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It's Not Your Fault You're Stressed

    It's Not Your Fault You're Stressed

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      Do you ever feel it's all got a bit too much? No matter how hard you work, you feel you haven't done enough and it's your fault?Anyone in a position of leadership is likely to have felt like this a... Read more

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        Barcode: 9781848677593

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        John Cox

        John Cox

        Since ordination, nearly 40 years ago, John has been a parish priest; Senior Selection Secretary at Church House, Westminster; Director of Ordinands, and Canon at Southwark Cathedral.

        Description: It's Not Your Fault You're Stressed

        Do you ever feel it's all got a bit too much? No matter how hard you work, you feel you haven't done enough and it's your fault?

        Anyone in a position of leadership is likely to have felt like this at some time. If the feelings persist and become worse, pressure can lead to stress, breakdown and burnout, an illness every bit as real as physical illness, only more hidden and more difficult to admit to.

        Speaking from his experience of leadership in the church, John Cox tackles the subject of stress - related depression in this guide to basic principles about how to stay healthy as a leader and how to offer healthy leadership. Drawing on some of the acknowledged and researched ideas of the experts, he puts those ideas into the context of the Christian faith and of people we meet in the Bible.

        Contents

        About the author

        Introduction

        Chapter 1: How are you feeling?
        What kind of illness?
        Physical self
        Emotional, thinking self
        Spiritual self
        Social self

        Chapter 2: A matter of time
        Great if you are feeling fine
        But what if you are not?
        Pressures of time
        Time is elastic
        Blame
        Working harder and harder
        Love yourself and have a break
        How do you spend your time?

        Chapter 3: A little help from your friends
        Receiving the call
        Excuses
        The stressed leader and his work consultant
        The game of 'But'
        Handing over and letting go

        Chapter 4: Getting personal
        Relationship
        Not everyone loves you
        I, It, You and Thou
        Tricky things, relationships
        Longing to be loved
        Having favourites can still be fair
        The relationship with yourself
        Peter
        Three strenghs, three vulnerabilities
        Undermining fear
        Failure
        Inflated fear
        On your feet

        Chapter 5: But I tell you...
        Be good at receiving
        Guilty is good
        Be not perfect
        Thank God for a crisis

        Chapter 6: I am a worm and no man
        Sophie's tale
        Charlie's story
        The search for approval
        The fear of blame
        Compensatory ploys
        Change of heart
        Recovering the 'old' you
        A proper self-love
        We all need GOBs

        Chapter 7: The good leader - the good shepherd
        Old fashioned
        The sheherd in the Bible
        Leaders as sheperds
        God as shepherd
        The Good Shepherd
        Six points to think about:
        Openness
        Recognition
        Guide
        Catalyst
        Self-giving
        Vision

        Chapter 8: The ABC for healthy leader

        Healthy letters
        Letters to avoid
        Conclusion



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