Sacred Stress

Learn how to understand and use your stress for positive change. With up-to-date analysis, real-life examples and spiritual practices, this book explores the effects of stress and ways to honor its symptoms. Rather than be limited by a perspective of distress, you can use stress as a catalyst for growth in all areas of life.

Stress is a part of modern life - here's a tool that shows how to use it to grow spiritually, emotionally and psychologically. Stress takes life and gives life. It is an inescapable part of our existence. The key to successful living is managing stress effectively and efficiently. Rather than let stress shut us down, we need to approach it as an opportunity to deepen self - awareness, form richer relationships and find spiritual vitality. Drawing on their professional and personal experiences as well as insights from psychology, neuroscience, theology and spirituality, George R. Faller, MS, LMFT, and Rev. Dr. Heather Wright help us understand and navigate stress in our lives with more authenticity. With up - to - date analysis, real - life examples and spiritual practices, they explore the effects and benefits of stress and ways to honor its symptoms. They show us that rather than be trapped in the limited perspective of distress, we can use stress as a catalyst for transformation in all areas of life, including in marriage, relationships, parenting, sex, work, money and health. This life - giving resource is for anyone who wants to transform stress from a negative symptom to a potentially positive force for change.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER In the bestselling tradition of The Four Agreements, learn how to access the hidden power of consciousness, shed anxiety, and cultivate a life of wealth and happiness with this eye-opening and accessible guide outlining the four keys to success—from the founders of the revolutionary O&O Academy. From stress to calm. From isolation to love. From chaos to peace. From lack to abundance. The Four Sacred Secrets combines proven scientific approaches with ancient spiritual practices to take you on a journey that will open your mind to an extraordinary destiny. Drawing on the power of our untapped consciousness, brilliant insights will help you find solutions to long-held challenges. The easy-to-follow meditations included in this book will transform your experience of reality and open you to the power of creating a beautiful life for yourself. Including ancient fables and modern stories that will speak intimately to your heart, this life-transforming book fuses the transcendental and the scientific, the mystical and the practical, to guide you to consciously create wealth, heal your heart, awaken yourself to love, and help you to make peace with your true self. The Four Sacred Secrets will cast its spell on you from the first page and guide you to life in a beautiful state.

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 Introduction Stress 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.

This book teaches how Jesus actually may have meditated and recreates the step-by-step examples the reader can follow.