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Review of 'The Self-Care Devotional' for Holistic Health · Health with Hashimoto’s - Thyroid or Immune Education for Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

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  Welcome to a bonus episode of the Health with Hashimoto's podcast.
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  On these bonus episodes, I like to do a book review.
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  And for any book that I give a positive rating for, you will find an affiliate
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  link down below in the show notes to purchase the book.
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  But of course, you can always go to your local library and check it out there.
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  I'm a big fan of the library and all that you can learn through there.
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  The book review I have for you today is a delightful tiny little little book.
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  It is, when I say tiny, it's small.
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  It's only seven and a half inches by six inches. Like it's small.
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  It's small enough to fit in your bag or wherever you are on the go, or just keep with you.
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  It is called The Self-Care Devotional.
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  And the subtitle is 180 Days of Calming Comfort from God's Word.
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  I really like this book. And it is not specifically about health.
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  It's not going to talk to you about Hashimoto's. It's not going to talk to you
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  about autoimmune health.
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  It's not really going to talk to you about health at all. But as you know,
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  from listening to this podcast for, you know, many episodes,
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  you are a whole person, body, mind, spirit, diet, environment,
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  and each one of those aspects of you impacts the whole.
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  And that's why this book is such a great little tool for your overall holistic health toolbox.
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  I'm going to read to you a little bit from the introduction so you can see how
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  this book also looks at the whole and will help you in It says this.
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  You is essential so you can love others well.
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  Perfection isn't the goal, but living with passion and purpose is.
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  Let God speak to you through the pages of this book, helping you find the right
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  balance in every area of your life.
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  Let Him help you prioritize each day so you're set up for His rich blessings.
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  Invite Him into your plans and ideas, expectant for the Lord's goodness to strengthen
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  you for what's ahead, and then watch as you find joy, rest, and peace in His presence.
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  Trusting God in these ways will provide a much-needed stability to your body, soul, and mind.
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  Friend, there is no earthly self-care routine that comes close to a God-care reality.
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  Isn't that just a beautiful introduction? And the book itself is beautiful too.
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  It's got little plant artwork.
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  And although I am not a fantastic plant mom, I do love seeing plants like growing,
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  thriving, and I don't know, there's just something beautiful about it.
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  So I really enjoyed this book.
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  Every single page is one day. And like I said, it's a short or it's a small book.
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  So you know know that each page is not going to take you very long. Each day's reading.
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  Each day has a title, of course.
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  It has a Bible verse, a short little devotional or thought about it, and then a prayer.
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  Now, I like written prayers sometimes because I feel like I kind of get stuck in a rut.
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  Sometimes I'm talking to God about everything and anything, and other times I'm stuck in a rut.
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  And I like to to have a written prayer to go off of.
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  Whether I internalize it and actually pray it or not, I find that I really like them.
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  So I recommend this book. Let me give you an example of one of my favorite days.
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  And the day I chose, it's about rest and trust.
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  But there's a lot of topics covered. Like day one is reasons to care about yourself.
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  Another one is how to pray instead of worry.
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  Another is your thoughts matter. I talk about that a lot here at home,
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  on the road with my kids. I talk about it some on the podcast.
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  Another day called the antidote to discouragement. And sometimes we really need
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  that, especially in February.
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  It is, I know it's not the darkest month, right around, you know,
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  December 21st. That's the darkest time.
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  But by February, I feel like like that darkness of winter is just catching up
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  to us and we're so ready for spring.
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  So I feel like that chapter, it's page 26.
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  It's a great fit for mid-February. And if you get the book right when it comes
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  out at the beginning of February, you're going to be ready for that antidote to discouragement.
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  Here's my favorite page. It's my favorite one because when we have an autoimmune
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  problem, we need to focus on rest.
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  We need to let our bodies heal. We need to let our immune systems get back online.
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  And one of the ways that we can facilitate that is by lowering our stress,
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  increasing our rest, and knowing that we can trust in something greater than us.
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  And that is God. So here is the example. It's called Rest and Truly Trust.
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  It is on page 182, so it's way towards the end.
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  The Bible passage is from a translation I have never heard of.
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  I don't know anything about this translation.
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  It definitely sounds more like a paraphrase translation to me,
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  but it is Psalm 28, verse 7 from The Voice translation. And it says this.
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  Then the devotional reads like this, Too often, our hearts grow weary and our
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  bones get tired because we rely on ourselves too much.
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  While we're extraordinary women capable of conquering many giants,
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  we are severely limited by our human condition.
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  And each time we decide to play God in our lives, we are eventually left lacking and exhausted.
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  We aren't designed to navigate this life without the Lord's presence.
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  Scripture tells us that God is our source. No matter what we need,
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  He is our divine supplier, liar, a promise God takes very seriously.
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  Be it strength, wisdom, hope, peace, joy, perspective, or guidance,
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  when we choose to rest in Him and trust His love, help will arrive.
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  We can lift our voice in praise for His goodness because when we ask,
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  He will restore our balance and set us on a healthy path forward.
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  And then it closes with this prayer. Dear God, help me to choose rest and truly
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  trust in you to be my source of all good things.
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  I know that when I do, help will come. Thank you for loving me so well. Amen.
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  Now I want to add a caveat, and I've talked about this in other book reviews.
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  I am not a prosperity person.
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  There is a whole, I would say, like non-biblical branch of the Christian movement.
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  And they teach that if you do the right things, good things will happen. And that is not true.
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  I do not believe that there is like a magical prayer that you can say and God
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  will say, oh, she said the right words. So here's the answer.
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  Like God is not a genie in a bottle.
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  I don't believe that we can say the right things and, you know,
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  health and help will come.
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  But God God promises that He is our help in times of trouble and He will deliver us.
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  Deliverance just doesn't always look like we expect.
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  When you go through this book, which I highly recommend that you do,
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  I am not guaranteeing that you're going to see, you know, the exact changes
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  in your health and in your life because that's not what we're promised.
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  But what we are promised is that we can rest in God. We can abide in Him.
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  He is our help. help. He is our source of help when we are in trouble.
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  And a lot of times we need to be reminded of that. So I do recommend the self-care
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  devotional. It's just a tiny little book. You can fit it in your bag.
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  You can put it on your bed stand, on your nightside stand. You can put it on the back of your toilet.
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  That is a place, now that we have phones, I don't read as much like a real book.
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  But man, when I was growing up, we always had a book or two on the back of the
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  toilet it because you needed something to do while you were in there,
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  this would be a great thing for a daily reading spot, wherever that is.
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  If it's in your bag while you are, you know, on your out and about,
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  or whether it's by your bed, or whether it's in the bathroom,
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  or whether you give this as a gift, The Self-Care Devotional is a great little book.
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  It is available for pre-order right now wherever you order books,
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  and it comes out, you can have your copy in your hands late next next week, beginning of February.
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  So whenever you listen to this podcast episode, I hope you will check it out
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  if you feel like you could benefit from 180 days of calming comfort from God's word.
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  This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only.
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  Please be sure to discuss any concerns and plans with your trusted healthcare professional.
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  Music.