Managing Stress with the Help of Your Catholic Faith

Experiencing stress can be frustrating, upsetting, or downright debilitating.  Managing it, however, can provide a new source of energy, accomplishment - and everyday application of the Faith. Managing Stress with the Help of Your Catholic Faith helps readers confront, understand, and overcome challenges. Through the teachings and Traditions of the Church, it explores the causes of stress, explains ways to identify personal stress triggers, and delivers realistic, helpful tools for coping. Written for individuals and support groups, this practical resource covers:

• A better understanding of stress and human suffering
• Innovative ways to break the cyclical nature of stress
• Discovering the stress-reducing impact of receiving Christ in the Eucharist and the Sacrament of Reconciliation
• Finding comfort and release in prayer
• Taking an outside perspective to avoid stress-induced selfishness

Mary Lou Rosien has written for Canticle Magazine, Catholic Digest, and Catholic Parent and penned Mother's Arms: Embracing Christian Motherhood by Living Through Mary's Example.  Her expertise in tackling stress stems from her success as a social worker, coach, and mother of several disabled children.