
Sacred Stress
A Radically Different Approach to Using Life's Challenges for Positive Change
- 176 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Sacred Stress
A Radically Different Approach to Using Life's Challenges for Positive Change
About this book
Stress is a part of modern life?discover how to use it to grow spiritually, emotionally and psychologically. "Stress takes life and gives life.... It can propel us forward into new opportunities but can also hold us back in fear and exhaustion. It is our mission to help you learn how to adopt [new] strategies and turn stress into a positive force in your life." ?from the IntroductionStress can limit our perspective, leaving us feeling trapped and out of control. But stress can also be a force for good: It is our challenges that most compel us to reach out for relationship. And our proudest moments come after overcoming obstacles we thought were insurmountable.Based on personal experience and their work as therapists, and drawing on decades of psychological research, George R. Faller, MS, LMFT, and The Rev. Dr. Heather Wright have come to see that stress can be healthy and positive. They equip us with the skills and the knowledge we need to reframe our thinking about stress, understand and embrace our darker emotions, and become stronger through difficulty.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue: Our Stories
- Introduction
- Part 1: How Stress Affects Our Interior World
- Part 2: How Stress Breaks and Makes Relationships
- Part 3: How External Realities Shape Our Stress
- Epilogue: Befriending Stress
- Notes
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- About the Authors
- Copyright
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