Refresh Your Heart, Soul, Mind, and Spirit
For women leaders who often overlook their own needs, these Scripture-based meditations in Soul Spa: Spiritual Therapy for Women in Leadership (978-1-59669-269-5, New Hope Publishers, $12.99) offer a place of nourishing heart, mind, and soul with transforming application for daily life.
“Women in leadership often provide care and nourishment for everyone but themselves,” says Jane Bishop, North American Mission Board trainer of missionaries. “Soul Spa gently invites the reader to engage in a daily ‘time-out’ to feed her soul. The conversational style of the book engages the reader quickly. It is simple, practical, and relevant. This book is a must-have for any woman in leadership.”
Points of interest:
• Content is based on this Christian leader’s own experiences with sustaining self-care with other-care.
• Book has five main sections addressing the Christian woman leader’s self-care: heart, soul, mind, and strength and relationships; including the woman’s physical being, spirit, intellect, and relationships.
• Daily meditations prompt pause and self-assessment.
• The added benefit for women who are of a journaling mind-set is that each day’s reflective thought will have a journaling prompt from which she can springboard to deeper reflections on the topic for the day.
• Multipurpose use: the individual reader; or a group of women who read and meet at intervals for discussion, and even conclude with a retreat following the 11 weeks of self-study and journaling.
Bonus material includes facilitator suggestions for group discussion, as well as plans for a women’s retreat. For a woman who is always busy caring for others, Soul Spa is welcome therapy that will leave her refreshed and thriving.
About the Author
Valued for her experience and expertise, Joyce A. Mitchell serves as the staff Leadership Development Team leader for a 1 million-member nonprofit organization where she coaches approximately 95 employees in their personal and professional development. Facilitating individual and team development with national-level staff, she is also responsible for the implementation of multiple training events for members held across the United States. Joyce readily admits that she has been leading teams, some successful and some not, for more than 30 years.
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