Interactive Workbook

Healing Anxiety
& Addiction

A guide to help you increase your emotional awareness and begin healing anxiety & addiction in your life.

Before You Begin

It is a good thing that you are doing this right now.
Experiencing anxiety and addiction is a natural human experience.
Shame and judgement of any kind is not necessary. Be nice to yourself.
Write the first thing that comes to mind — then keep writing.

What We'll Cover

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Sentence Completion

Illuminate your experience honestly

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Set Powerful Intentions

Commit to the path you want

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Great Work

You're growing right now

— SM

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Sentence
Completion

Why We Do It

Before we can truly heal, we must see things as they truly are — and acknowledge what's actually happening beneath the surface of our behavior.

How It Works

Sentence completion bypasses your inner editor and accesses what you actually feel. Write the first thing that comes to mind and keep going.

Pro Tip: Be Radically Honest

There are no wrong answers here — only yours. The more honest you are with yourself right now, the more powerful this experience becomes.

Exercise 1

Your Experience with Anxiety

I feel most anxious when:

To me, feeling anxious or experiencing anxiety, feels like:

The worst part about this is:

Exercise 2

The Fear Beneath the Anxiety

The thing that I'm most afraid of happening is:

Because if that happened, then that would mean:

And I would feel:

Exercise 3

Your Primitive Tools

As a means of dealing with this, I often use ___ to help calm myself and deal with the pain:

Addictions are primitive tools humans use to alleviate the natural pain of life. They don't make you bad or wrong in any way.

These addictions or "primitive tools" in my life actually help me by:

Though I know these "primitive tools" help me in ways, the negative impact of using them is:

One particularly painful experience was when I:

Moving forward, I am committed to:

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Step 2 of 2

Set Powerful
Intentions

Why We Do It

Insight without intention is just awareness. This is where you decide how you're going to move forward — and powerfully commit to the path you want.

How It Works

Setting clear intentions activates the prefrontal cortex and signals to your brain what to prioritize. Clarity creates momentum.

Pro Tip: Don't Limit Yourself

Commit fully. The more specific and honest your intentions, the more power they carry. This is your life — choose it on purpose.

Exercise 1

Acknowledge Your Commitment

I am committed to my growth right now.

I am capable of powerfully changing my life.

I am worthy of powerfully changing my life.

Exercise 2

Create Your Path Forward

The Top 3 ways that I can help myself continue healing & growing are: Be specific — name concrete actions, not general intentions.

The Top 3 Daily Processes that I can create for myself today are: Small, repeatable actions you can do every day.

Exercise 3

Your Mantra

A mantra, word or phrase that I can use to help me is: Something simple and powerful you can return to when things get hard.

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Great Work.

You just completed the Healing Anxiety & Addiction Workshop and Workbook. You are growing right now. Good for you.

Now compassionately "lean out" by drinking some water & moving your body. Go outside if you can.

Do not hesitate to reach out directly if you have any questions.

I see you & I appreciate you.

Ready to go deeper? Work with Scott →

Questions? hello@scottmcelroy.co

Thank you. — Scott McElroy

Healing Anxiety& Addiction

Before You Begin

Sentence Completion

Set Powerful Intentions

Great Work

SentenceCompletion

Why We Do It

How It Works

Your Experience with Anxiety

The Fear Beneath the Anxiety

Your Primitive Tools

Set PowerfulIntentions

Why We Do It

How It Works

Acknowledge Your Commitment

Create Your Path Forward

Your Mantra

Great Work.

Healing Anxiety
& Addiction

Sentence
Completion

Set Powerful
Intentions