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Sacred Rest

Staying busy is easy. Staying well rested- 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.

My Personal Thoughts and Review:

When you think of “rest”, what comes to your mind? Sleep, taking it easy, vacations? Yep, me too! However, in this wonderful look into Sacred Rest, Dr. Dalton-Smith opened my eyes to so many other ways that we need to find rest. When I first saw the title of this book I immediately thought that this book was something I would be interested in and when I dove deeper into it, I knew that it was meant for this exact time in my life.

As a working and homeschooling mom, my days, weeks and months are filled with busy and sometimes overwhelming days. With the word “rest” nowhere to be found. Late nights and many early mornings keep this girl struggling to find the right balance in many things. The Physical rest is often what we think of when we say we need more, but in this book, the author opened my eyes to so much more “rest” that I was in need of.

In Sacred Rest, Dr. Dalton-Smith covers seven different types of rest including physical, mental, emotional, social, sensory, creative and spiritual. As she covers each of these types of rest she offers some insightful information backing each topic and practical advice for those of us that need to find a work-rest balance. Something that I crave these days, how about you guys?

If you are anything like I was, you may look over those seven types of rest and think to yourself that the only one that applies to you is the physical rest or maybe mental if you’ve had a hard day. But let me tell you, friends, that is exactly what I thought before taking the quizzes in the book for each of the types of rest. I was shocked to discover how much I related to not two, not three, but four of them!

I really enjoyed Dr. Dalton-Smith’s wisdom and her insight on these seven kinds of rest and the stories she shared within the chapters of each. Not only did I learn so much about myself on a whole new level, I now have some practical guidance from a faith-based perspective to help me along the way to finding my rest in these areas. I hope to put them to use as I continue to work toward finding just that right balance in my life.

If you are feeling “tired” or drained in many areas of your life I would highly recommend this book as one to pick up. The author has a smooth and easy to read style that will help guide you along through the chapters as you discover all the ways we could be needing more rest.

About the Author:

Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is an author, speaker, and board-certified physician. She has an active medical practice in Alabama (near the Birmingham area). She received her B.S. in Biochemistry at the University of Georgia and graduated with honors from Meharry Medical College in Nashville. She has been an adjunct faculty member at Baker College and Davenport University in Michigan teaching courses on health, nutrition, and disease progression. Dr. Dalton-Smith is a national and international media resource on the mind, body, spirit connection and has been featured in Women’s Day, Redbook, and First For Women magazine. She is the author of “Set Free to Live” and “Come Empty” (winner 2016 Golden Scroll Nonfiction Book of the Year and 2016 Illumination Award Gold medalist). She is a member of the Christian Medical and Dental Association and a repeat keynote speaker at their annual gathering. She has shared her tips on merging faith and medicine with over 16,000 health care professionals to encourage the current and next generation of doctors to treat the whole person.

Find out more about Saundra at http://ichoosemybestlife.com.

Keri Bucci

I am a southern girl through and through that loves to laugh, cook, read and spend time with family. My passions outside of home schooling my son are ministering to those in need and creating art in the kitchen! Every day is an adventure in our little house and I wouldn’t trade it or the chance to share here with you for anything!

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