Joy for the Journey-A Prescription for Worry

Joy for the Journey-A Prescription for Worry
Author: Larry Hamblen
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2007-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1602664072

"Joy for the Journey" presents an absolutely wonderful possibility for the Christian who worries-- a prescription for worry that works when one exchanges his or her doubts, fears, and worries for joy in the Lord. (Christian)

On Edge

On Edge
Author: Andrea Petersen
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2017-05-16
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0553418580

A celebrated science and health reporter offers a wry, bracingly honest account of living with anxiety. A racing heart. Difficulty breathing. Overwhelming dread. Andrea Petersen was first diagnosed with an anxiety disorder at the age of twenty, but she later realized that she had been experiencing panic attacks since childhood. With time her symptoms multiplied. She agonized over every odd physical sensation. She developed fears of driving on highways, going to movie theaters, even licking envelopes. Although having a name for her condition was an enormous relief, it was only the beginning of a journey to understand and master it—one that took her from psychiatrists’ offices to yoga retreats to the Appalachian Trail. Woven into Petersen’s personal story is a fascinating look at the biology of anxiety and the groundbreaking research that might point the way to new treatments. She compares psychoactive drugs to non-drug treatments, including biofeedback and exposure therapy. And she explores the role that genetics and the environment play in mental illness, visiting top neuroscientists and tracing her family history—from her grandmother, who, plagued by paranoia, once tried to burn down her own house, to her young daughter, in whom Petersen sees shades of herself. Brave and empowering, this is essential reading for anyone who knows what it means to live on edge.

The End of Anxiety

The End of Anxiety
Author: Josh Weidmann
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2020-07-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1621579972

If God is All-powerful, Why Doesn’t He Eliminate My Anxiety? Instead of asking this, perhaps we should ask why God is allowing it in the first place. Join pastor and biblical counselor Josh Weidmann on a journey through Scripture and his own vulnerable stories of discovering God’s ultimate purpose in pain. The End of Anxiety is designed for individuals or small groups; each chapter begins with Scripture and finishes with practical steps you can apply for immediate relief. Your anxiety, fear, stress, and panic are not the end of you—but facing them could be the start of something great! “Read this, apply it, and find freedom from fear—forever.” Ray Johnston Senior pastor of Bayside Church in Granite Bay, California

Creating Moments of Joy Along the Alzheimer's Journey

Creating Moments of Joy Along the Alzheimer's Journey
Author: Jolene Brackey
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2016-11-15
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1612494838

The beloved best seller has been revised and expanded for the fifth edition. Jolene Brackey has a vision: that we will soon look beyond the challenges of Alzheimer's disease to focus more of our energies on creating moments of joy. When people have short-term memory loss, their lives are made up of moments. We are not able to create perfectly wonderful days for people with dementia or Alzheimer's, but we can create perfectly wonderful moments, moments that put a smile on their faces and a twinkle in their eyes. Five minutes later, they will not remember what we did or said, but the feeling that we left them with will linger. The new edition of Creating Moments of Joy is filled with more practical advice sprinkled with hope, encouragement, new stories, and generous helpings of humor. In this volume, Brackey reveals that our greatest teacher is having cared for and loved someone with Alzheimer's and that often what we have most to learn about is ourselves.

Worried Sick

Worried Sick
Author: Nortin M. Hadler, M.D.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0807882712

Nortin Hadler's clearly reasoned argument surmounts the cacophony of the health care debate. Hadler urges everyone to ask health care providers how likely it is that proposed treatments will afford meaningful benefits and he teaches how to actively listen to the answer. Each chapter of Worried Sick is an object lesson on the uses and abuses of common offerings, from screening tests to medical and surgical interventions. By learning to distinguish good medical advice from persuasive medical marketing, consumers can make better decisions about their personal health care and use that wisdom to inform their perspectives on health-policy issues.

Finding Joy in the Journey

Finding Joy in the Journey
Author: Vickie Tingwald
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2021-07-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1662432399

In every life and family, there is a story waiting to be told. In this book, our family would like to share with you one of our greatest discoveries. In our darkest hour of suffering, we found joy in the journey. We have learned many hard lessons and still have unanswered questions, but through it all, God was with us every step of the way. Each of us faced different giants to battle, but we can all say, we are stronger, more determined, and have a greater eternal perspective than ever before. On our worst days, we were not without hope and found true joy in knowing we were never alone. The one who fights our battles was right beside us all the way! Our prayer is that as you read this book, you will realize that you are never alone. We can know the same joy that Paul knew, a joy that while in prison, he could rejoice and praise God. “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God” (2 Corinthians 1:3–4 NIV).

Write Your Own Pleasure Prescription

Write Your Own Pleasure Prescription
Author: Paul Pearsall
Publisher: Hunter House
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1997
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780897932295

Offers sixty suggestions for bringing back small, everyday pleasures intone's life to restore it's balance, and describes the five Polynesian keys to happy life.

When Happiness Isn't Enough...Journey with Joy

When Happiness Isn't Enough...Journey with Joy
Author: Robin D. Alford
Publisher: Robin Diane Alford
Total Pages: 169
Release:
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 069212926X

What happens when you are just coasting along in life, searching for the ever-elusive happiness everyone else seems to have and EVERYTHING changes? When Happiness Isn't Enough...Journey with Joy is about how to marry Christian beliefs with the seemingly punitive realities a person faces day to day. This book is a complete picture of the inner thoughts, feelings and self-regulatory exercises a believer might go through and still manage to come out on the other side proclaiming that God is still Good. Through a chronic illness, amputation, an unwanted transplant and multiple little hiccups; see how the author finds joy in every situation. Laugh, cry, gasp and clutch your pearls as the author encourages you to reflect on your own personal experiences and start your own Journey with Joy.

Joy

Joy
Author: Debbie Travis
Publisher: Random House Canada
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 073528010X

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Looking for the keys to a vibrant, joyful, vital life? Lifestyle pioneer Debbie Travis has found them in the Tuscan hills. And in her lively, inspiring way, she shares how to bring all that healthful magic home in Joy, a glorious book infused with the warmth and colour of life at the Villa Reniella, the thirteenth-century farmhouse retreat to which she welcomes guests from around the world. For more than ten years, Debbie Travis has watched the guests who come to her Tuscan retreats transform over the course of a single week of talking, walking, and eating together, until even the most driven and stressed-out feel so much better about themselves. When it's time to leave, they tell her it's the simple priorities of Tuscan life—the way the village locals, from young to old, take time for each other every day—that hit them in their hearts, and they pepper her with questions about how to retain what they've experienced when they get home. In Joy, Debbie offers the answers she gives them to all of us, capturing the essentials of the Tuscan lifestyle in a series of ten engaging and practical lessons—on everything from how to get a good night's sleep, to how to find community and rediscover purpose, to how to eat and drink like an Italian—designed to make our lives sweeter and healthier. Delightfully down-to-earth, Debbie draws on her own life experience, the example of her Tuscan neighbours, whose fabled longevity springs from the wisdom she captures in her lessons, and the expertise of her long-time friend and colleague, nutritional therapist Jacky Brown. Whether you wish to hit the reset button, start a new endeavour, regain your confidence, turn a page in your relationship, make changes to your worklife or your community, or simply reboot your vitality, these lessons will help guide you to a life filled with joy.

A PERSONAL CHRISTIAN JOURNEY

A PERSONAL CHRISTIAN JOURNEY
Author: William Hine
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 103
Release: 2023-06-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1669865282

Peace and joy are goals of all of us who are on a spiritual journey. This workbook focuses on using the SHOW (Surrender/Suffering, Humility, Obedience, Wonder/Awe/Reverence) principles along with a dedicated prayer life to obtain peace and joy. God is always knocking, and we must learn how to listen and see. There are exercises for personal input and focus as well as original poems. Different forms of prayer are also discussed.