Creating Calm in the Center of Crazy: Making Room for Your Soul in an Overcrowded Life

by Nicole Johnson Narrated by Michelle Lasley

Overview

Are you working harder than ever but feel like you're accomplishing less?

Does your morning routine make chickens running around headless look sane?

Is your deepest sense of calm found in the bathroom with the door locked?

Do you check social media more than five times per day? Per hour?

Author, speaker, and actor Nicole Johnson knows what it's like to feel as if you're drowning in crazy. When she couldn't catch her breath or stay awake long enough to talk with her husband, let alone God, she sought to find new ways of “being” in her life. Creating Calm in the Center of Crazy is a voice of possibility and peace for women seeking to find a calm spiritual center in a crazy, runaway world. As a wife and mom of young children herself, Nicole recognized that life had become out of control. And, with the help of a crisis, she started her journey to create the very calm she was craving.

Nicole's voice is authentic, humorous, and practical, and at the same time deeply spiritual and real. She brings rich storytelling together with her desire to find calm, and in the process discovers a deeper faith. Her personal story grounds the book as she abandons mere tips and tricks (and the empty promises of time saving apps), to explore new practices - like creating a room of her own, setting technology boundaries, rediscovering the spiritual disciplines of quiet and still (they're not bad words) - and then extending those practices to provide a safer, stronger refuge for calm to dwell.

Nicole's journey is shared with relatable stories, insightful help, and practical ideas that explore the inner life of a recovering crazy busy woman finding her way to calm and a deeper relationship with God.

Editorial Reviews

Dr. Henry Cloud

Nicole has the ability to enter tough places and connect us to light and hope. Thanks, Nicole, for doing it again.

Dr. Neil Clark Warren

Nicole is unbelievably funny, incredibly familiar with her own unconscious (and everybody else’s), and has the rare talent of making you want to read every word she writes. It’s unusual to find this kind of wit with this much brilliant psychological insight.

Sheila Walsh

I love the promise of this book. We are all familiar with the crazy pace of life. What a gift to be guided to the calm.

MD Curt Thompson

Nicole deftly reveals what brokenness looks and feels like, and with humor and vulnerability, invites us to walk with her through the necessary, painful, and ultimately liberating steps toward wholeness and joy. If a truly more integrated life is what you are looking for, this is the place to start.

Angela Thomas Pharr

In her new book, my dear friend Nicole bravely shares her journey, draws a map we can use, and hands us the keys. If you’ve ever thought something has to change in your crazy life, this book will be your guide.

Coauthors and Cofounders of Hope Heals Jay and Katherine Wolf

Nicole is not only one of the best communicators we know, she’s also one of the most winsome and wise friends we have. Witnessing her journey has profoundly changed our lives, and this book will no doubt change yours too.

Doree Donaldson

With unusual candor, humor, and insight, Nicole shows women how to experience inner peace, joy, and sanity in the “center of their crazy.” She offers practical tools for finding calm and thriving amid a chaotic schedule, home life, and career.

Actor and Director pepper Sweeney

In a world wrought by distraction and busyness, Nicole offers an easy to follow pathway that will lead you to a more focused and calm life. No matter what your life looks like now, it will be enriched by the reading of these pages.

Laurie Polich Short

During the first few pages of Nicole’s book, you will laugh knowingly and look around sheepishly. Then she will take you on a journey to recover your own soul. Her book is a gift.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940175240642
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	03/14/2023
Edition description:	Unabridged

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