Debora M. Coty - Too Blessed to Be Stressed: Inspiration for Climbing Out of Lifes Stress-Pool

Dealing with unrealistic expectations and with that stun-gunned-in-the-forehead kind of stress? Too Blessed to Be Stressed is a fun-filled read overflowing with insights and practical tips. Perfectly delicious for living happily ever after!

Rhonda Rhea, www.RhondaRhea.org
Bestselling author of Whatsoever Things Are Lovely

Debs new book, Too Blessed to Be Stressed, will have you laughing so hard youll wonder what it was you were stressed about in the first place. Debbies humorous take on life, her clever way with words, and her well-honed skill of bringing the reader into her zany world is worth four times the price of this book. They say you cant buy happiness, but you can sure buy a couple hundred pages of laughs, and theyre right here!

Martha Bolton

Emmy-nominated writer and author of over eighty books, including

Didnt My Skin Used to Fit? and

The Whole Worlds Changing and Im Too Hot to Care

Too Blessed to Be Stressed, Debora Cotys delightful collection of wit and humor, is written in Cotys distinctive style and humorous approach to the stresses of our daily lives. An inspiring read that leaves you laughing, crying, and truly blessed.

Ruth Carmichael Ellinger

Award-winning author of the Wildrose Inspirational series

Deb Coty has a way of drawing you in and making you feel as if youre swapping stories with your best friend. Shes a gifted writer who understands womanhood in all its pain and glory. Too Blessed to Be Stressed invites readers to embrace Gods grace as they cope with life and its sticky messes.

Suzanne Woods Fisher

Bestselling author of The Choice and

Amish Peace: Simple Wisdom for a Complicated World

2011 by Debora M. Coty
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To the godly women in my life who have taught me,
by example, how to handle stress: my mother,
Adele Rogers Mitchell; sister, Cindy Hardee; and daughter,
Christina Ruth, my namesake and best friend, who reminds
me daily that my blessings far outweigh my stressings.

So girl, are you feeling the pulse throb in your temples as the spike in blood pressure melts your earrings? Are you as busy as the proverbial one-armed wallpaper hanger? Is frenzy too tame a word for the hair-ripping, hand-trembling anxiety that keeps your heart in a vise and your humor imprisoned by the joy-sucking dully-funks?

Welcome to the slightly frazzled sisterhood that shares your distress about stress. With the hectic lifestyles we lead in these unpredictable times, we just cant seem to avoid worrying about choking finances, impossible schedules, unstable health issues, or a myriad of other stressors that steal our peace.

My goal in writing Too Blessed to Be Stressed is to help you rejuvenate your desperate heart by discovering simple-to-implement, practical ways to attain that peace we all crave. The peace that passes all understanding. The amazing, empowering peace that enables us to actually feel blessed in the delirium of the fray.

Together, lets learn creative coping techniques and calm our fretful spirits through bite-sized, digestible doses of the Bread of Life. Maybe a hunk of Godiva, too!

Above all, I want to remind you how to laugh. A real, honest-to-goodness, gurgling-from-the-guts giggle. The kind that acts as a catalyst to release the joy of the Lord in your soul and color your future with hope for a better tomorrow.

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones (Proverbs 17:22 NIV). Cmon, sister, open wide and lets take our medicine!

Love,
Deb

Good judgment comes from
bad experiences and a lot of that
comes from bad judgment.
U NKNOWN

The Lord said, I will go with
you and give you peace.
E XODUS 33:14 CEV

Kick back a moment and take this revealing trueorfalse stress test for women:

T F I am frequently grumpy and I dont know why.

T F I used to enjoy cooking, but now its only a necessary chore.

T F I dont feel appreciated for all the tasks that I do.