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| Publication Date: 16 Aug 2018 |
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| Publisher: SPCK Publishing |
| Words: 40000 |
| Page Count: 160 |
| Author: Rachael Newham |
| ISBN-13: 9780281078080, 9780281078097 |
Learning to Breathe
My Journey With Mental Illness
Learning to Breathe by Rachael Newham is a practical handbook and personal account of her depression and suicidal thoughts written to raise awareness of mental illness and advise those in pastoral roles.
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Rachael Newham (Author)
Rachael Newham is Mental Health Friendly Church Project Coordinator at Kintsugi Hope and the founder of Christian mental health charity, ThinkTwice. She is the author of Learning to Breathe (2018) and contributed to Hope Rising 365, a devotional for teenage girls. She writes and speaks nationally about mental health and faith and is a regular columnist for Premier Youth and Children's Work magazine.
Rachael Newham is Mental Health Friendly Church Project Coordinator at Kintsugi Hope and the founder of Christian mental health charity, ThinkTwice. She is the author of Learning to Breathe (2018) and contributed to Hope Rising 365, a devotional for teenage girls. She writes and speaks nationally about mental health and faith and is a regular columnist for Premier Youth and Children's Work magazine.
Learning to Breathe is a companion I would recommend for any Christian who is struggling with the desolation of mental illness. Woven with the threads of her tears and God's love for her, this is a truly precious read.
Depression is something that is unique to each person in their experience, yet overwhelmingly familiar in the telling. Here, I have read so much of my own panic, fear and pain as I journeyed through Rachael's life. It is a beautifully written, hope filled tale, that is informative, encouraging and easy to read for those whose brains feel lost in that familiar fog of despair. It highlights God's love and gentleness in the pain and gently points to the fact that recovery can mean many things, it doesn't always mean everything is 100% bliss and peace.
This is an unflinchingly honest account of an epic struggle with severe depression. Interwoven with biblical and psychological reflections, Rachael’s story is testament to God’s faithfulness, the love of her family and friends and her own breath-taking courage.
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It begins slowly, so slowly that I hardly notice at first. My chest tightens and my heart begins to beat a fraction faster. I try to draw breath, but instead I choke on oxygen I can’t inhale. As I realise that I can’t breathe, the panic wraps itself around my mind.
I can’t make myself draw a breath.
Rachael was aged just six when she had her first suicidal thought. Over the next decade, life would become increasingly fraught with depression and self-harm, and her outlook only bleaker. Before her eighteenth birthday, Rachael would twice try to take her own life.
And yet amidst this darkness, a flicker of faith lived on.
This is Rachael’s story of her journey into, and out of, the darkness of depression. With unflinching realism and complete honesty, she shows us what it looks like to live with mental illness, and how God can find us and rescue us even in the most desperate of places.
I can’t make myself draw a breath.
Rachael was aged just six when she had her first suicidal thought. Over the next decade, life would become increasingly fraught with depression and self-harm, and her outlook only bleaker. Before her eighteenth birthday, Rachael would twice try to take her own life.
And yet amidst this darkness, a flicker of faith lived on.
This is Rachael’s story of her journey into, and out of, the darkness of depression. With unflinching realism and complete honesty, she shows us what it looks like to live with mental illness, and how God can find us and rescue us even in the most desperate of places.
Author
Rachael Newham (Author)
Rachael Newham is Mental Health Friendly Church Project Coordinator at Kintsugi Hope and the founder of Christian mental health charity, ThinkTwice. She is the author of Learning to Breathe (2018) and contributed to Hope Rising 365, a devotional for teenage girls. She writes and speaks nationally about mental health and faith and is a regular columnist for Premier Youth and Children's Work magazine.
Rachael Newham is Mental Health Friendly Church Project Coordinator at Kintsugi Hope and the founder of Christian mental health charity, ThinkTwice. She is the author of Learning to Breathe (2018) and contributed to Hope Rising 365, a devotional for teenage girls. She writes and speaks nationally about mental health and faith and is a regular columnist for Premier Youth and Children's Work magazine.
Reviews
Learning to Breathe is a companion I would recommend for any Christian who is struggling with the desolation of mental illness. Woven with the threads of her tears and God's love for her, this is a truly precious read.
Depression is something that is unique to each person in their experience, yet overwhelmingly familiar in the telling. Here, I have read so much of my own panic, fear and pain as I journeyed through Rachael's life. It is a beautifully written, hope filled tale, that is informative, encouraging and easy to read for those whose brains feel lost in that familiar fog of despair. It highlights God's love and gentleness in the pain and gently points to the fact that recovery can mean many things, it doesn't always mean everything is 100% bliss and peace.
This is an unflinchingly honest account of an epic struggle with severe depression. Interwoven with biblical and psychological reflections, Rachael’s story is testament to God’s faithfulness, the love of her family and friends and her own breath-taking courage.
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I can’t make myself draw a breath.
Rachael was aged just six when she had her first suicidal thought. Over the next decade, life would become increasingly fraught with depression and self-harm, and her outlook only bleaker. Before her eighteenth birthday, Rachael would twice try to take her own life.
And yet amidst this darkness, a flicker of faith lived on.
This is Rachael’s story of her journey into, and out of, the darkness of depression. With unflinching realism and complete honesty, she shows us what it looks like to live with mental illness, and how God can find us and rescue us even in the most desperate of places.