Bold Move: A 3-Step Plan to Transform Anxiety Into Power

"Dr. Luana Marques has cracked the code on how to quiet your anxiety and take bold action toward the life you actually want. The tools in Bold Move are simple, science-backed, and life-changing. Trust me, this book will shake you up, fire you up, and get you moving. Stop waiting. Read this now."

- MEL ROBBINS, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Host of The Mel Robbins Podcast

Turn your anxiety into strength with Harvard-based psychotherapist Dr. Luana Marques’ 3-step method to make the life you want. Her clinically-proven approach, rooted in cognitive behavioral therapy, inspires her clients to break their bad habits and find their own power.

This book is for you if you want to get unstuck and improve your mental health. Dr. Luana pinpoints the anxiety at the root of psychological avoidance and shows you how to overcome it.

Dr. Luana understands anxiety. After decades of research, teaching, and clinical practice, she realized that the coping techniques she learned from her mother and grandmother while growing up in challenging circumstances in Brazil mimicked science-based CBT therapy. Now, she has synthesized that knowledge into a powerful framework for emotion regulation, developing a 3-step path that works for everyone.

Bold Move includes concrete examples and exercises backed by the most recent clinical and scientific research. Dr. Luana’s 3-step plan:

•        Helps you recognize thinking patterns that leave you feeling tense, anxious, and worried
•         Outlines the many forms that avoidance can take
•         Explains the importance of being your own “thought lawyer”
•          Shows you why “just do it” doesn’t get it done.
•         Strategizes how you can build on your values to establish boundaries and make room for your dreams

A blend of Unwinding Anxiety, Don’t Believe Everything You Think, and Do Hard Things, Bold Move is a groundbreaking, transformative program designed to help you build resilience. This book will be invaluable for people looking to jumpstart their dreams and for clinicians working with a diverse client community.

Dr. Luana Marques is a psychologist at Harvard Medical School and the director of the Community Psychiatry Program for Research in Implementation and Dissemination of Evidence-Based Treatments (PRIDE) at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She served as the first Latina president of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA). Dr. Luana received her bachelor of science and PhD from SUNY Buffalo.