Helpful Thoughts on Anxiety, Fear & Uncertainty: Aphorisms & Affirmations
About this ebook
In Helpful Thoughts on Anxiety, Fear & Uncertainty, Ricky Browne shares bite-sized truths and reminders born from years of struggle with social anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and paralyzing overthinking. This isn’t a clinical manual—it’s a lifeline from someone who’s been there.
Part meditation, part affirmation, and part mindset reset, this book offers grounded tools to help you breathe, reflect, and come back to yourself when fear takes over.
Read a page when you wake up. Read one before bed. Keep it on your desk or in your bag. These aren’t just words—they’re small anchors for when the storm hits.
Because sometimes, all you need is one helpful thought to shift your whole day.
About the author
Hi, I’m Ricky Browne.
For most of my early adulthood, I was stuck in a loop of anxiety, overthinking, and avoidance. Social situations terrified me. I avoided decisions. I let worry run my life.
Eventually, things got bad enough that I had to change—or lose myself completely. That led me on a long journey of self-discovery, recovery, and deep inner work.
I’ve spent the last decade learning how to quiet the noise, face my fears, and show up for life as it is—messy, unpredictable, and beautiful. This book is part of that journey. So is the work I do through Level Up at Life, my personal development project aimed at helping others move through uncertainty with greater awareness, calm, and strength.
Everything I create—my writing, my tools, my reflections—is designed to be practical, honest, and grounded in lived experience.
I’m not here to sell you a perfect life. I’m here to walk with you through the imperfect one—and hopefully help you carry it with more presence, power, and peace.
