Feeling Stuck: Understanding and Undoing Our Emotional Self-Sabotage

by Paul C. Maxwell

Emotions are difficult for us. They are ours and in that sense feel as though they should bend to our wills; yet they are beyond us in that they often disobey. They do more than they reveal. Our hearts. Our circumstances. Sometimes emotions assert themselves because they are valuable, slapping us in the “You feel this way. Stop pretending you don’t.” Sometimes we take their difficulty as a sign of “Do what you feel.” Other times, we wrestle furiously with them. “Don’t do it. You want to, but don’t.”

What do we do with our emotions? Do they have anything to do with God? And how can we survive day-to-day when we often feel at the mercy of these inescapable realities that paint our lives with both brilliance and destruction?

TABLE OF

1. Stuck Feeling Afraid
2. Stuck Feeling Overwhelmed
3. Stuck Feeling Embarrassed
4. Stuck Feeling Impatient
5. Stuck Feeling Apathetic
6. Stuck Feeling Jealous
7. Stuck Feeling Cynical
8. Stuck Feeling Anxious
9. Stuck Feeling Greedy

106 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 28, 2017

About the author

Paul C. Maxwell (Ph.D.) writes on theology, trauma, and fitness. After teaching philosophy in Chicago for 3 years, Paul became a consultant for mental health organizations in the greater Indianapolis area.

Reviews

[Shelby Pletcher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like a tight hug or a gentle guide to the shore of hope. Very thankful for this resource as an aspiring church counselor.