong) posture and a calming cadence as she speaks, making even difficult topics able to be heard and processed.
  • GaniyaMom
    Thankful for your words of wisdom!
    I canā€™t explain how helpful this Podcast is. Itā€™s so informative, encouraging, honest, & raw!! Thereā€™s an episode for everything you could possibly be thinking or feeling. I Love Love her and Pastor Michael Phillips they were my pastors @ Kingdom Life Church in Baltimore. Iā€™ve moved to Atlanta and I heard they moved to Dallasā€¦God please Keep us in the light and guide us on our new journeys! Amen!
  • moorefun21
    Amazing Podcast
    I love Dr. Anitaā€™s work. I first experienced her teaching at the virtual Woman Evolve conference in 2020. Her teachings spoke to my soul. Her podcast are informative and uplifting. Dr. Anita, youā€™re such a blessing. I pray God continues to use you to help others. Blessings to you.
  • TheMaverivkk
    Dr. (Auntie) Anita
    If you are a woman, looking to grow and challenge yourself and would like wisdom from a motherly (or in this case, auntie-like) figure, then this is the show for you. My favorite episodes are when Dr. Anita talks about herself. I always walk away reflecting on my own life WITH practical tools to make change. The way she bridges Faith and mental health is unmatched. This show is a MUST listen. I rarely ever miss an episode.
  • KingdomGirl
    Grateful
    After listeningā€¦.encouraged to be a better version of me.
  • hdjwdjenwns
    Purely Edifying
    Dr. Anita, has truly blessed me with this podcast, it is certainly anointed. I cannot say thank you enough. It always makes me laugh, think, question, ponder, and receive. And most importantly it was the last big push I needed to get back into therapy again. Much love
  • NnMtz
    Powerful
    I just have listened to 2 episodes and it has been sooo helpful and powerful for my life.
  • Laura S2424
    Priceless wisdom
    I absolutely love what Dr. Anita brings to the table. Still waters run deep is one of the best sermons Iā€™ve ever heard. She helped me understand fear from a spiritual and psychological perspective in a way Iā€™ve never heard in church. The conversation of faith and mental health is a desperate need in the church. Thank you for bringing it to the light. I hope to use your wisdom to someday spread this to churches in our area!
  • DaphhhhhhD
    Chillllleeeeee
    Just listen to one episode and youā€™ll understand
  • Tiffany, Dallas TX
    Wow! Raw and inspiring!
    I was introduced to this RAW, inspiring, tear jerking woman of God at my Churches Desperate for Jesus conference last month! I knew that was not going to be the last time my ear gates were open to her. My goodness bless God! I have listened to 5 episodes today. Bless her for this! Thank God for equipping her. This is therapy in a podcast and I am all for it. I have cried all day long; the perfectionist. Lawd have mercy! Avoir la foi, Tiffany *means have faith*
  • Queen Olowoyo
    I love Dr Anita Phillips !!!
    Iā€™m so grateful for this podcast itā€™s really opened up the window to my healing. Iā€™m in school working on my undergraduate in psychology and Iā€™m also a Christian so hearing Dr Anita intersect therapy and Christianity is so beautiful because itā€™s a desire of my heart. Thank you for all that you do Dr Anita!! Thank you for not giving up on your toughest day because this podcast has changed my life
  • @MichaelUnbroken
    Amazing podcast!
    I just wanted to take a moment and say thank you for creating such an impactful podcast! I believe that we all have a voice that deserves to be heard. Thank you for putting this into the world! BE UNBROKEN! @MichaelUnbroken
  • LO617272
    This is my adhoc to Therapy session
    I cant Thank God enough for this podcast. Dr Anita weekly brings so much clarity, encouragement and gospel truth. From her disarming voice and questions to her thoughtful curated interviews and question. I am grateful for this wisdom!
  • Sroberts0213
    The Gift of Imperfection
    Ok. This had been the most important Podcast of my life! In the past year The Lord has been challenging me on my attitude towards being perfect, with him, my family, my employer and in my ministry. Dr. Anita your candidness about your wound, description of a perfectionist along with some things my counselor, and Jesus have been revealing about my past, have opened the door to one the biggest areas of struggle in me as a human being and daughter of God! I am taking the tools (so good) you gave us and I am incorporating them into my life. My little perfectionist attitude is already creeping upšŸ˜†. But, I am reminding myself that I am accepted and loved as I am and that my healing will not happen all at once but over time! And thatā€™s ok!
  • SeƱorita Kiana
    Tales from the Darkside part 1 and 2
    This podcast is always good, but this mini series was AMAZING. I throughly enjoyed hearing the guestā€™s beautiful story and journey toward God and his ideas about belief. The conversation was so raw and so much of what needs to be talked about on a more regular basis when it comes to Christian spaces. Thank you Dr. Anita for continuing to facilitate necessary conversations and for exposing us to the brilliant minds and practitioners you know!
  • sabilloe
    Challenges me, encourages me and more!
    love this podcast and look forward to it weekly, every conversation is raw, educational and faith based. The atmosphere is so inviting and you inspire me and challenge me to bring things to the Light. Keep on having these amazing conversations, you are making an impact in so many others!
  • dilouley
    Relevant, Challenging, and Encouraging
    Is there any topic that is off limits for Dr. Anita and her guests? She boldly applies the gospel and Bible truths to everyday issues and struggles we face in this life. She challenges us to think more deeply, more lovingly about ourselves and our neighbors. She engages our minds and hearts by discussing important issues that face us in the church today. Dr. Anita has been a voice of comfort and love to me during these pandemic times, navigating and discussing racial injustice, the role of the church, body image...and other heavy topics that have weighed on me over these challenging times. Iā€™m confusion and discouragement, she has held my hand and told me to keep going, and to be kind to myself and others. Her podcast has been invaluable to me, and Iā€™m sure it will continue to be so.
  • MJ Manny
    Thanks!
    This podcast has been so refreshing and helped my faith in understanding that God not only sees, but cares about mental disorders and emotional health.
  • itssimplyjaypro
    One of my FAVORITES
    I remember hearing Dr.Anita on Sarah Jakes Roberts podcast before and hoping one day she would start one as well. AND HERE WE ARE! Iā€™m so grateful for the wisdom, vulnerability, practical tips and biblically centered knowledge that gets shared on this podcast. I am a better person because of it šŸ’›šŸ’›šŸ’›
  • Ariediehl
    Hi Anita!
    Iā€™m a nurse and was in my patientā€™s room the other day and you were on The Talk speaking about love, trust, and relationships and it hit my Spirit. When I got home, I immediately looked you up and stumbled upon this blessing of a podcast! I admire how you courageously and graciously talk about real issues that I feel Christian women, like me, are so hungry for! I too am interested in mental health and seriously thinking about getting my Psychiatric NP license, but just wanted to say youā€™re one of my new role models! Thank you for being you and all you do.
  • Erica Valeri
    I love this Podcast
    Iā€™m late to the party but Iā€™M HERE NOW!! Thank you for this remarkable podcast. Iā€™ve been binging for the last few days and I canā€™t stop listening and donā€™t want to!! Fantastic!!
  • JusKee
    GROW IN THE LIGHT!
    I listen to every episode but let me tell you Season 2 is especially blessed!!! God knows what we need before we really need it and Season 2 has proven that every week! Dr. Anita thank you for bringing these much needed topics ā€œin the lightā€ so we may have the opportunity to grow and do better all while keeping it REAL!
  • CjMcKinley
    I listen to every episode.
    I really donā€™t remember how I found this podcast but Iā€™m glad I did. I know that some of the messages are geared toward women but we ALL could use these amazing nuggets. I never write a review so please know that I have thoroughly enjoy this particular podcast weekly. It also doesnā€™t help that April 20th is my bday (and the start date of the podcast.) That was all the confirmation I needed Lol Please keep up the great work doc!
  • suzy hdz
    Grateful for you!
    Love the content and you have such a soothing voice šŸ„°. Adding God to all aspects of our life! Thank you for all you do!!
  • theemrstdb
    Happy Birthday, ā€œIn The Lightā€! šŸ„³šŸ’”šŸŽ‰
    My favorite podcast to lean and glean from. Thank you, Dr. Anita. Cheers to one year down and many, many more fruitful ones to go.
  • lpoicqryi
    This episode gave me the word that I was searching for
    TY, so much Dr. Anita, I love the podcast and always tell everyone I know about it. I love your transparency. I was SOOOO heavy with all the things in our world. As an Intercessor I was so heavy this week with the trial and the shootings that I needed a word to express my heart. When you said despair and went to the scripture, I said hallelujah. I had been ready all the scriptures that I could find in ā€œHOPEā€ and were soaking in those because of wanting to spread HOPE. You speaking to despair gave me the clarity and empowerment that I needed. Much luv to you, Julia Kingdom Leadership Essentials
  • KDWhitfield76
    Love this
    I am truly blessed by each episode and it just helped me to grow spiritually as I tap in to all that God has planned for me. God Bless you
  • QueenLadyLoveBug74
    Grateful for this Resource.
    Itā€™s been a year wow how great is Our GOD. It has been such an influential resource that has given me support life and the energy to just rep going. I must admit I have written on your messenger platform because In The Light certainly came at the perfect time and I have been able to be consistent with making sure to listen to it every single week. It never fails and is such a realistic resource to implement into ones daily living because it is so clear that with the Christain walk we are still challenged and we must not be deceived to think we wonā€™t have Our own crosses too bare, that would be an injustice and truly a sacrilege. We must walk in Our truth and open ourselves up to the issues pertaining to mental health and develop and understanding which helps us to work through Our concerns and dysfunctions while also praising and worshipping Our Lord and Saviour Christ. He can not move if we continue to look away disregard and pretend the ills of mental health do not exist in us our loved ones friends and family. I am grateful for my Sister Pastor Anita Phillips for her stepping out and sharing her spiritual and professional gems. This has been an excellent motivator for me to stay in the game of life and keep moving ahead in my own lane of grace and mercy. Too GOD be the glory honor and power forever and ever!!!! Thank You
  • Nanoman360
    Men are listening too
    Hey Dr Anita. Just wanted to share how much I am enjoying your podcast. My wife and I first encountered you in Woman Thiu Art Loosed 2018 and we were hooked. Thank you for the vulnerable transparent strength you give. You are helping in ways you canā€™t see this side of heaven. Thank you sis for the gift of you. God bless you and your family in Jesus name.
  • Newby !!
    Anita Phillips
    1st time listener - love your words of wisdom.
  • LookingGlassMirror
    Dr. Anita
    Love that you are so passionate about this work. Itā€™s in your voice every week and it reaches the heart.
  • Sidonicats
    Divine revelation
    I feel like the conversations that take place on this podcast are truly divine revelations, and there is a great need in the church and the broader culture for this. I learn so much, and the Holy Spirit speaks to me through this every week.
  • laura4wag
    Happy Birthday In the Light
    This year listening to every episode has been such a year of growth for me. I have learned more about myself than I ever have and for the first time began to love myself. I have told all of my friends and they are growing as well. I cannot thank God and Dr. Anita enough for providing this opportunity to grow.
  • Ctstar83
    Positive and calming
    I love this podcast. Itā€™s positive, not too ā€œpreachingā€ and informative. Dr. Anita has such a calming voice which puts me at ease. I love it!!!
  • Dom Debnam
    Life Giving.
    Amazing podcast. Dr. Anita is doing the Lords work and gives us practical steps to emotional freedom. The more I listen and apply the wisdom from this podcast the more free I become. This podcast is helping me to evolve into the best version of who I am called to be. This podcast helps me know and affirms ā€œthese dry bonesā€ can live. I thank God for you Dr. Anita! Keep thriving Sis!
  • Queen1072
    Inspired Wisdom
    I have recently been introduced to Dr. Anita. I am impressed and inspired by her wisdom and dedication to her work. She is definitely a God sent gift. Thank you Dr. Anita.
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