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Try Softer
Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us Out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode--And Into a Life of Connection and Joy | Aundi Kolber
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In the wise and soulful tradition of teachers like Shauna Niequist and Brene Brown, therapist Aundi Kolber debuts with Try Softer, helping us align our mind, body, and soul to live the life God created for us. In a world that preaches a "try harder" gospel--just keep going, keep hustling, keep pretending we're all fine--we're left exhausted, overwhelmed, and so numb to our lives. If we're honest, we've been overfunctioning for so long, we can't even imagine another way. How else will things get done? How else will we survive? It doesn't have to be this way. Aundi Kolber believes that we don't have to white-knuckle our way through life. In her debut book, Try Softer, she'll show us how God specifically designed our bodies and minds to work together to process our stories and work through obstacles. Through the latest psychology, practical clinical exercises, and her own personal story, Aundi equips and empowers us to connect us to our truest self and truly live. This is the "try softer" life. In Try Softer, you'll learn how to: Know and set emotional and relational boundaries Make sense of the difficult experiences you've had Identify your attachment style--and how that affects your relationships today Move through emotions rather than get stuck by them Grow in self-compassion and talk back to your inner critic Trying softer is sacred work. And while it won't be perfect or easy, it will be worth it. Because this is what we were made for: a living, breathing, moving, feeling, connected, beautifully incarnational life.
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sarahgreatlove
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One of the most helpful books I‘ve come across on anxiety. It‘s given language to a lot of things I experience daily. I‘ll be buying the workbook and trying to implement and work on many of the things in this book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Erin.Elizabeth10
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Y‘all. This book was so good. Like, so good. I would recommend it so strongly! I‘m already planning on gifting it to a friend for Christmas! I‘ve been wanting to read it for a while, and I‘m so glad I finally was able to.

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CRR
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Good book. I thought I would like the second half application more than the first half background but it turned out the other way around. I personally liked the first half more and felt the second half lost my attention. The applications didn‘t fit well to my and so I started checking our. The whole thing was good, the first half was amazing, but the second half for me was so-so. Still a pick.

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BitchinBooks
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Snippets:

“You are the sky. Everything else- it‘s just the weather. “ ~ Perma Chodron

“It‘s important that we honor our stories, and it‘s vital that we understand and have compassion for the biological responses our bodies now have because of the stories.”

“Research confirms that we will likely project whatever attachment styles we adopt from our caregivers onto our relationship with God.”

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Moonglotexas
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In “Try Softer”, Aundi Kolber challenges us to change the rhythms of our lives from hustle and rush to a gentler pace, one of mindfulness and compassion.

It is broken into two parts, the first is called “The Process of Becoming” in which Aundi breaks down how we form our relationships....[read more]

https://moonglotexas.com/2020/01/06/book-review-try-softer-by-aundi-kolber/