Why Did God Give Us Emotions? A Biblical Perspective on What Science Has Discovered About Emotions

includes index and biblioraphy

Chapter 1: The mystery of emotions .....1 The elephant nature of emotions .......2 Are some emotions good and others bad ........4 Don`t just read experience .......5 Recommended activities .......7 Chapter 2: The subjective side of emotions ......9 Your inner and outer worlds ......10 Emotions and motivation ......11 Emotions, experience and understanding ......12 Recommended activities ........16 Chapter 3: The physical side of emotions ....21 The brain as a symphony of activity ......22 The emotional part of the brain ......25 The fight or flight response .......27 Emotions and communication .....30 The role of medications with emotional problems ......31 Recommended activities .....32 Chapter 4: Being a wise steward of your body .......35 Being a wine steward of your body .......36 Sabbath rent ......39 Managing emotions: During times of high stress ......41 Recommended activities ......43 Chapter 5: The mental side of emotions ........51 The cognitive model of emotions .......52 How beliefs affect your interpretations of events ........54 How habits affect your interpretation of events .......57 The father of lies .....60 The truth will set you free ......61 Recommended activities .....62 Chapter 6: Core beliefs ......69 Core beliefs ......71 The need for self-examination ........83 Recommended activities .....84 Chapter 7: The window of the soul ........91 Become comfortable with not knowing ......92 What does spiritual mean .....94 Your soul and spirit .....95 Separation from god ......99 How emotions reveal your true spiritual condition .....100 Recommended activities .....103 Chapter 8: Emotions and god`s will for you ........109 Why is understanding my purpose important .....110 Three aspects of god`s will ......111 The problem with looking at god`s individual will as a specific, detailed plan .......114 God`s moral will is his individual will for you ......115 How emotions fit into god`s plan .....119 Recommended ctivities .......123 Chapter 9: How god speaks to you .......125 Five things that prevent you from hearing god .......126 Ways in which god speaks to you ......132 A word of warning .....136 Recommended activities .....136 Chapter 10: Emotions that come out of the blue ........139 Conditional emotional responses .....140 Identifying conditional emotional responses ....143 Looking at the whole elephant .....144 What`s happening, What `s real ......147 If it`s not broken, it doesn`t need fixing .......151 Recommended activities .....152 Chapter 11: Emotions that are taboo .........157 What causes an emotion to become unacceptable .....158 The problem with hiding from your emotions .....160 How to identify times when taboo emotions are being suppressed .....162 Adding a spiritual dimension .....169 Suggestions for when disturbing memories surface ....171 You don`t need to do this on your own ......174 Recommended activities ......174 Chapter 12: True emotional healing .....179 Six steps for managing emotions effectively ......185 Recommended activities .....188