Philip Eley

I live in Paignton, Devon where I’m married with three children and a dog. Me and my dog walk daily on the beach. The same beach, but it’s different every day. I used to travel a lot and wanted to see as much of the world as possible. I thought contentment lay in seeing as much as possible. These days I prefer seeing as deeply as possible.

I was brought up in a small village in Scotland. Nature was everywhere. On one side of the road was a large forest. On the other side I could look over the farmer’s fields down to the sea. I was in awe of nature from a young age. It took me longer to find God. When we moved to London, nature was harder to find but it was always there, hidden in the cracks. I’ve known times when God has been harder to find too, but its often nature that brings me back.

I’m the Wellbeing Lead of a charity, plus helping lead a small church. I work for LiNX Christian Youth Trust, as their Wellbeing Lead. It’s a Schools-work charity in Torbay. Our mission is ‘Enabling Torbay Young People to reach their full Potential.’ Increasingly, this has meant helping them with their emotional wellbeing through one-to-one listening and small group work on anxiety, sleep and self-esteem. In addition, we deliver emotional first-aid courses.

My favourite things to write about are wellbeing, nature and spirituality. Each book I’ve written has come out of my own personal discipleship. They are normally born through struggle. They are attempts to know God authentically, honestly and deeply. For me, this involves research and reading, but also a lot of reflection and soul-searching. I read, I walk, I reflect, I pray, then I write. There are no easy answers in the world of wellbeing, and it’s something that has to be approached with rawness and honesty. I wasn’t expecting to need this honesty when I started reflecting on how to know God more deeply through the natural world. But, when I started exploring this topic, it was a strangely unexplored area, which I had to approach as a way for me to grow, and then hope that resonated with others. Which is perhaps the best way to approach writing any book.

I started developing the ideas in ‘Wild Bible – Wild Church’ as a way to help my church respond to nature and God differently. My central thought was that although people recognise that nature is a revelation of God, people haven’t fully explored what that means. Inevitably, it is my own discipleship which has changed the most, and every nature walk is a Bible Study, a prayer Walk and a way to learn more about God.

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God In The Garden
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A year of weekly Bible reflections that follow the seasons and changes of the gardener's year. The perfect gift for gardener's, organic food growers, families with allotments and fans of our Wild Worship series. Philip's weekly devotions help to encourage consistent devotional time - outside with God and deepening a spiritual relationship. God in the Garden includes reflection questions, practical tips, advice and space for journaling.

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First Aid Kit For Feelings - The Blob Tree
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A first-aid approach to mental health using the Blob Trees and ideal as a resource for schools and youth clubs.The Blob Trees are the best loved and most widely-used resource in youth work and informal education. These adaptable characters help people to self-reflect, open up and put words to their struggles. The Blob Trees are both fun and serious, and people can find breakthroughs without even knowing that they are looking.Now the Blobs are on hand to help people understand their own emotional health. The authors have had years of experience in delivering emotional health training to teachers and students, in large groups, small groups and one-to-ones. The reflections and sessions in this book can transform people's understanding of their own emotional health. As people work through these topics, on their own or in groups, they can develop a first-aid kit for feelings which they can use as a first response when emotions become difficult.

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Be Comforted
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Years of helping people with their mental and emotional health have taught Philip Eley that there are no quick fixes and there are no solutions which work for everyone. He presents here an empathic, realistic approach to mental health and what the Bible has to say on the subject. Be Comforted is a meditation on the seven stages of grief, detailing how the Bible can help us in each of these stages. The author shows how the Bible addresses mental health with a whole rainbow of approaches. There’s a place for positive thinking but also for trusting God with our difficulties and engaging with more complicated and nuanced references, such as laments, times when God hides his face, writers who wrestled with God and expressed their negative emotions.

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Youth Work Resource
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Do you ever need that perfect resource for your youth group to make things happen? Do you ever find yourself pushed for time? This book is packed full of material which can be grabbed at the last minute to transform a difficult group into an engaged group. The games and talk sheets in this book are all designed to be user friendly for busy youth workers. They will encourage deeper conversation, encourage young people to open up and support each other, and most of all they are good fun!

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From Chatting To Really Talking
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It is essential for young people's emotional, social and spiritual development to talk about themselves, and yet they are receiving ever fewer opportunities to really talk. Family life is often too busy, schools at times can be very focused on the next round of exams, social gatherings are full of noise and activity, and even church can seem like a place where people ask how you are but don't really want an answer.Using images, statistics, questions and ideas, Philip Eley draws on over twenty years' experience in youth work to present this useful resource for youth workers who want to help young people to really talk.

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