Breathe
Breathe

Author: Candace Writes

Publisher:

Published: 2020-11-27

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781953535061

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Many Christians suffer in silence with mental disorders because, for decades, popular culture has stigmatized mental health issues and the process of healing. For too long, the church culture has perpetuated the idea that prayer alone is the solution to mental disorders, and while this may be the case for some, for others, including Author Candace Writes, healing includes both Biblical and clinical principles.Breathe: Rest, Reflect, Reset is part Bible study, part memoir that outlines God's blueprint for healing. This book provides a practical, step-by-step guide to help readers curate a healthy, flourishing, and victorious lifestyle. Breathe journeys through the author's process of healing by way of scriptural and practical exercises. It includes soul-searching questions, journaling prompts, and interlaces her personal narrative while walking through the story of the Old Testament Prophet Elijah.If you are like many who experience depression, anxiety, or hopelessness, Breathe will help you take back your power, overcome the battles plaguing your mind, and dig deeper into the Word of God on a journey of healing and self-discovery.

Rest & Reflect
Rest & Reflect

Author: Rachel Fahrenbach

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-11

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781736855515

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Discover Your Own Life-giving Rhythm of Rest and ReflectionRest is counter-intuitive and counter-cultural. Why stop when there is so much to be done? Why wait when it feels urgent? Why slow down when everything says go faster?Over the next 12 weeks, Rest & Reflect will guide you as you learn for yourself what it means to create space in your week for life-giving rest and reflection.A short verse and devotional to reflect on will kick off your week, laying a foundation of truth that supports rest for all of you--your identity, purpose, and belonging. As the week proceeds, you'll be prompted with a different question each day to further reflect on God's design and desire for your life. There's daily space for writing your prayer concerns and desires as you turn them over to God and rest in His faithfulness. As you end your week, there's a place for sermon notes as well as a series of specific questions to guide you as you reflect back on the week. The week culminates with a Sabbath prayer of rest in God's love, provision, and mercy.As you practice this regular rhythm of rest and reflection, over time you will discover?clarity of direction?deepening of relationship?strengthening of faith?discernment about things that matter.If you want to quiet the damaging busyness of our culture and create a rhythm of rest and reflection in your week, then Rest & Reflect will help you do just that.

You're Only Human
You're Only Human

Author: Kelly M. Kapic

Publisher: Brazos Press

Published: 2022-01-18

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 1493435256

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Work. Family. Church. Exercise. Sleep. The list of demands on our time seems to be never ending. It can leave you feeling a little guilty--like you should always be doing one more thing. Rather than sharing better time-management tips to squeeze more hours out of the day, Kelly Kapic takes a different approach in You're Only Human. He offers a better way to make peace with the fact that God didn't create us to do it all. Kapic explores the theology behind seeing our human limitations as a gift rather than a deficiency. He lays out a path to holistic living with healthy self-understanding, life-giving relationships, and meaningful contributions to the world. He frees us from confusing our limitations with sin and instead invites us to rest in the joy and relief of knowing that God can use our limitations to foster freedom, joy, growth, and community. Readers will emerge better equipped to cultivate a life that fosters gratitude, rest, and faithful service to God.

Rest and Return
Rest and Return

Author: Hania Khuri-Trapper

Publisher: Bookbaby

Published: 2021-09-30

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9781098398798

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Do you ever feel like, no matter what you do, there's not enough time or space to catch up and breathe? From a seasoned yoga and wellness instructor, and busy mother, comes "Rest & Return: Daily Reminders to Pause, Reflect, and Just Be", a book designed for those of us who are juggling the pressures of work, family, and the complexities of life. The book's goal is simple: To help the reader move through struggle and find balance in daily life. With beautiful photography and inspiring stories, this life-changing book offers weekly practical guidance on how to meet yourself where you are. You'll find accessible techniques of yoga, breathing, body scans, meditations, and journaling that create enough space to bring the reader home to their innate loving nature. Whether you read the whole book in one cozy sitting or scan a page for a quick breath of fresh air while you're on your way out the door," Rest & Return" seamlessly fits into your life, offering you simple, powerful tools to approach your days with ease, calm, and compassion.

How Are You “Being”?
How Are You “Being”?

Author: Frederick J. Streets

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2024-07-23

Total Pages: 91

ISBN-13: 1666778117

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COVID-19 forced clergy to attend to the needs of their congregations in new ways. But it also encouraged them to look again at how they attended to their own needs. Self-awareness and self-care are often imperative for clergy well-being, which in turn affects the well-being of their congregations. During the pandemic, clergy gained new insight into how they were "being"--how they might access internal and external resources that allowed them to thrive not only as pastors but also beyond their professional role. This book is based on multifaceted surveys of clergy personal responses to the pandemic. It encourages readers to consider the importance of an ethic of clergy well-being. Its practical examples and self-care protocol for clergy are intended to foster discussion within individual contexts. This is an important read for clergy, lay leaders, denominational stewards, and seminary and divinity school students and faculty as they engage in discerning the future needs of leaders of the church.

The Solution
The Solution

Author: Laurel Mellin

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1998-05-19

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 0060987243

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You‘ve tried everything : the pills, the shakes, the diets, even the surgery, and it‘s been a losing battle. But permanent weight loss isn‘t impossible. Not anymore . . . Now dietary expert Laurel Mellin offers a scientifically proven, agony–free, breakthrough program for weight loss that doesn‘t require deprivation or superhuman willpower. The Diet–Free Solution presents a practical six–step plan that succeeds where other diets fail because it identifies the psychological, physical, and lifestyle causes of weight problems : the powerful mind and body drives that lead to overeating and inactivity栮d offers the cure for each. You can change your body, and ultimately your whole life 執ith: The Nurturing Cure: How to become aware of your feelings and meet your own needs The Limits Cure: How to control your actions and set appropriate, realistic expectations The Body Pride Cure: How to turn off negative stereotypes about fat The Good Health Cure: How to become aware of body health and stay healthy The Eating Cure: How to eat regular meals and maintain a healthy diet The Activity Cure: How to maintain an exercise program and find personal time Until you understand the whole truth about your weight problem, you can‘t solve it. Whether you‘re trying to lose those last five pounds, end a compulsive eating problem, or shed more weight than you ever thought you‘d carry, let The Diet–Free Solution work for you now and for the rest of your life! The ability to self–nurture and set effective limits is the root of human maturity, and the foundation for emotional, behavioural, and spiritual balance. Fortunately, the skills to self–nurture and set effective limits can be fine–tuned and readers will learn them via a wealth of practical examples, colourful case histories, and scientific findings that are both fascinating and easy to understand. These skills are effective for a wide range of psychological and addictive problems––from alcoholism and other addictions to overeating, overworking, overspending, and perfectionism.

Rest
Rest

Author: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2016-12-06

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 046509659X

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"Rest is such a valuable book. If work is our national religion, Pang is the philosopher reintegrating our bifurcated selves."---Arianna Huffington, New York Times Book Review Overwork is the new normal. Rest is something to do when the important things are done—but they are never done. Looking at different forms of rest, from sleep to vacation, Silicon Valley futurist and business consultant Alex Soojung-Kim Pang dispels the myth that the harder we work the better the outcome. He combines rigorous scientific research with a rich array of examples of writers, painters, and thinkers—from Darwin to Stephen King—to challenge our tendency to see work and relaxation as antithetical. "Deliberate rest," as Pang calls it, is the true key to productivity, and will give us more energy, sharper ideas, and a better life. Rest offers a roadmap to rediscovering the importance of rest in our lives, and a convincing argument that we need to relax more if we actually want to get more done.