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Embracing a Feeling Heart

by Wendy J. Mahill

Book Details

Publisher:Xulon Press
Published:2011-03
Pages:192
Format:BOOK
Language:en

Reading Info

About This Book

Embracing a Feeling Heart is a Christ-centered curriculum for people who would like to learn about the role that emotions play in our lives. God created people to feel a wide array of emotions, which give us valuable information about our hearts. Because of the fall, we tend to mishandle, misread, repress, suppress, avoid, or deny feelings, which make us great pretenders and experts at deceit. If you've been taught that emotions are unimportant or wrong to feel and express or you have experience

Our Review

This Christian-focused emotional intelligence guide offers a faith-based approach to understanding feelings as God-given tools rather than burdens to suppress. The curriculum directly addresses common religious messaging that emotions are sinful or unimportant, providing biblical support for why God created humans with emotional capacity. It tackles specific patterns like repression, avoidance, and denial that often develop in spiritual communities where feelings are misunderstood.

What sets this resource apart is its practical framework for redeeming emotional awareness through a Christ-centered lens, helping readers move from pretense to authenticity in their spiritual walk. Those who've been taught that strong feelings demonstrate weak faith will find particularly liberating insights here. The material serves as both validation for the emotionally confused and a roadmap for integrating heart and faith in healthy, transformative ways.

Themes

Psychology

Subjects

Psychology