Get Your Life Back: Everyday Practices for a World Gone Mad

by John Eldredge

Overview

A REFRESHINGL ¿Y SIMPLE GUIDE TO RECOVER YOUR LIFE!

In Get Your Life Back, New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge provides a practical, simple, and refreshing guide to taking your life back.

By practicing a few wonder­fully simple practices—or 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.

Ask yourself:

• Are you happy most of the time?
• Do you feel deeply loved?
• Are you excited about your future?
• How often do you feel lighthearted?

After reading this book you will…

• 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

These simple practices and others are ready for the taking. You don’t need to abandon your life to get it back. Begin restoring your life here and now. Your soul will thank you for it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781400208661
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	02/11/2020
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	30,021
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

John Eldredge is a bestselling author, 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 and his wife, Stasi, live near Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Rescue xi

Chapter 1 The One Minute Pause 1

Chapter 2 Benevolent Detachment 11

Chapter 3 Drinking Beauty 27

Chapter 4 Simple Unplugging 37

Chapter 5 Kindness Toward Ourselves 51

Chapter 6 Allowing For Transitions 63

Chapter 7 Get Outside 75

Chapter 8 Remembering Who You Love 91

Interlude: Returning to the One Minute Pause 103

Chapter 9 Surrendering the Self Life 105

Chapter 10 Caring for Neglected Places in Your Soul 123

Interlude: Ask For It! 139

Chapter 11 The Gifts of Memory 141

Chapter 12 Believe 153

Chapter 13 The Hidden Life of God in You 169

Chapter 14 The Simple Daily Things 183

The Daily Prayer 199

Acknowledgments 205

Notes 207

About the Author 215

Editorial Reviews

12/02/2019

Christian counselor and lecturer Eldredge (Wild at Heart) examines in this insistent work the toll of what he sees as society’s relentless pace and obsession with social media. “My soul just can’t do life at the speed of smartphones. The world has gone completely mad, and it’s trying to take our souls with it,” he writes, assuring readers that their lives can be renewed by receiving help from Jesus. He introduces simple practices—one minute pauses, “drinking beauty” (taking in the miraculous quality of nature), unplugging from technology, practicing kindness toward others and the self—and explains how to implement these habits with a daily schedule. Eldredge encourages readers to fully experience feelings, even uncomfortable ones, and recommends setting healthy benchmarks (such as hours working or exercise time) to prevent falling into unhealthy patterns, as well as to help recognize when pressures (such as the push to share one’s personal life online, or to constantly keep up-to-date) are building. Eldredge gives personal examples, like spending time with his horses or taking daily walks, that help him avoid being “sucked back into the madness.” With its suggestions for Christians that their “only rescue” is found in seeking more of God, this restorative guide will appeal to faithful readers wishing to slow down their lives to live out God’s plan. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly