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Get Your Life Back: Everyday Practices for a World Gone Mad Paperback – September 14, 2021
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Are you ready to get your life back? Join New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge as he shares practical, simple, and refreshing tips for living fully.
By incorporating a few simple practices--what John calls "graces"--you can begin to recover your soul, disentangle from the tragedies of this broken world, and discover the restorative power of beauty.
These simple practices are yours for the taking. You don't need to abandon your life to get it back--in fact, John shares that you can start restoring your life here and now. Get Your Life Back will give you the tools you need to:
- Learn how to insert the One Minute Pause into your day
- Begin practicing "benevolent detachment" and truly let it all go
- Offer kindness toward yourself in the choices you make
- Drink in the simple beauty available to you every day
- Take realistic steps to unplug from technology overload
God wants to strengthen and renew your soul, and Jesus longs to give you more of himself. The world may be harsh, but God is gentle; he knows what your daily life is like. All we need to do is put ourselves in places that allow us to receive his help. Let this book show you how and your soul will thank you for it.
- Print length256 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherThomas Nelson
- Publication dateSeptember 14, 2021
- Dimensions5.55 x 0.75 x 8.35 inches
- ISBN-101400229146
- ISBN-13978-1400229147
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John Eldredge is a bestselling author, a counselor, and a teacher. He is also president of Wild at Heart, a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God, recover their own hearts in God's love, and learn to live in God's kingdom. John and his wife, Stasi, live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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- Publisher : Thomas Nelson (September 14, 2021)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1400229146
- ISBN-13 : 978-1400229147
- Item Weight : 8.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.55 x 0.75 x 8.35 inches
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John Eldredge is an author (you probably figured that out), a counselor, and a teacher. He is also president of Ransomed Heart, a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God, recover their own hearts in God's love, and learn to live in God's Kingdom. John grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles (which he hated), and spent his boyhood summers on his grandfather’s cattle ranch in eastern Oregon (which he loved). John met his wife, Stasi, in high school (in drama class). But their romance did not begin until they each came to faith in Christ, after high school. John earned his undergraduate degree in Theater at Cal Poly, and directed a theater company in Los Angeles for several years before moving to Colorado with Focus on the Family, where he taught at the Focus on the Family Institute.
John earned his master’s degree in Counseling from Colorado Christian University, under the direction of Larry Crabb and Dan Allender. He worked as a counselor in private practice before launching Ransomed Heart in 2000. John and Stasi live in Colorado Springs with their three sons (Samuel, Blaine, and Luke), their golden retriever (Oban), and two horses (Whistle and Kokolo). While all of this is factually true, it somehow misses describing an actual person. He loves the outdoors passionately, and all beauty, Shakespeare, bow hunting, a good cigar, anything having to do with adventure, poetry, March Madness, working in the shop, fly fishing, classic rock, the Tetons, fish tacos, George MacDonald, green tea, buffalo steaks, dark chocolate, wild and open places, horses running, and too much more to name. He also uses the expression “far out” way too much.
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We've been sucked into a pace of life nobody's enjoying.
Get Your Life Back is written from a Christian perspective, and there is a lot of God talk in the book. However, the practices that Eldredge suggests are useful tools for anyone. The first tool is to take a one-minute pause. To release anything and everything distracting you, to give yourself a break from the constant pull of everything. I think it's easy to say we all need a break.
I had little capacity for relationships and the things that bring me life-a walk in the woods, dinner with friends, a cold plunge in a mountain lake. When I did steal a moment for something life-giving, I was so distracted I couldn't enjoy it."
Another point Eldredge makes, "there's a direct link between the rise of envy, depression, and one's use of social media," is something I think we all know at a surface level. We don't take the time to really think through the impact this has on us, and our loved ones. There are so many things I could say about this book. Instead, I will leave you with a few more quotes:
The world has gone completely mad, and it's trying to take our souls with it.
...the constant stimulation of our choatic world causes us to live in state of hyper- vigilance.
Get Your Life Back is a timely book. It is full of practical wisdom that will stand the test of time. I am thankful for those who introduced me to this book. So many of our young adults are struggling with anxiety and depression. The practices in this book can help with that (it is not a cure all). I highly recommend it, and I know it is a book I will come back to again.
Fast read: The stories are engaging. The content is easy to understand.
Slow read: The words slowly trickle into your soul. The lessons, taken slowly, will affect you.
I so appreciate the candor and self-awareness on display in this book. Get Your Life Back isn’t an equation to simplify your calendar or a program to make things all better. This book walks a journey from a frenzied soul, to moments of pause, to connection with God.
It is that easy and yet so hard. I know. John shares personal experiences of being frenzied, of pause, and of re-connection. Although he talks about solo hiking in places I’ve never been and vacations to places I’ve not taken, I was still able to see myself in parts of his story.
Why?
Because a soul in chaos and the healing power of God is a tale as old as time.
“Your soul is a beautiful instrument, like a cello or piano, capable of a vast range of expression and experience. Over time, strings get broken keys are lost. …Though we want God, [God] is forced to play one or two notes; it’s all [God] has to work with. By attending to the neglected places of our souls, we recover the lost strings and damaged keys. The more we do, the more rich and colorful our life becomes, because God has so much more to make music with. (pg. 137)
Get Your Life Back reminds me of the importance of soul care. For me and for all the people around me. If you are in need of soul care, this book is a good place to start.
Now personally, I think chapter 9 in this book is worth the price of the whole book. It addresses in such a practical way how subtle it is to get offended by things in life and how that feeds into our selfish nature. He does a nice tie-in with how social media can feed into this problem. Then I love how he points out that having a selfish heart actually gives us something to "sacrifice" to God each day. Good stuff.
Now the rest of the book is also outstanding. Chapter 10 on "Caring for Neglected Places in Your Soul" is another really useful chapter. I agree with John that a great place to start in healing the soul is with "ungrieved griefs".
This is a book I'm planning on buying multiple copies of to give away to some of my closest friends. I think anyone interested in following Christ could benefit from this book. I would give it 10 stars if I could.
I also like the free app John created for this book. It's helpful. It's nice. The only thing I wish about the app is that there was a "beginner course" where John gives his guidance during the "One-Minute Pause" tracks, and then I wish there was an "advanced course" where John just spoke the prompts and didn't give additional direction such as "linger.......linger......" etc. But it's a small quibble. Overall love, Love, LOVE, this book and free app.
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2020
Now personally, I think chapter 9 in this book is worth the price of the whole book. It addresses in such a practical way how subtle it is to get offended by things in life and how that feeds into our selfish nature. He does a nice tie-in with how social media can feed into this problem. Then I love how he points out that having a selfish heart actually gives us something to "sacrifice" to God each day. Good stuff.
Now the rest of the book is also outstanding. Chapter 10 on "Caring for Neglected Places in Your Soul" is another really useful chapter. I agree with John that a great place to start in healing the soul is with "ungrieved griefs".
This is a book I'm planning on buying multiple copies of to give away to some of my closest friends. I think anyone interested in following Christ could benefit from this book. I would give it 10 stars if I could.
I also like the free app John created for this book. It's helpful. It's nice. The only thing I wish about the app is that there was a "beginner course" where John gives his guidance during the "One-Minute Pause" tracks, and then I wish there was an "advanced course" where John just spoke the prompts and didn't give additional direction such as "linger.......linger......" etc. But it's a small quibble. Overall love, Love, LOVE, this book and free app.
Get Your Life Back has revitalized me in a lot of ways.
Thank you John!