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This book explores:
- the psychological architecture of anxiety
- how moral compromise creates anxiety
- four arenas of existential anxiety common to all
- how personality development shapes anxious patterns
- the unique struggles of the anxious Christian
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Anxiety
And How to Conquer It
This practical and informative 216-page book explores both the psychological and spiritual roots of anxiety, helping readers understand why anxiety develops, why it persists, and what specific actions you can take immediately to begin your journey to hope, peace, and healing.
Do you find yourself lying awake at night imagining the worst?
Anxiety makes the ordinary responsibilities of life feel overwhelming. It turns uncertainty into fear and dread. And it leaves even sincere Christians feeling hopeless, scared, and alone.
Anxiety also informs how we view ourselves, what we do with the opportunities we’re given, and where we go to feel safe.
Using relatable stories that resonate with real-life experiences, Anxiety and How to Conquer It offers clear and compassionate guidance for understanding anxious thoughts and where they come from… as well as how to respond to them effectively when they show up.
In his signature warm and conversational tone, the author shares proven cognitive-behavioral insights and tools that are both grounded in biblical wisdom and applicable to everyday life.
But what truly makes this book unique is the fact that it tackles head-on what most every other author and clinician on the subject avoid — the reality that anxiety is not just a clinical issue.
Indeed, many… if not most… of the anxieties we experience are sourced in matters spiritual, moral, and/or existential. Not clinical.
For this reason, in the final section of the book the author speaks directly to anxiety and the Christian, showing how Scripture can be used — not as a cliché or a rebuke — but as a sure means by which God’s children can replace anxious thoughts and feelings with the peace that is promised.
Blending psychology, developmental insight, and biblical truths, this book offers both understanding and practical instruction for those seeking freedom from chronic anxiety and fearful living.
Shadow Work
A New Guide to Spiritual and Psychological Growth
In this 243-page paperback, Dr. Ruth masterfully explains those repressed aspects, or “shadow side” of our personality. And though this is a complex reality to unpack, the author’s warm, approachable, and reader-friendly style makes the subject comfortably accessible.
The purpose behind Shadow Work is to show, using biblical principles, historical examples, and real-life case studies, that we cannot truly grow spiritually and psychologically until we are willing to confront and heal those aspects of our self and our story that we historically have refused to own.
In fact, until we are willing to own them, as Dr. Ruth explains, we’re just busy “rearranging furniture in the living room” of our life, and not truly transforming.
The late psychiatrist and best-selling author of The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck, M.D., reviewed the manuscript prior to its publication and remarked that it was “One of the truly great and well-written books about our human journey.”
Here’s a sample of what you’ll discover inside:
- how the shadow is an integral component of the personality
- how the novel Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde relates to our struggle for growth
- how to stop performing and start being
- real-life stories of those who beat incredible odds to achieve integration
- how to identify the shadow side of families and organizations
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About the Author
Michael Ruth writes at the intersection of theology, psychology, human development, and spiritual formation.
His work focuses on helping readers navigate deeper roots of mental/emotional, relational, and spiritual challenges, identity, and personal transformation.
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