Sacred Rest, Dr. Saundra DaltonSmith
Sacred Rest, Dr. Saundra DaltonSmith
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Sacred Rest
Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity

Author: Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith

Narrator: Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith

Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Faith Words

Published: 12/19/2017

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Staying busy is easy. Staying well rested-now there's a challenge.

How can you keep your energy, happiness, creativity, and relationships fresh and thriving in the midst of never-ending family demands, career pressures, and the stress of everyday life? In Sacred Rest, Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, a board-certified internal medicine doctor, reveals why rest can no longer remain optional.

Dr. Dalton-Smith shares seven types of rest she has found lacking in the lives of those she encounters in her clinical practice and research-physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, sensory, social, creative-and why a deficiency in any one of these types of rest can have unfavorable effects on your health, happiness, relationships, creativity, and productivity. Sacred Rest combines the science of rest, the spirituality of rest, the gifts of rest, and the resulting fruit of rest. It shows rest as something sacred, valuable, and worthy of our respect.
By combining scientific research with personal stories, spiritual insight, and practical next steps, Sacred Rest gives the weary permission to embrace rest, set boundaries, and seek sanctuary without any guilt, shame, or fear.

About Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith

Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is a board-certified internal medicine physician, work-life integration researcher, and the author of the successful book Sacred Rest. She shows high achievers how to optimize their time and effort without sacrificing their happiness and relationships both personally and professionally.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carrie on January 21, 2018

Lots of truth here and an approach that I hadn’t thought of before. One point that really changed the way I see the concept of resting is her assertion that sleep is not the same thing as rest. In fact, we all know that sometimes sleep isn’t restful at all. In order to find true rest, we need to refr......more

Goodreads review by Pat on January 17, 2024

This book would have been an easy 3 or maybe even 4 stars if the evangelical Christian garbage was replaced with actual medical science. I was flabbergasted by the sheer concentration of religious claims given that the author is a practicing medical doctor who claims that rest is “the best-kept secr......more

Goodreads review by Kav on January 19, 2018

An eye-opening look at what rest really means. And it's not just getting adequate sleep. In fact, Dr. Dalton-Smith is quick to point out that sleep is not the same thing as rest. You could sleep eight hours a day and never feel rested. "A well-rested life is a secret hidden in plain sight. It is a li......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on December 07, 2017

An amazing book filled with encouragement and ways to help renew your life with God's rest. We all have busy lives at times and staying rested is vital to our mental, physical and spiritual welfare. This book is wonderful to give as a gift, too. I received a copy of this book from the author and thi......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on August 12, 2023

Some good tidbits on resting as a total person and resting in the particular area we are burnt out in. I like how she separated rest into several areas: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social, sensory, and creative. A good book to read to encourage living a more rested life and reminds one t......more


Quotes

"Once you get a taste of a well-rested life, nothing else will satisfy." That quote is a nibble of the masterpiece you will feast on in Saundra-Dalton Smith's book SACRED REST. Through a well-balanced weaving of her life's stories, substantiated research, and inspired selection of Scriptures, Saundra has created a perfect mix for challenging each reader to find their place of rest. I highly recommend this book as it's chock full of practical tips and you'll want to buy ten more for your family and friends, or use it for a book club or Bible Study."—Heidi McLaughlin, international speaker and author of Restless for More, Sand to Pearls, and Beauty Unleashed

"Dr. Dalton-Smith has redefined the word REST! In a world with constant "Cerebral Background Noise" you need this book to learn how to set up rest boundaries for you and your family. I love her assessments for the reader to see where there might be a need for more rest, not just in sleep, but in the area of mental, spiritual and CREATIVE rest! I learned so much in this book, I look forward to sharing it with ALL my patients." —Dr. Angie Welikala, CEO, Founder of Healing Agents International. HealingAgents.org