"Nourished: A Search for Health, Happiness and a Full Night's Sleep" Review and Giveaway

•Cluttered Surroundings
•Exhaustion of parenting
•Time-starved marriages
•Feeling like a spiritual slacker
•Crowded Schedules
•Negative Body Image

Do you have issues with any of the above? Don't answer "No" because I'd hate to have to call you out on your lying tendencies.

Okay, question number 2:
Have you ever noticed that,like Pinterest, self-help books can be inspiring and deflating all at once? Because with the same words that are meant to encourage us to, say, overcome the fear of someone seeing our flabby thighs, they deflate us by pointing out we have flabby thighs that need overcoming!

By the end of the first chapter of "Nourished: A Search for Health, Happiness and a Full Night's Sleep", by mother/daughter team Becky Johnson and Rachel Randolph, I felt so upset with my life and house and children and husband and, and, and... that I didn't know what was stronger - anger or despair. But slowly, as the chapters went on, I came to love these two gals who were reminding me to relax and that I'm beautiful.

Of the two, it would seem I am a great deal more like the daughter of the duo than the mother. (which might be why I enjoyed the mother's stories more - they didn't hit so close to home) A number of times while reading "Nourished", I thought, these women have read my diary! Maybe I should write a book. However, I don't think I could write it in nearly the charming way they did. This really is a charming book but I would caution against some of the advice they give - not so much because it's bad advice per se but because anything can be taken to the extreme. For example: they recommend pairing up an unpleasant task with something you enjoy - like having a glass of wine while you make dinner. But if I had a glass of wine with every task I disliked, I might be drunk all day sometimes. And I've tried to "get the whole family involved with making supper", like the book suggests, before. Disaster. Instead of the kids just complaining about what was before them at the supper table, they now got to complain about the making of supper.

While I wholeheartedly agree with the you-have-to-put-your-own-oxygen-mask-on-yourself-first rule, it's also wise to remember that Jesus never put Himself first and He is our ultimate role model. Mind you, He did steal away by Himself to pray.






I'm having a draw on February 12th, 2015 for a copy of this book. Leave a comment below to get your name in the draw. Good luck!

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