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An Exhausted Faith
What If the Struggle Isn't Spiritual?
What If Your Exhausted Faith Isn’t A Spiritual Struggle?
AN EXHAUSTED FAITH is a compassionate conversation for anyone who has grown weary from the demands of a try-harder faith. What is your exhaustion trying to tell you? As you read, you'll discover practical, nervous system-informed insights and practices for nurturing a more peaceful faith and life. Faith was never meant to be exhausting.
An Exhausted Faith is the gentle, validating deep breath our weary faith communities have been crying out for. For anyone who has ever felt too weary to pray, too triggered to sit in a pew, or too fragmented to feel loved, this book is an invitation to finally come home to your body and your Creator. –Rev. Christine Youn Hung, DMin, Assistant District Superintendent, Northern California District Church of the Nazarene
An Exhausted Faith is one of those books I needed in my life during the season I was asking, “Why does this hurt so much?” Now, this well-penned gift can be yours, a cozy reminder that it’s ok to struggle – there’s not something wrong with you, and you can feel whole again. -–Rebekah Drumsta, MA, Consultant and Survivor Advocate, Author, Founder of Religious Trauma Network
For those of us raised in fundamentalist Christian households An Exhausted Faith provides a gateway to healing from the religious trauma we may have experienced. – Darcia Narvaez, PhD, University of Notre Dame, author of Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom
An Exhausted Faith helps us understand that science and spirituality are not at odds, but beautifully interconnected. The invitation is not to try harder, but to experience safety, regulation, and relationship, within ourselves and with God. – Ginger Healy, MSW, LCSW, Author and Speaker, National Center for Youth Issues, Program Director for the Attachment & Trauma Network
Author Janyne McConnaughey
Janyne McConnaughey, Ph.D., nationally known trauma-informed author & advocate builds on her forty-year career in teaching, teacher education, and an expertise in early childhood development to help educators, caregivers, and church ministry leaders understand and apply trauma-informed practices. She is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who began her healing journey at the age of sixty-one. Realizing healing was possible for survivors, Janyne authored the Brave Series, three psychoeducational memoirs describing the effects of childhood trauma and the paths to healing. Her most recent book, Trauma in the Pews: The Impact on Faith and Spiritual Practices provides a trauma-informed, sensitive, and responsive paradigm shift for churches and ministry leaders. Janyne’s passion is encouraging other survivors of childhood trauma to seek healing. She is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tabor College (Masters in Education: Neuroscience & Trauma) and serves as Board President for the Attachment & Trauma Network (ATN). She is a frequent speaker for mental health organizations, survivor groups, schools, churches, and other faith-related organizations. Janyne, her husband Scott, and rescue dog Weber live south of Seattle and enjoy spending time with their children and grandchildren.