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Making Your Emotions Work for You: *Coping with Stress *Avoiding Burnout *Overcoming Fear ...and More
Don’t be defeated by fear, frustration, stress, or hopelessness—be an overcomer! In Making Your Emotions Work for You, Harold Sala shows you how to turn negative emotions into catalysts for positive change. Learn to make friends with your emotions with biblical principles and guidelines that help you find true peace, confidence, and fulfillment.
232 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2009
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July 6, 2014
This is one of the hauls I got during the OMF Literature super sale. Finally after several attempts I am finally done reading it. Not that it is not good read but because of things I can't explain this book seems to disappear each time. It is a non-fiction book which I greatly related to. For your information, as this blog attests to, I am an emotional person and chancing upon this book while browsing through the racks of the above mentioned bookstore is an instant "Hello Merie, buy me I know you need me." Nangusap talaga yung libro sa 'kin. True enough I learned quite a lot in this book.
The back-of-the-book summary got me. I know there are a lot of things needed to be worked out in me, most especially my emotions. This book has 11 chapters which starts with helping you understand more who you are and your worth. I must state that this is in a Christian and spiritual perspective which is one reason why I also bought it. Each chapter has "Questions for Thought and Discussion" which was a good aid in self-reflection. It also has some practical guides at the end of each chapter. A chapter is also dedicated for each negative emotion. It gives scenarios and similar biblical stories with an explanation on how the biblical character dealt with it and/or what was the effects of good and bad responses to negative emotions. It also gave real-life situations of people and how they were able to cope or not.
It is a relate-able book. I have learned that I am not the only one going through such emotional tunnels. Reading this book, I appreciated the Bible stories, encouners, characters, and passages related to each emotion. This book will surely be a reference each time I am in an "emotional" state.
My rating would be 3 out of 5 stars.
Posted this review on my blog:
http://merieisms.blogspot.com/2014/06...
The back-of-the-book summary got me. I know there are a lot of things needed to be worked out in me, most especially my emotions. This book has 11 chapters which starts with helping you understand more who you are and your worth. I must state that this is in a Christian and spiritual perspective which is one reason why I also bought it. Each chapter has "Questions for Thought and Discussion" which was a good aid in self-reflection. It also has some practical guides at the end of each chapter. A chapter is also dedicated for each negative emotion. It gives scenarios and similar biblical stories with an explanation on how the biblical character dealt with it and/or what was the effects of good and bad responses to negative emotions. It also gave real-life situations of people and how they were able to cope or not.
It is a relate-able book. I have learned that I am not the only one going through such emotional tunnels. Reading this book, I appreciated the Bible stories, encouners, characters, and passages related to each emotion. This book will surely be a reference each time I am in an "emotional" state.
My rating would be 3 out of 5 stars.
Posted this review on my blog:
http://merieisms.blogspot.com/2014/06...
July 1, 2013
Great book which teaches us to use our emotions to our own advantage. I had so many insights and learnings on how to befriend my emotions. This is the kind of book you will want to read all over again. One of my favorite self-help book from now on.
January 11, 2016
Mediocre book but some good stuff in it
Overall a good guideline of how to cope with many of the emotions we all face from time to time . I thought it was a good book but not a great one. It was not a page turner.
Overall a good guideline of how to cope with many of the emotions we all face from time to time . I thought it was a good book but not a great one. It was not a page turner.
August 9, 2015
Finished this book. Really an awesome read. Wondering how long I should wait before rereading for maximum benefit.
February 6, 2017
Some good stuff.
Didn't grip me to the end....
Didn't grip me to the end....
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