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In Need of Rest? Here are A Few Key Strategies to Quickly Bring Calm & Decrease Stress
Life is busy. With stressors, schedules, and demands. Take a moment for yourself, friend, to pause & slow down for a moment. Take a moment to rest. Here are a few simple but key strategies to bring calm and decrease stress: First- Get out in nature. Take a walk or hike. While you are outside, take notice of what’s around you. Find beauty to enjoy, like beautiful flowers, flowing water or streams, green trees. Listen to the sounds of nature. Focus on your breathing- Take slow breaths in and out to calm and relax you. Focus on the breathing out especially as that activates your parasympathetic system, initiating relaxation and…
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Amber J. Parker Podcast Interview on Trauma, Triggers, & EMDR Released!
I had the privilege of speaking on The Room To Bloom Podcast with Julie Rebboah, the host, about trauma, triggers, & EMDR therapy. You can listen to the episode “Overcoming Trauma & Triggers with EMDR Therapy” anywhere you get your podcasts. To go directly to listen to the podcast, click one of the links below depending on your preferred listening platform: Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/room-to-bloom/id1733546964?i=1000662640787 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5MNc94oIVmLEgX8375iCRG?si=kGYgz3ICQryqQI5Y8wZ2BQ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/84835a12-ece1-4d43-a187-635c59fac6c1/episodes/562e0d36-2e93-46b8-bc13-7c222f43b0a7/room-to-bloom-overcoming-trauma-triggers-with-emdr-therapy?ref=dm_sh_7Oo63JoeEzvbT2zXghF5f3gNT I hope you are blessed by our conversation, friends. Feel free to share with a friend who comes to mind as you listen. Be blessed! -Amber
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Shop Debut: Beautiful Truth Design Launches Today!
Well friends, my shop just launched publicly today.http://Beautifultruthdesign.com is my online shop for Choose Joy In the Midst. You will find truth-infused merchandise to empower and encourage you today in the midst of your battle. This store and the items in it have been on my heart and in the works for over a year. It is so exciting to finally share it with you. Go directly to http://Beautifultruthdesign.com to order your empowering and truth-infused items today! Don’t wait. To have truth to set your mind on when life is hard is incredibly important to keep persevering. Mugs, journals, and other key items with words of truth on them have…
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Manuscript Update- Over 42,000 words written. Why? Because Reader, you matter.
Writing a manuscript on a subject you have lived out… & choosing to share vulnerably out of your pain and story for your readers to feel seen and find transformation & gain the resources they need… in their battle against trauma and su*icidality for their loved one… is not for the faint of heart. Caregiving for mental health crisis is a sacred and difficult fight. I’m 42,199 words in. I’ve been putting countless hours into it. Last weekend I spent 5 and 1/2 hours editing and reworking Chapter 1. I spent a couple hours the day prior to that reading over and having fresh inspiration for parts of the Introduction…
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Thank You for Voting & Here’s The Winner of the Starbucks Gift Card!
Thank you everyone for voting in the Final Book Cover Poll- of the TOP 2 Designs for “Battle Forged & Battle Ready”! *Scroll down for the winner of the Starbucks drawing.* 85 Responses were recorded, and there was a *CLEAR* design that won! 🙌 Stay tuned for the winner because I’ll be revealing the winning design mid-July. Hop on my newsletter HERE to not miss finding out which design won and to receive content focused on empowering you in your battles! Thank you also for all your feedback and insight on the different covers. It was very valuable and helpful to hear from so many people’s perspectives. And now- for…
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Top 2 Final Book Cover Design Poll- for Amber J. Parker’s Book
This week of July 1st is the vote for the top 2 final designs on my book cover from last week’s poll! Make sure to read my words at the end of this article as well. There’s a drawing for a $10 Starbucks gift card for those who vote and are on my email newsletter. To be entered, read the directions. Last week I revealed the book title: “Battle Forged & Battle Ready”, and you voted on 8 designs. Thank you so much to everyone who voted on the designs and gave feedback. Your insight, opinions, and voting were extremely valuable. It was very close between both of these cover…
- Bible, Bible teaching, Choose Joy In the Midst, Faith, Life Battles, Life Storms, Lisa Harper, spiritual warfare, Truth
Meeting Lisa Harper & Stepping Out In Faith
The last 8 days have been hard and filled with spiritual attacks and difficulties. They have also had God’s gracious blessings and leading as well. Read more about both below. First, I want to share the ending… I was at a conference this week and was blessed to meet and talk with Lisa Harper. I even got a picture with her and got to give her my business card for Choose Joy In the Midst and speak on hard topics, to include my upcoming book. If you are not familiar— Lisa Harper is a strong believer in Jesus, a theologian, speaker, author, and she doesn’t take herself too seriously. She…
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Amber J. Parker’s Book Title Reveal & Book Design Poll- Vote Today!
Hi friends, my book title is: “Battle Forged & Battle Ready”. It is a book to help the primary caregiver of trauma & suicidality navigate the chaos and turmoil of mental health crisis so they can live with improved strength, hope, and resilience. It comes out of our own personal story of my caregiving for my husband through combat trauma and worsening mental crisis. We were in a fight for his life. This book is the one I wished I had back then, and so I am writing it for you, reader, as you fight your own battle for the life of your loved one. I’ve been busy working on…
- Anxiety, Bible, Caregiving, Coping strategies, Faith, Fear, Focusing on Truth, Overcome anxiety & worry, positive self-talk, Prayer, Pursuing health and wholeness, spirit of fear, Trauma
How to Deal With Fear and Anxiety Part 2- Focus on Powerful Truth
I learned how to do life with fear alongside.Not leading the way, not overtaking me… but fear in its’ proper place- as a tool to give information, and as an emotion to acknowledge. In caregiving for my child with a life-threatening diagnosis, I clung to the powerful truth found in 2 Timothy 1:7 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” I prayed it. I told God I didn’t want the spirit of fear and asked Him to help me have His power, His love, His sound mind. It wasn’t a one and done conversation. It was…
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- Anxiety, Anxiety tips and tricks, Caregiving, Coping strategies, Fear, how to decrease fear, Medical diagnosis, Mental Health, PTSD, Pursuing health and wholeness, Trauma, Truth
How to Deal With Fear & Anxiety Part 1- Do Life With Fear Alongside
Fear and anxiety can be ever present with us, but I learned a powerful truth about fear as I walked thru caregiving for a life-threatening diagnosis for my child. I have a powerful truth for you to hold onto in the midst of difficulty and fear. Grab these 2 free powerful printables- just for you- 2 FREE 8.5 x 11 Printables- To Empower & Encourage You. You will also get on my email newsletter which you don’t want to miss. Stick around to see part 2 of Fear & Anxiety. I learned how to live life with fear alongside.And it was empowering & life-changing for me. “Live life with fear…
