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A Still and Quiet Mind: Twelve Strategies for Changing Unwanted Thoughts
Written by Esther Smith
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Are you distracted by racing or anxious thoughts? Distressed by intrusive or irrational thoughts? Struggling with sinful or untrue thoughts? You may feel trapped in your own head, but God and his Word have given you many different ways to find freedom.
In this practical and sympathetic guidebook, biblical counselor Esther Smith provides twelve powerful strategies that are targeted to different thought struggles. Each chapter is filled with a variety of exercises so that you can begin to change your thoughts right away and live at peace.
In this practical and sympathetic guidebook, biblical counselor Esther Smith provides twelve powerful strategies that are targeted to different thought struggles. Each chapter is filled with a variety of exercises so that you can begin to change your thoughts right away and live at peace.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good practical steps to combat unwanted thoughts. Wasn’t amazed with the first two chapters but keep going! It gets better. Very balanced approach to medication as well at the end . Narrator very easy to listen to.
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