Empowered Human Academy

2020 has been overwhelming to say the least. Collective anxiety is high and fear is constantly looming. We thought it’d be the perfect time to pull in an emotional expert to help us move through it all.

Dr. Vickie Bhatia is a licensed clinical psychologist and Whole30 Certified Coach who is making an impact by helping people get in touch with their emotions. Specializing in both individual and couples therapy, Vickie’s work encompasses overcoming fear and anxiety, improving mood, increasing self-worth, and managing emotions in a healthy way.

Throughout this episode we discuss how stress manifests itself in the body, the difference between fear and anxiety, and how moving through fear into thriving frees up your capacity for deeper creativity and focus.

We learn so much from Vickie and can’t wait for you to experience her wisdom for yourself.

Show Notes

2020 has been overwhelming to say the least. Collective anxiety is high and fear is constantly looming. We thought it’d be the perfect time to pull in an emotional expert to help us move through it all. 


Dr. Vickie Bhatia is a licensed clinical psychologist and Whole30 Certified Coach who is making an impact by helping people get in touch with their emotions. Specializing in both individual and couples therapy, Vickie’s work encompasses overcoming fear and anxiety, improving mood, increasing self-worth, and managing emotions in a healthy way.


Throughout this episode we discuss how stress manifests itself in the body, the difference between fear and anxiety, and how moving through fear into thriving frees up your capacity for deeper creativity and focus. 


We learn so much from Vickie and can’t wait for you to experience her wisdom for yourself.


Full show notes, downloadables, and links are also available at empoweredhumanacademy.com/5


Keep the conversation going...

1. Table Question: What’s a specific area in your life where you’d like to move from surviving to thriving? What might it look like to experiment with moving through the fear? 

2. Journal Prompt: Write a few sentences describing what happens when fear shows up for you. When you’re experiencing fear, how do you respond? Write out an ideal action plan to meet the fear so that the next time fear arises you have actionable self-care waiting in the wings. 

3. Action Step: Identify something about yourself to celebrate. Whether it’s an accomplishment (nothing is too small!) or a quality that you love—come up with a simple (or bougie!) way for you to celebrate you. The more you celebrate yourself, the more expansive your capacity to celebrate others becomes—those capacities are deeply interconnected.

View the printable worksheet on Google Docs

Further reading:  
Follow @drvickiebhatia on Instagram  
Learn more at Drvickiebhatia.com
The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

This is a production of Lightward, Inc. Like everything we do, this show is Pay-What-Feels-Good.

What is Empowered Human Academy?

We believe that we’re all meant to live our most expansive lives possible—but it can be overwhelming knowing where to begin, and feeling stuck is real. Empowered Human Academy exists to unlock your imagination with real conversations with inspiring humans of all different kinds, sharing the wisdom they've gained in their respective fields. Throughout these episodes we’ll explore holistic wellness, activism, self-discovery, emotional intelligence, and more. We’ve gathered some of the most heart-forward humans we know all in one place—and we can’t wait for you to meet them. The truth is, we find ourselves in each other’s stories—and learning is ultimately just remembering what we already know. We hope you’ll join us and become the empowered human you’ve always been inside.