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Make Sense of Your Story: Why Engaging Your Past with Kindness Changes Everything Paperback – March 4, 2025
In Make Sense of Your Story, trauma therapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker Adam Young helps you explore your personal story so you can understand how your experiences have shaped your brain--which, in turn, allows you to understand why your present day-to-day life looks and feels the way it does. He shows you how to confront and process the story of your family of origin, your sexual story, the story your body is telling you, your cultural story, your story with God, and more with kindness rather than judgment so that you can experience healing, self-acceptance, and release.
The secret to making sense of your present life is understanding your past experiences. And if you want to change the narrative, you have to engage your story.
- Print length256 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBaker Books
- Publication dateMarch 4, 2025
- ISBN-101540903753
- ISBN-13978-1540903754
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Do you sense something is broken or not working in your life? Despite reading the right books, attending healing conferences, perhaps even working with a good therapist, progress feels elusive. The problem is not that you lack the right information--it's that you need to engage your story.
In Make Sense of Your Story, trauma therapist Adam Young teaches you how to explore your personal story--to understand how your past experiences have shaped your brain, allowing you to make sense of why your present day-to-day life looks and feels the way it does. Sharing his own experiences, as well as the latest research into how our brains and bodies process memory, Young helps you adopt a posture of curiosity and kindness toward your own story so you can
· experience relationships where you don't feel the need to suppress your true self
· understand, express, and regulate your emotions
· bring your anger and disappointment to God and receive comfort
· find true connection with others
Engaging your story is the single most important thing you can do to experience healing and freedom. Are you ready to dig deep, see the truth your story reveals about you, and discover the different future you desire?
"Without a doubt, you will not be the same person you were when you began this book."--from the foreword by Dan Allender, author of The Wounded Heart
"Adam Young has become one of my favorite people to learn from. Make Sense of Your Story has the power to lead us into the whole and healed life we all long for. To do this work requires much of us, but we have a trusted and incredibly skilled guide in Adam. I can't recommend this book enough."--Rich Villodas, pastor of New Life Fellowship and author of The Narrow Path
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Product details
- Publisher : Baker Books (March 4, 2025)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1540903753
- ISBN-13 : 978-1540903754
- Item Weight : 1.11 pounds
- Best Sellers Rank: #113,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,470 in Christian Self Help
- #1,874 in Christian Personal Growth
- #4,116 in Christian Spiritual Growth (Books)
About the author
Adam Young is a therapist who focuses on trauma and abuse, and the host of "The Place We Find Ourselves" podcast. Adam is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with a Master degree in Social Work (Virginia Commonwealth University) and Divinity (Emory University). Adam is certified in EMDR, and serves as a Fellow with The Allender Center. He lives in Fort Collins, CO, where he enjoys mountain biking, skiing, and soccer.
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