Sacred Stress: A Radically Different Approach to Using Life's Challenges for Positive Change
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.
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Book details
- Author
- Steven Cohen
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Self-Help › Self-Management › Stress Management
Self-Help › Personal Growth - Topics
- stress management · personal growth · overcoming obstacles · spiritual growth · emotional resilience · positive mindset · life challenges
- ISBN-13
- 9781594736148 (Paperback)9781683362753 (Hardcover)
About the author
GEORGE R. FALLER is a licensed marriage and family therapist with over twenty years of prior service as a New York City firefighter and police officer, including work as an FDNY Peer Counselor during 9/11. His books include Emotionally Focused Family Therapy, True Connection, and Sacred Stress.
Faller holds an M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Iona College and a B.A. in Political Science from Queens College. He is a certified trainer, supervisor, and therapist in Emotionally Focused Therapy, founder and president of the New York Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy, an AAMFT-approved supervisor, and teaches at the Ackerman Institute for the Family in Manhattan.
Faller also serves as Director of Training at the Center for Hope and Renewal in Greenwich, CT, and sits on the board of the Tulane School of Social Work.