- 208 pages
- English
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About This Book
A seven-week guide to help youshift your behaviors and create lifelong habits to care for your whole self â mind, body, and soul.
"In a world that has cheapened self-care, Chanequa Walker-Barnes provides a valuable, faithful, and much-needed antidote." âJeff Chu, author of Does Jesus Really Love Me?
Taking care of ourselves is essential, and lately, we've started to pay more attention to the ways our physical bodies need and deserve nourishment. But we are not just bodies, we sacred beings, and our souls need just as much care and attention to be healthy.
As a clinical psychologist, pastor, and activist, Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes has studied and worked with clients, clergy, seminary faculty, faith-based activists, and others to encourage them to think of self-care as both a divine right and a sacred obligation. She has developed a seven-week guide gathering activities, habits, disciplines, and practices that promote spiritual, physical, emotional, mental, and relational wholeness.
Each day includes a story alongside short and simple prompts and scripture passages that helpus shift behaviors in the short term and create lifelong habits. Each week walks readers through the following areas:
- Mastering the Self-Care Fundamentals
- Practicing Self-Compassion
- Setting Healthy Boundaries
- Caring for Our Emotional Selves
- Caring for Our Minds
- Practicing Self-Care as a Way of Life
Also included is an inventory for identifying areas you may need to focus on, and a "Rule of Life" guide to help you direct your self-care practice and maintain it throughout the year. Inspiring and practical, ruminative and actionable, Sacred Self-Care invites us on a journey to craft a sustainable self-care practice to care for our whole selves.
Reader's Best Award for The Englewood Review of Books, Honorable Mention
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Table of contents
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- WEEK 1: Understanding Sacred Self-Care
- DAY 1: Self-Care Is Gratitude
- DAY 2: Self-Care Is Self-Love
- DAY 3: Self-Care Is Stewardship
- DAY 4: Self-Care Is Wellness
- DAY 5: Self-Care Is Subversive
- DAY 6: Self-Care Is Reparative
- DAY 7: Self-Care Is Sacred
- WEEK 2: Mastering the Self-Care Fundamentals
- DAY 8: Water to Live
- DAY 9: Our Daily Bread
- DAY 10: Rest for Your Soul
- DAY 11: Moving for Good Health
- DAY 12: With All Your Mind and Soul
- DAY 13: The Healing Power of Relationship
- DAY 14: Good Self-Care Shepherds
- WEEK 3: Practicing Self-Compassion
- DAY 15: As You Love Your Neighbor
- DAY 16: Watch Your Words
- DAY 17: Befriend Your Inner Critic
- DAY 18: Affirm Your Enoughness
- DAY 19: Moving Beyond Self-Judgment
- DAY 20: Spreading Self-Compassion
- DAY 21: Compassion Turned Inward
- WEEK 4: Setting Healthy Boundaries
- DAY 22: No Boundaries, No Self-Care
- DAY 23: Good Boundary Lines
- DAY 24: Honor Your Limits
- DAY 25: Let Your No Mean No
- DAY 26: Protect Your Energy
- DAY 27: Social Media Boundaries
- DAY 28: Mind Your Boundaries
- WEEK 5: Caring for Our Emotional Selves
- DAY 29: Honoring Emotions
- DAY 30: Finding Your Joy
- DAY 31: Owning Your Anger
- DAY 32: Anticipate the Hard
- DAY 33: Laughter Is Medicine
- DAY 34: The Power of Play and Creativity
- DAY 35: Nurturing Emotional Wellness
- WEEK 6: Caring for Our Minds
- DAY 36: Stillness Is the Better Part
- DAY 37: Mindfulness Matters
- DAY 38: Minding the Body
- DAY 39: Loved and Loving
- DAY 40: Wise Speech
- DAY 41: Meditating on the Word
- DAY 42: The Skilled Mind
- WEEK 7: Practicing Self-Care for Everyday Life
- DAY 43: Making Time for Self-Care
- DAY 44: Automating Self-Care
- DAY 45: Maintaining Margin
- DAY 46: The Power to Cease
- DAY 47: Care in Community
- DAY 48: The Self-Care Rule of Life
- DAY 49: Resurrecting Self-Care
- Acknowledgments
- Sacred Self-Care Inventory
- Self-Care Rule of Life Planning Guide
- Using This Book for Lent
- Recommended Resources
- Notes
- Copyright
- About the Publisher