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Backed by science and filled with encouragement, Dr. Saundra’s books reveal how to rest and show you how to experience more energy, joy, and fulfillment in everyday life.
Staying busy is easy. Staying well rested-now 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.
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From the first devotion, I found myself in deeper relationship with the Lord and pouring out my heart and tears to Him. The words ``come empty`` were driving me to hold nothing back as I worked through the journaling activities and prayed through the Scriptures.
~ Christine Abraham
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The reader can go in sequence or use the topical index to pinpoint the areas of your deepest pain. I recommend this book to every woman.
~ M Fitzgerald
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Come Empty is more of a devotional and journal than a standard non-fiction book for Christians. The author challenges her readers to roll-up their emotional sleeves and invite the Lord into the empty, broken, and painful crevices of our hearts.
~ Gospel Scribe
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This book is removing the bandage and as I go my healing will be revealed. I encourage anyone who truly wants to be free to buy this book or gift it to someone who needs to taste and see the Lord is good.
~ D. Freeman
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Dr. Dalton-Smith touched my heart like no author has done before. It brought tears to my eyes, but a wave of refreshment as well.
~ Barb
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One of the best, most helpful books I have ever read. Author Saundra Dalton-Smith could have written this about my life! I have felt ``stuck`` for a long time. And that is what the author addresses in her book. If you are spiritually thirsty, stuck and can't find a way out, depressed, overwhelmed, uncertain what God wants you to do next...this book is for you.
~ Angela Davis
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The world pressures us to do. God invites us to be. In this freeing book, Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith speaks to all of us who hold back because we fear vulnerability or rejection. Using her background as a physician, spiritual mentor, and coach, Dr. Saundra helps us bridge the disconnect between the wanting to express our true selves and the beliefs that keep us in fear-based living.
Structured with the option to be used as part of a 21-day fast, Being Fully Known blends Scripture, science, and story to offer insights into how we can:
- discover where we naturally fit rather than forcing ourselves to fit in
- embrace the fullness of our identity apart from our assumed roles
- overcome mental barriers that cause us to seek accomplishment over contentment
- reconnect with the courage to live into what God sees in us
- experience greater joy in our relationships, career, and creative expression
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In Being Fully Known, the author offers a deeply personal and theologically rich exploration of what it means to be truly seen, loved, and transformed by God.
~ Krista Pettiford
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I found the practical application & daily unveiling exercises to be helpful as I work to become what I behold God to be. I now realize that only through belonging in God's abundant blessings in every aspect of my life will I find my sacred work & my true place of belonging to God & with others.
~ Donna L Garrett
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Dr. Dalton-Smith beautifully weaves biblical wisdom with real-life application, providing a refreshing and necessary perspective on what it means to behold, become, and belong.
~ Jamie L Core
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Wow, Fully known is such a Powerful tool to aid in who God called us to be and walk in wholeness. Its full of revelation, insight & God's love for us. You'll find yourself and freedom within its pages.
~ Grace to Overcome
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I believe our greatest desire to be loved is fulfilled through being heard, seen and fully known. Oh how we long for that. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith knows this need in women’s lives and writes about it to encourage others because she has lived it.
~ Heidemarie Erika McLaughlin
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The relatable narratives, scriptural truths, and practical insights far exceeded my expectations. Themes of being set apart, embracing my multi-faceted calling, and fully stepping into my identity resonated deeply.
~ Stephanie
Book of the Year . Golden Scroll Award . Illumination Book Award .
When a water vessel is filled with dirt and stones, it cannot be used to quench a thirst. But, when this vessel is emptied, there is an opportunity to fill it until it overflows with fresh, cool, life-giving water. Water that quenches. Refreshes. Soothes.
Our souls are the same: filled with fear, doubt, and disappointment. Running over with unanswered prayers and lingering questions. When we empty the mess of our lives in the presence of God, we’re offered an invitation to come. An invitation that allows us to come empty – so that we can be filled until we overflow.
Come Empty – Pour Out Life’s Hurts and Receive God’s Healing Love guides you through fifty days of experiencing the fullness of God’s love and His ability to overcome life’s hurts. Each day, you will receive assurance of God’s presence in your difficult situations. Each devotion gives new vision and perspective when you’re hindered by emotional blind spots, and leads you to experience God’s peace and wholeness. When His invitation is accepted, He will set your captive mind and heart free to live fully by His grace. The question is not if you will get an invitation. The question is, will you come?
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I enjoyed this book so much, and found it so helpful, that I bought copies for friends for Christmas. I wasn't really sure what to expect but, being busy and tired during the Christmas season, the title caught my eye. It proved to be much more than I was expecting!
~ Deb Foster
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This book has some life changing suggestions on what rest is and why it’s important. It really made me think about how I’m using my time and the effects it’s having on my life. I did the 30 day challenge and plan to keep working on these!
~ Arlene
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I really like this book.<br /> This topic is a hot one today and we all feel the need for more rest and healthy rest.<br /> I appreciate her honesty as a doctor and mom in her vulnerable sharing and truthful biblical explanations.
~ Marla
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This book has helped me in more ways than I can count. It reaffirms choices I've already made - when to say ``no`` to people, to circumstances, to my need to organize certain areas of my life. It agrees with my choice to let go and roll my burdens and stresses over on God.
~ Suzanne D Williams
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When something is really amazing, you almost don’t have many words. That is how I feel about the information in this book. I cannot describe how impactful this information has been for me.
~ Alicia C
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Sacred Rest is for those who are exhausted from doing life at break-neck speed and needing to shift down the gears to the level of ``Being`` in life! I know too often I am so focused on ``doing`` that I forget how to be okay with ``being`` in life. God calls us to ``be still and know that I am God.`` Dr.Saundra Dalton-Smith captures the essence of how to Be in life in the midst of the chaos that surrounds us daily.
~ Carol Larson
EEW Magazine’s Book of the Year . Editor’s Choice by Called Magazine
Imagine life with unlimited possibility, where fear, misconceptions, and insecurities don’t have the power to rob us of our potential or our dreams.
In Set Free to Live Free, Saundra Dalton-Smith shows women how to break free from seven mental ties that hold them back, including striving for perfection, comparing themselves to others, all-or-nothing attitudes, and more.
Through case studies and inspirational writing, she encourages women to embrace spontaneity, be transparent, nurture their bodies, and cultivate a balanced life.
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I absolutely loved reading her insights of topics like Envy, Image, and Balance. What women does deal with all of this and more?
~ Laurie Jeron
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I loved this book! It is one that I will keep & use as a reference from time to time. I would recommend this book to everyone!!
~ Ethel
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Set Free to Live Free is just that freedom from all the lies we as woman have become comfortable with through the years. It is an awesome book written in such a way it is almost like talking with a dear friend.
~ Mrs. Bailey
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Every human being should read this book. I know that’s radical but we’ve ALL lived lies without our knowledge and we need to find truth. Who hasn’t lied to themselves about perfection, envy, their image, life balance, emotions, control and more?
~ Heidemarie Erika McLaughlin
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I was at a place where I needed to free myself of decades of junky thinking. I'm not even sure how I came across this title, but after reading the reviews, I bought my first copy. Be prepared to take time to read and work through the book. You'll need time to think and pray.
~ Mike
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Really helps you to view yourself the way God views you and gives you a prescription to heal from the mental lies and ties that bind us and leave us stuck in life. Enjoyed very much.
~ C. Caslake
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REAL TALK. REAL SOLUTIONS. LONG OVERDUE.
Many conversations are happening at home and in church about difficult and timely topics–but when it comes to race, too many Christians are silent. It’s time to speak up. But where do we start?
Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith and Lori Stanley Roeleveld enter a transparent and open dialogue about race, privilege, bias, and discrimination.
As you witness the real-time provess of meaningful discussion, you’ll see how these women model healthy conersations–giving voice to pain without blame, expressing anger without ridicule, and asking questions without guilt.
These pages are filled with vulnerable personal stories, biblical teaching, conversation starters, and practical next steps. By the end, you too will be equipped to have your own colorful conversations, and find your place in healing the racial divide and bringing together the body of Christ.
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Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith and Lori Stanley Roeleveld take the issue of race and, with incredible wisdom and surgical precision, bring together all of the different dynamics and weave them into a balanced, biblical solution.
~ Isaac Pitre, president of II Kings Global Network and IPM Ministries, and author of Divine DNA
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If you only read one book this year, make it this one! . . . Colorful Connections will give you the tools to make a lasting impact on the racial relationships of future generations
~ Carol Kent, speaker, founder and executive director of Speak Up Conference, and author of When I Lay My Isaac Down
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This is a powerful book for such a time as this.<br /> I thought we had made substantial progress in race relations since the 1960’s but I was wrong. This book opened my eyes to how much work is yet needed and how the church must be at the forefront of change
~ Suzanne E Montgomery
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In our current culture, this is a conversation that each of us must engage in, educate ourselves about, and seek to understand our brothers and sisters in Christ better
~ Reda Smith
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I wish every high school, post-secondary school, and religious institution would carry this book in their libraries.
~ Rachael M. Colby
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Wonderful, vulnerable, thought-provoking, poignant book. As the authors intended, I literally felt invited into a private conversation between two women, as they processed our racial divide.
~ Patricia Butler