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Do You Long for Peace of Mind? You can't avoid anxiety-provoking circumstancesthey are a natural consequence of life on Planet Earth. But there are effective ways to deal with the stress they cause! Deborah Smith Pegues has been where you are and wants to share what she's learned to help you handle the situations that threaten your peace of mind. In 30 days, you will discover how to...experience joy by embracing a divine perspective and living in the nowachieve clarity by improving your sleep, diet, and exercise routinesevaluate your expectations to minimize distress and disappointmentprevent unnecessary angst by managing your time and money more wiselytrade your "stress-speak" for more calming expressions Packed with practical insights, encouragement, and biblical inspiration, this book will help you respond effectively to worry and anxiety so you can be a happier person.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	28 mars 2017
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736968584
Langue	English

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HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
Unless otherwise noted, Scripture verses are taken from the Holy Bible , New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189 USA. All rights reserved.
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30 DAYS TO TAMING WORRY AND ANXIETY
Copyright 2007 Deborah Smith Pegues
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
ISBN 978-0-7369-6857-7 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-6858-4 (eBook)
The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier edition as follows:
Pegues, Deborah Smith, 1950-
30 days to taming your stress / Deborah Smith Pegues.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-7369-1835-0 (pbk.)
1. Stress (Psychology-Religious aspects-Christianity. 2. Christian life. 3. Stress (Psychology-Prevention-Problems, exercises, etc. 4. Stress management-Religious aspects-Christianity. I. Title. II. Title: Thirty days to taming your stress.
BV4509.5.P45 2007
155.9 042-dc22
2006026725
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to the Holy Spirit, my constant companion and stress reliever.
Acknowledgments
I am eternally grateful to God for allowing me to be exposed to the following powerful and pure-hearted leaders who model His peace: Bishop Charles Blake, Pastor Edward A. Smith, Bishop E.C. Reems-Dickerson, Dr. Barbara McCoo Lewis, Dr. Elvin Ezekiel, and Bunny Wilson.
J.P., Shannon, and Lainie Sloane, Pamela Johnson, and Sherrone Burke are the best critique-friends one could have. I am also grateful for a host of contributors and intercessors, which include: Marion Meares, Billie Rodgers, Raynae Hernandez, Althea Sims, James Kirkland, Carol Pegues, Creola Waters, Janet Sweet Thomas, Sandra Arceneaux, Sylvia Gardner, Angela Knight, Belinda Wallace, the Kelley family, and many others. My mother, Doris; my father, Rube; and my six brothers: Bobby, Rube Jr., Dale, Reginald, Gene, and Vernon; and their children are my biggest cheerleaders, along with numerous other family members and well-wishers.
I could never find words to express my deep appreciation for the wonderful crew at Harvest House Publishers. They are truly a writer s dream team. My editor, Kim Moore, is phenomenal and extends her assistance beyond editing.
Last, but not least, I am most grateful to my husband, Darnell Pegues, for his patience, steadfast love, and support.
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. Identify Your Stressors
2. Secure Your Foundation
3. Sleep
4. Nourish Your Body
5. Get Physical
6. Let Your Values Do the Driving
7. Schedule Your Day Wisely
8. Master Your Money
9. Do Right
10. Enjoy the Present
11. Just Say No
12. Be Flexible
13. Delegate
14. Evaluate Your Expectations
15. Resolve Conflicts
16. Release the Past
17. Take a Time-Out
18. Admit Your Mistakes and Shortcomings
19. Ask for What You Want
20. Limit Contact with Stress-Producing People
21. Create a Peaceful Atmosphere
22. Release Your Tension
23. Laugh
24. Slow Your Pace
25. Solidify Your Support System
26. Stop Stress-Speak
27. Deal with Disappointments
28. Change Self-Sabotaging Behavior
29. Understand Your Sphere of Influence
30. Maintain a Positive Outlook
Epilogue
Appendix A: The Worry-Less Daily Assessment Checklist
Appendix B: Worry-Busting Scriptures
About the Author
Prologue
Your brother is on the line! yelled my administrative assistant through the half-closed door to my office. It was the second Tuesday of the month, the day of the monthly board of director s meeting at the church where I served as the chief financial officer. The meeting would start in a few hours. I had already instructed her to put through only the most urgent calls on board meeting days as we scrambled to prepare the various financial reports I would present at the meeting. However, the call from my brother was always deemed important because it most likely concerned my mother. I was her conservator-and her only daughter. My heart always skipped a beat when any one of my six brothers called because my mother had suffered a stroke two years earlier and was still struggling to get back to normal physically as well as emotionally.
I grabbed the receiver and put it to my ear a little too quickly. The intense pain in my jaw from the pressure of the phone reminded me that today I was supposed to find a doctor to give me a second opinion on my neurologist s diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia-a very painful inflamed facial nerve condition. At times the condition had rendered me speechless. Though it really was important to get another opinion, today I could only focus on urgent matters. I d have to do it tomorrow.
I longed for a nap. I had only slept about four hours the night before because I had stayed up cooking and writing. Though my husband did not expect it, I tried to make sure he had a cooked meal available on nights when I had to work late. I liked the idea of being a domesticated professional woman. It felt right based upon my traditional upbringing. Besides, it took away my guilt for working such outrageous hours. Of course, the time I spent writing was necessary because I had been fortunate enough to land a contract with one of the top Christian publishing houses in the United States. No way was I going to miss my manuscript submission deadline-which was only two weeks away. I was surely going to have to pull some all-nighters to finish on time.
Board meeting days were always guaranteed to be a 12-hour stint since the workday began at 8:30 am and the meeting did not start until 6:30 pm. As a coping mechanism for my to-do overload, I decided to block out the thought of my upcoming speaking engagement on Saturday morning. I would work on the presentation on Thursday evening-or even Friday, if I could convince my husband to postpone our weekly Friday date night until Sunday after church. I was reluctant to ask him because I wanted to appear to be handling everything with no problems. I couldn t cancel the speaking engagement because the date was too close. Absent an emergency, I never cancel. Besides, speaking is critical for an author s exposure.
Back to my brother. He was calling to tell me that my mother had run out of her most critical medication. The person who was being paid to cover this function had dropped the ball again. I would need to call in the prescription right away so that Gene could pick it up from the pharmacy. As we bemoaned the continued frustration of dealing with my mother s care, I took a quick glance at the financial statement that had just been shoved under my nose to review for the board meeting. There were several glaring errors that threatened to send me over the edge. I wanted to smack the person who had prepared the statement, but I was so hungry I wouldn t have had the energy to engage in this fleeting fantasy anyway. There would be no time for lunch or any type of break today-which meant that I wouldn t be very discriminating in my food selection when things simmered down later. This schedule was wreaking havoc on my body. I was paying the price for working late instead of working out. I closed my eyes and thought, Oh, for the rapture! Of course, I did not really mean it. Thinking about being snatched away to be with the Lord for all eternity was just a temporary mental escape from life s demands. Okay, I said to myself as I took a long, deep breath, things could be worse.
I have a lot to be grateful for, but at that moment, gratitude was not among my chief thoughts. The urgent matters at hand had already grabbed first place in my mind.
On the surface, my life looks idyllic: great husband, great job, great boss, great salary, great family support, great house, great publishing firm-the works. Along with all that, however, came the responsibility for keeping these areas great-and that spelled more demands on my time. Further, as in every person s life, I had some not-so-positive pressures that also tried to threaten my peace. Things such as mediating family conflicts, unexpected car and boat repairs, employee misunderstandings-you know the drill. Of course, as Superwoman, I kept ignoring the nagging pains that were becoming more frequent each day.
While your life events may not parallel mine, I can assure you that if you are reading this book, your own set of daily circumstances are probably producing the same results-stress. Everybody talks about doing something about it eventually, but few people seem to deal with the problem directly and bring it under control.
You have probably heard that the only things in life that are certain are death and taxes. Well, stress can easily be added as a third certainty. It is unavoidable. It was Job