Women and Their Emotions

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Summary: A practical guide on using our Emotions God's way.
Review: I have had the opportunity to teach a Women's Bible Study using this book twice before and may do it again this fall. Miriam Neff shows how each emotion we have is God given and for our benefit. However Satan has influenced man to use each emotion in a distructive way. Learning to know the difference and how to do things God's way is a tremendous benefit to all of us.

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Summary: Are You Tired of Hurting
Review: True love is putting the other person first, not just feeling emotions for him or her. ~Miriam Neff

Miriam Neff is a popular speaker and the author of numerous healing books. She believes you can change the way you feel by exploring hard-to-break habits, emotional wounds and pitfalls.

Why are women accused of being emotional, rather than rational?
How do you meet the challenges of day-to-day concerns?
How did you get to the numbness of despair?
How do you reign in emotions that are out of control?
Why do even spiritual people experience depression?

Even Jesus asked Peter: "Do you love me?" He asked it three times. So why does it hurt so much to ask someone if you are loved and get no response? Are we being emotionally abused or are we just asking the wrong people?

Miriam Neff became frustrated by books about women's emotions written by men and decided to write her own. As she states: "But that's not how it is!" She found herself questioning how well men understand women's emotions and believes women's life experiences are "incredibly" different from men's experiences.

While she explains how emotions are good and God-given, she also explains how emotions can be very intense for a woman and explores the possibility of becoming a victim of emotional tangles.

Through examples of women experiencing various emotions, Miriam leads you to a place of understanding. An analysis of your feelings can often lead to new discoveries. You might find you can take a feeling and turn it into a hobby. You could take anger and turn it into a walking routine. Through adapting, accepting and creating you can find more peace.

Miriam deals with Anger, Bitterness, Fear, Contentment, Loneliness, Love, Anxiety, Discouragement, Depression, Grief and Guilt. She takes a few love myths and shows you why love can be tainted by a belief in these myths. She also contrasts human love with higher love and shows why setting boundaries is approved by God himself.

"One of my toughest life-lessons in love is realizing that boundaries must exist." ~Miriam Neff

Some Highlights of this book include:

Tools for Healing Depression - a list of healing ways to move beyond depression.
Dealing with Loss and Death
Breaking Emotional Habits

Does God have a bottle of your tears in heaven? Do you feel your emotions are in a tangle? This book can help you see the reasons why a variety of emotions can lead to your own spiritual healing. I felt very healed after reading Miriam's book and I hope it will encourage you to find the peace your heart craves. If you feel very far away from God or feel that God has forgotten about you, you might even find yourself comforted by the scriptures in this book. If there is a hurricane of emotions swirling inside you, this book can bring healing, renewed hope and a longing for a deeper connection with your creator.

~TheRebeccaReview.com