Download or read book Coming Full Circle One Woman S Journey Through Spiritual Crisis written by Carol L. Noyes and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-08-13 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her journey of recovery from bipolar disorder and her insights are described in this book, an autobiography of Carol Noyes. When Carol went through mid-life crisis in the spring of 2006 her world was turned upside-down. Carol was able to wean herself off drugs, after over four years on psychiatric medications. She found natural alternatives that effectively helped her to recover and to lead a productive life. Carol believes that the current medical paradigm is inadequate and often unable to help individuals to heal and to bounce back. Carol nearly died from a combination of the swine flu and lithium poisoning. Her descent to the bottom of the metaphorical well provided the impetus for her to research non-drug therapies. These therapies, along with faith, hope, and courage, brought Carol back to a peaceful life. Carol recounts her life and investigates the factors that precipitated imbalance. She writes about her extraordinary experiences during expanded states of consciousness. She also delves into the world of symbols and mythologies, describing how they became poignant for her. Carol calls her experience a time of spiritual awakening; a time of developing self-esteem, learning to love herself, and finding her true purpose. She hopes that her insights will help others going through spiritual crisis. Those interested in humanistic psychology, personal growth, and spirituality may find this book fascinating.
Download or read book Bipolar Faith written by Monica A. Coleman and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overcome with mental anguish, Monica A. Coleman's great-grandfather had his two young sons pull the chair out from beneath him when he hanged himself. That noose remained tied to a rafter in the shed, where it hung above the heads of his eight children who played there for years to come. As it had for generations before her, a heaviness hung over Monica throughout her young life. As an adult, this rising star in the academy saw career successes often fueled by the modulated highs of undiagnosed Bipolar II Disorder, as she hid deep depression that even her doctors skimmed past in disbelief. Serendipitous encounters with Black intellectuals like Henry Louis Gates Jr., Angela Davis, and Renita Weems were countered by long nights of stark loneliness. Only as Coleman began to face her illness was she able to live honestly and faithfully in the world. And in the process, she discovered a new and liberating vision of God. Written in crackling prose, Monica's spiritual autobiography examines her long dance with trauma, depression, and the threat of death in light of the legacies of slavery, war, sharecropping, poverty, and alcoholism that masked her family history of mental illness for generations.
Download or read book The Joy Is in the Journey written by Betty Hill Crowson and published by . This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Challenge of Moses: Deliver his people from bondage in Egypt to the Promised Land. Moses learns his spiritual heritage, then wrote Genesis using allegory and symbolism to describe the true relationship of God and man, man's fall from grace, and the Spirit moving through leaders to aid their return. Exodus describes Moses' personal awareness with the LORD which gives him the authority to lead His people to the Covenant-Agreement he experienced on Mount Sinai. The Book of Job is presented as an allegory to illustrate the simple message: Let the spirit of God coming through Job come through you.
Download or read book Full Circle Home written by Rebecca Hart and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One woman's spiritual journey of self-discovery and self-love through lifelong issues of emotional eating and self-esteem. Unexpected insights unfold when past lives intersect with her current life.
Download or read book Mend the Gap written by Katie Mottram and published by Rethink Press. This book was released on 2014-10 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are having what could be diagnosed as an insane experience, but you know, deep down, that it's actually more real than the façade you are trying to maintain to 'fit in' with what society suggests is normal. Are you really the only one, and can you continue to live a lie? When Katie Mottram, a mental health practitioner whose mother suffered from severe depression, found herself having a breakdown, she suddenly realised that the system in which she worked was getting it all wrong. Nobody could have envisioned the miraculous destination to which her distress would lead her. When you've read Katie's story and her amazing insights, you will: * Understand the messages contained in your emotions * Find out what lies beneath your fears * Discover how you have access to everything your soul desires * Realise that your dream life is not out of reach * Gain the confidence to live as your authentic self. As a consequence of her own spiritual crisis, Katie is now a development group member of the UK Spiritual Crisis Network, and is working to gain recognition for this very natural phenomenon within mainstream psychiatry. She is also involved with an innovative mental health pilot study aiming to 'normalise' mental distress and transform policy within the UK and beyond. Katie is based in Norfolk, England, and can be contacted at: twitter.com/SynchronizeYou
Download or read book Leadership My Way written by Marian White-Hood and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-08-23 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a compassionate and spiritual woman, Leadership, My Way: Coming Full Circle is Dr. Marian White-Hood's thoughtful and compelling journal of her life journey through a rigorous, ever-changing, yet rewarding educational territory. Her travels uncover deep questions, concerns, and conflicts that become the leader's compass. While she is still leading, find out her why, her how, and her win.
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Download or read book When the Heart Waits written by Sue Monk Kidd and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author's inspiring autobiographical account of personal pain, spiritual awakening, and divine grace. "Inspiring. Sue Monk Kidd is a direct literary descendant of Carson McCullers."—Baltimore Sun "Grounded in personal experience and bolstered with classic spiritual disciplines and Scripture, this book offers an alternative to fast-fix spirituality."—Bookstore Journal Blending her own experiences with an intimate grasp of spirituality, Sue Monk Kidd relates the passionate and moving tale of her spiritual crisis, when life seemed to have lost meaning and her longing for a hasty escape from the pain yielded to a discipline of "active waiting." Full of wisdom, poise, and grace, Kidd’s words will encourage us along our spiritual journey, toward becoming who we truly are.
Download or read book Learning to Breathe written by Alison Wright and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wright offers this searing and uplifting account of her spiritual journey that begins with her surviving a terrible accident to her triumphant ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Download or read book Fumbling written by Kerry Egan and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Egan describes her journey from grief to faith in this candid, spiritually profound account of her pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago, the medieval pilgrim route through Northern Spain. A story of overcoming anger and sadness and finding joy and redemption, "Fumbling" illuminates the power of grief to enhance our relationship with God.
Download or read book One Woman s Journey to Unconditional Love written by Julie Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Imagine a dove with no feathers on its wings, and gradually as you read through this book, the feathers begin to grow, and when you reach the last page you see a white dove in full flight. The perfectly formed dove is surrounded by a pure, golden glow of love and light energy, radiating with peace and compassion for all life. This is the story of my life and my truth, and how I came to understand unconditional love and learn not to reactively judge from my mind, but to live with an open heart. I share my experience of learning about and understanding how physical life works in my body from an energy perspective, and how I was restored through the spiritual and sexual healing energy of love. I was raised as a farm girl in New Zealand, growing up dealing with the tough stuff and the good stuff. I share my insights about awareness and consciousness and that which is authentic and true in life. I tell of my transformation from the dark into the light - living with health and happiness and not with disease and sadness - and living, loving and experiencing life to the fullest"--Back cover.
Download or read book Open Secrets written by Richard Lischer and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2002-07-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open Secrets is Richard Lischer's story of his early career as a Lutheran minister. Fresh out of divinity school and full of enthusiasm, Lischer found himself assigned to a small conservative church in an economically depressed town in southern Illinois. This was far from what this overly enthusiastic and optimistic young man expected. The town was bleak, poor, and clearly not a step on his path to a brilliant career. It's an awkward marriage at best, a young man with a Ph.D. in theology, full of ideas and ambitions, determined to improve his parish and bring them into the twenty-first century, and a community that is "as tightly sealed as a jar of home-canned pickles." In their own way, they welcome him and his family, even though they think he's "got bigger fish to fry." Thus begins Richard Lischer's first year as a pastor: bringing communion to the sick (but forgetting to bring the wafers); marrying two unlikely couples--a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend, and two people who can't stop fighting. Often he doesn't understand his congregation, and sometimes they don't understand him; for instance, why does his wife hire a baby-sitter and instead of leaving, put on her bathing suit, grab a stack of novels, and hide from the kids? Or why can't Pastor Lischer see how important it is for a woman with little money to buy an elaborate coffin to bury her husband in? There are also the moments of grace, when pastor and parishioner unite for a common goal: when he asks for prayers for his infant son, and can feel everyone in the congregation ministering to him; when old hurts are put aside to help a desperate young woman finish college and raise her baby; or when he helps save a woman from dying of a drug overdose. In Open Secrets Lischer tells not only his own story but also the story of New Cana and all of its inhabitants--lovable, deeply flawed, imperfect people that stick together. With his sharp eye and keen wit, Lischer perfectly captures the comedy of small town life with all of its feuds, rumors, scandals, and friendships. In the end he learns to appreciate not only the life New Cana has to offer, but also the people who have accepted him, at last, as part of themselves.
Download or read book Crossing to Avalon written by Jean Shinoda Bolen and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1995-02-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A MIDLIFE QUEST FOR THE GRAIL AND THE GODDESS Dr Jean Shinoda Bolen's extraordinary memoir celebrates the pilgrimage that heralded her spiritual awakening and leads readers down the path of self-discovery. In this account of her journey to Europe
Download or read book Coming Full Circle written by Penina Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when a Jewish girl raised in a secular home discovers Christianity on her search for spirituality and then after 17 years in Christian leadership realizes that most of what she believed was a lie? What happens when she embraces Orthodox Judaism but is not initially accepted by the community and perseveres anyway? This is the captivating story of Penina Taylor's spiritual journey which brought her through Evangelical Christianity, Messianic Judaism and finally to a revelation that turned her world upside down, eventually leading her to embrace the faith of her forefathers. A story that is at times more unbelievable than fiction, Coming Full Circle is a book that you just won't want to put down.
Download or read book Called Out of Darkness written by Anne Rice and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first memoir from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Interview with a Vampire—a "very affecting story of a well-known prodigal’s return ... [a] vivid, engaging tale of the journey of a soul into light” (Chicago Sun-Times). Anne Rice was raised in New Orleans as the devout child in a deeply religious Irish Catholic family. Here, she describes how, as she grew up, she lost her belief in God, but not her desire for a meaningful life. She used her novels—beginning with Interview with a Vampire—to wrestle with otherworldly themes while in her own life, she experienced both loss (the death of her daughter and, later, her beloved husband, Stan Rice) and joys (the birth of her son, Christopher). And she writes about how, finally, after years of questioning, she experienced the intense conversion and re-embracing of her faith that lie behind her most recent novels about the life of Christ.
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Download or read book 7 Experiment written by Jen Hatmaker and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 7 Experiment Workbook. A guided journey through the 7 major areas of excess and clutter that we need to minimize and fight against. American life can be excessive, to say the least. And I was living it. In fact, all I wanted was more. Was there even such a thing as enough? My family finally decided that we wanted to do something about it, and that's where 7 came in. SEVEN was an experiment. We decided that we were going to try - just try - to address 7 places in our lives where we were overdoing it: Food, Clothes, Possessions, Media, Waste, Spending, and Stress. Simply put - SEVEN changed our lives. I think it can change yours, too. Learn How to be Free
