{"id":4123,"date":"2013-04-10T00:49:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T00:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/?p=4123"},"modified":"2013-04-09T22:42:32","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T22:42:32","slug":"author-angie-breidenbach-the-strength-of-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/new-book-release\/author-angie-breidenbach-the-strength-of-no","title":{"rendered":"Author Angela Breidenbach & the Strength of No!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My guest today is Author Angela Breidenbach. Her publisher is offering a giveaway of her new release A Healing Heart: Quilts of Love series.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/em>So be sure to leave a comment. Angela<\/span> shares something that I think plagues most women–how to handle the load of responsibilities we carry. Here’s Angela’s take:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Strength is in \u201cNo!\u201d<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\u00a0As a workaholic, I\u2019ve struggled most of my adult life to balance family and work.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Recently the Fourth Commandment convicted me. Take a Sabbath? But I have so much to do! The Holy Spirit went to work. Could I follow nine of the ten? Ouch! I took it to prayer, \u201cI am so sorry, Lord! Help me to honor all of your commands and write them on my heart.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

I found out a really good reason for my struggles after taking a test from the book, Strengths Finder 2.0<\/em> online. <\/strong><\/h3>\n

God hardwired me with a combination of talents, experiences, and personality traits that create the perfect storm for workaholism\u2014if they\u2019re distorted. We humans distort every good thing God meant for our good, don\u2019t we?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0The book helped me to understand my top five strengths and how they can also be a weakness. Not in any order: Achiever, Learner, Context, Futuristic, and Strategic. Looking at those words, can you already make some assumptions?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Getting educated, not only my strengths but how they can be misused, helped me understand how to better balance my life. <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Because I love to learn new things and am an over-achiever and have a strategic brain, I often struggle with turning it all off. I\u2019m constantly energized by new ideas I want to research and then strategically put into action\u2014right now. A lot of people see this as a wish list, the level of productivity. But like Mara Keegan in my new release, A Healing Heart, I have to be intentional about time with friends and family. She gets such a sense of satisfaction related to her sense of achievement that it interferes with her personal relationships. Can you tell I wrote that part of me into her?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have I beat workaholism? Not completely. <\/strong><\/h3>\n

I\u2019m a work in progress, pun intended. Anything can be misused, even a gift from God, according to 1 Corinthians 6: 12 (NIV), \u201cI have the right to do anything,\u201d you say\u2014but not everything is beneficial. \u201cI have the right to do anything\u201d\u2014but I will not be mastered by anything…\u201d Think about some of our cultures super stars. Some guidelines help me appreciate the strengths God wired me with and protect me from misusing those gifts and traits.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0What do you do if you have these strengths that easily slip into sinful workaholism?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Here\u2019s what I\u2019m working on:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Learn to say, \u201cNo!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Schedule time in your calendar for relationships. Really. Grab your day timer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Focus on how what you do affect others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. When the underside of a trait becomes evident take it immediately to prayer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

5. Give a friend permission to speak the truth in love.<\/strong><\/p>\n

6. Be transparent. Don\u2019t hide your struggle.<\/strong><\/p>\n

7. Share God\u2019s blessings by sharing work. Don\u2019t steal a blessing from someone else.”–Angela<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Thanks, Angela for sharing so openly. With this amount of commitment, I’m sure with God’s help you will conquer your workaholism.”–Lyn
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About Angela’s Book:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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To puchase, click here. A Healing Heart: Quilts of Love Series<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

Mara Keegan is an uber-successful mother and a widow of three years. She’s been chasing success and all the “good things in life” for her family to make up for the cruel whim God played on them by taking her husband. In an effort to be the perfect mom, she decides to make a photo memory quilt, a graduation present for her daughter, Cadence. <\/strong> She\u2019s not yet finished when she experiences a heart attack. While Mara recuperates, she revisits the choices she’s made that led to this physically and spiritually broken heart. The memory quilt must be finished in time for Cadence’s big day, but Mara struggles with her burgeoning feelings for the man who must keep Mara’s business going during her recovery, Joel Ryan. Can Joel find his way into Mara’s heart and onto Cadence’s quilt?<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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BIO:\u00a0\u00a0 Angela Breidenbach is a speaker, coach, and author of A Healing Heart, April 2013 from Abingdon Press in the Quilts of Love series. She is certified in mentor\/peer counseling as a CTA life coach, as a Stephen Minister, and a weight loss\/nutrition coach. Angela serves as an assisting minister (worship\/prayer leader) for her congregation in Missoula, MT. http:\/\/www.AngelaBreidenbach.com<\/wbr><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Twitter: @AngBreidenbach<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>Facebook Page: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AngelaBreidenbachInspirationalSpeakerAuthor<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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