The Worry Free Life debuted on Amazon's Top 25 list this weekend upon its release. The book also ranked #1 on Amazon's weekend's Movers and Shakers list. Google the words worry and stress and you'll come up with over 300 million results. As compared with a Google search for the word Bible which gives you only 66 million results and poor Brad Pitt fetes just below 2 million results. Proving worry is quite a concern for most humans.
Even though the Proverbs teach us, "An anxious heart weighs a man down," and Jesus Himself tells Martha, "Martha, Martha, you're worried about many things," Christians and non-Christians alike tend to worry about health, family, marriage, money, jobs, the economy and terrorism to name a few.
Dr. Terence Sandbek, Co-author of The Worry Free Life, says, "People desperately want to live their lives with great passion and conviction. They seek answers from the Bible, pastors and even counselors, yet they are unable to find peace because of excessive worry and destructive emotions."
"In The Worry Free Life, you'll learn how to convert your negative thoughts to healthy ones -- and eliminate worry -- so you are free to live a life of love beyond anything you have ever imagined." he says.
Co-author with Dr. Sandbek is Patrick Philbrick. He adds, "Depression is now epidemic in the U.S. One of every three adults will have a serious bout of depression in their lifetime. We teach individuals the difference between destructive worry and healthy concern."
The book, The Worry Free Life grew out of Dr. Sandbek's and Patrick Philbrick's Renewing Your Mind life skills course which was a result of Dr. Sandbek's clinical psychology practice. In 1991 he trained Patrick, a nationally ranked sailplane pilot, in the performance enhancing skills of cognitive psychology.
When Patrick joined Green Valley Community Church in 2002, the pastor, Ken Burkey asked him to teach those same skills in their newly growing life skills classes. Pat's heart for this calling came out of some of his own struggles with depression, anxiety, and alcohol abuse.
Resulting was a dovetailing of the science of cognitive psychology and the teachings of Jesus Christ. The Renewing Your Mind course led the two authors to writing The Worry Free Life - opening up this transforming study to the masses.
Together, the authors want to help Christians and non-Christians alike to make room in their lives for more joy, peace, faith, happiness, and stronger relationships with God and others.
TOPICS/INTERVIEW IDEAS:
- Trapped in the Worry Cycle - How to pedal out of the Worry Cycle
- Your Problem is Not Your Problem (the worry behind it is)
- The Worry Free Holiday -- Five ways to enjoy a Worry Free Holiday
- Worry, the Road More Traveled
- Two Kinds of Happiness -- Big H (Happiness) vs. little h (happiness)
- Squelching the Negative Voice -- Top 20 lies of "the enemy"
- Stress- Can it really be managed?
- Tools for Tending the Garden of Your Mind
- Monster-sizing--something we tend to do such as "awfulizing" life events
- The Domino Effect
- Breaking Free from Your Past
- Ridding Yourself of Toxic Feelings
- Pulling Yourself Out of the Depression Pit
To purchase the book: www.theworryfreelife.com/book
There is also a Worry Free Life study guide for individual or small group study.
About the Authors:
Dr. Terence J. Sandbek
Dr. Sandbek, co-author of The Worry Free Life and the Renewing Your Mind course is a licensed clinical psychologist, a licensed marriage and family therapist and credentialed school psychologist. He works with people who suffer from many kinds of issues such as phobias, eating disorders, and depression. He is the author of the book, The Deadly Diet, addressing anorexia and bulimia.
He has a B. A. in mathematics from North Dakota State University, and an M. A. in psychology from Pepperdine University. At Fuller Theological Seminary, he received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology and an M. A. in theological studies. He completed a clinical clerkship at Orange County Medical Center and finished his clinical internships at Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento and Stockton State Hospital.
Dr. Sandbek has presented professional papers at most major psychological conventions and often speaks at colleges and universities. He has extensive experience with broadcast media and has appeared as an expert on widely recognized national shows. For ten years, he was the Director of Cognitive Therapy for Sierra Vista Hospital and has been on the medical staff at Heritage Oaks Hospital in Sacramento.
Dr. Sandbek is an avid reader when he is not searching for galaxies with his telescope. Having lived in Japan, he is a student of the martial arts and currently holds a brown belt in Aikido and a black belt in Shotokan karate.
Patrick W. Philbrick
Patrick delights in connecting with people. His passion for teaching Renewing Your Mind classes clearly shines through to the participants.
He became a flight instructor at the age of 19, having a passion for flying sailplanes since his first solo flight at the age of 14. He has risen to as high as third place in national competition. He holds a documented award for achieving a 1000 km un-motorized flight.
Patrick graduated from UCLA with a BA in English Literature. He loves to write and teach. He has published articles in Soaring Magazine on performance enhancement, and is the co-author of the curriculum for Renewing Your Mind and co-author of The Worry Free Life and its companion study guide.
Serving his church and community, Pat spends many hours teaching Renewing Your Mind classes.
Both authors come from northern California and are available for interviews individually or together.