Michael Anthony

Michael Anthony, M.Div., is the bestselling author of How to Stop Kidnapping Yourself: Break Free from Anxiety, Overthinking, Self-Sabotage & Bad Habits. He escaped three real kidnapping attempts as a child and seven brushes with death as an adult, then spent years kidnapping himself before he found the way out. Under extreme pressure, he learned how to rewire his brain and rebuild his life, and he designed the methodology that got him out, the one detailed in How to Stop Kidnapping Yourself.

Mike is an international speaker and mindset expert whose work blends neuroscience with personal application. He’s reached tens of thousands of people from stages, podcasts, and radio across 26 countries and four continents. He helps people and organizations escape what he calls “Mental Kidnapping”: the beliefs and patterns that hold them hostage, steal their energy, and rob them of their true potential.

Nearly twenty years in pastoral leadership and years in the corporate world taught him about leadership, transformation, and what keeps people stuck. His applied research led to his recognition as a Master Neuroplastician® (M.npn) by The Neuroplasticity Practitioner Network.

Organizations like Primerica, Iron Sharpens Iron, Thomas Nelson, and others bring Mike in when they want their people free, focused, and moving forward—not just for a season, but for good.

How to Stop Kidnapping Yourself is his life’s work in book form. Mike and his wife, Janet, his partner in life and in mentoring, live in South Carolina with their two sons. They mentor people who are ready to stop living an “Almost Life.”