Finding Quiet: My Story of Overcoming Anxiety and the Practices that Brought Peace
Ebook
Informative and honest, Finding Quiet validates the experiences of believers struggling with mental illness, provides spiritual and psychological tools for defeating anxiety and depression—and will reassure you that you can thrive again.
In May 2003, prominent philosopher, author, and professor J. P. Moreland awoke in the middle of the night to a severe panic attack. Though often anxious by temperament and upbringing, Moreland had never experienced such an incident before. Thus began an extended battle with debilitating anxiety and depression.
More than a decade later, Moreland continues to manage his mental illness. Yet along the way he's moved from shame and despair to vulnerability and hope. In Finding Quiet, Moreland comes alongside fellow sufferers with encouragement and practical, hard-won advice—a distillation of the very best and most helpful things he discovered about dealing with anxiety and depression from his personal experiences and extensive research.
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, nearly 20 percent of Americans suffer from mental illness, and Christians are not immune. J. P. Moreland (who studied philosophy under Dallas Willard) explores the spiritual and physical aspects of mental illness, pointing readers toward sound sources of information, treatment, and recovery from both secular and Christian experts.
Finding Quiet is perfect for:
- Those looking for a trusted starting point in their own research of anxiety/depression.
- Christians seeking a holistic approach to healing—one that doesn’t shy from scientific knowledge but maintains a theological and biblical framework.
- Anyone in need of validation and encouragement in their struggle with mental illness.
Top Highlights
“Anxiety is largely a habit wired or grooved into one’s brain and nervous system that becomes activated when one encounters certain triggers. To minimize or get rid of anxiety, I’ve learned it is absolutely crucial that one recognizes bad, anxiety-producing habits and undertakes a training program that, over time, rids one of those bad habits and replaces them with good ones.” (source)
“When one offers one’s body to God as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1), it involves not only a one-time act of dedication, but a habitual, repeated bodily exercise (1 Corinthians 9:24–27; 1 Timothy 4:7–8) involving specific body parts (Romans 6:12–13, 19), resulting in putting to death one’s bad habits (Colossians 3:5), i.e., removing the flesh that resides in those body parts and replacing them with a righteousness that comes to reside in the members of one’s body. A Christian spiritual discipline is a repeated bodily practice, done over and over again in dependence on the Holy Spirit and under the direction of Jesus and other wise teachers in his Way, to enable one to get good at certain things in life that one cannot do by direct effort.” (source)
“Each of these compartments or faculties affect each other in very complicated ways. How you think can affect how you feel, and vice versa. What you believe affects what you choose, and vice versa. Your self-talk affects your mood. All of this means that there is a purely psychological aspect to all of one’s faculties, as well as a distinctively spiritual aspect to each. Thus, based on a biblical understanding of the soul, we see that a holistic approach using therapy and spiritual development is crucial in alleviating the pain of anxiety.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Finding Quiet: My Story of Overcoming Anxiety and the Practices that Brought Peace
- Author: Moreland, J. P.
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publication Date: 2019
- ISBN: 9780310597216