Companion to Bestselling Book Offers a Practical & Biblical Approach to Fighting Back Against Anxiety & Depression
‘Finding Rest’ Guiding Workbook by Jonathon M. Seidl helps individuals better understand themselves, God and the tools to combat mental health disorders
DALLAS (Feb. 3, 2023) – Jonathon M. Seidl, author of the bestselling book “Finding Rest,” invites anyone affected by mental health disorders to join him on an action-based, thought-provoking and therapeutic journey to find peace, hope and healing in the new companion resource, “Finding Rest: An Invitation to Go Deeper” (Kregel Publications, Feb. 21, 2023).
The “Finding Rest” Guiding Workbook walks through each chapter of Seidl’s original book — “Finding Rest: Navigating the Valleys of Anxiety, Faith, and Life” — which chronicles Seidl’s personal journey while providing practical, scripturally-based insight into mental health disorders. That book immediately hit No. 1 on numerous Amazon bestseller category lists when it released in September 2021 and became a Top 100 bestselling book on all of Amazon. It is endorsed by leaders such as actor and producer Kirk Cameron, author Dr. Kathy Koch, pastor and The Gospel Coalition member Afshin Ziafat, and licensed professional counselor Michael Dawson, and has received praise from readers around the world who testify to how it has changed their lives.
Full of compelling new stories, scriptural truths and humor from Seidl – a guide who’s still in the process of overcoming crippling anxiety, life-altering OCD, and suicidal thoughts – the “Finding Rest” Guiding Workbook challenges readers to dive deep and answer tough questions as they consider how their struggles can be used for their good and God’s glory.
“This isn’t your normal stare-into-your-coffee-cup-and-smile type of resource. It’s meant to challenge you. It’s meant to push you. It’s meant to grow you,” writes Seidl. “I haven’t overcome in the past tense, but I am overcoming in the present tense. I’m journeying right along with you. In other words, I’m working on everything in this workbook right along with you. When I challenge you, I’m challenging myself as well. And I’m never going to ask you to do something I’m not willing to do.”
Mental health disorders have increased following the COVID-19 pandemic, and those within the Church are not immune. A 2022 Lifeway Research study found that 54% of the pastors said they “have known at least one church member who has been diagnosed with a severe mental illness such as clinical depression, bipolar or schizophrenia.” Further, 26% of pastors said they have personally struggled with some type of mental illness.
The “Finding Rest” Guiding Workbook not only gives those struggling helpful insight but also provides a lifeline for friends and family who long for ways to help relieve the suffering of their loved ones as well as thoughtful, needed paths for leaders in the Church and the general body of Christ to become a refuge of hope for the anxious.
“If you’re a friend or family member, you can be used by God. If you’re an anxiety sufferer, God can use others to help you, and He can use you to help others understand how He is at work amid your mental health struggles. It’s a beautiful, multifaceted story that shows us exactly how God can work,” Seidl writes.
“Finding Rest: An Invitation to Go Deeper” provides original content and key takeaways, Scripture, prayer prompts, introspective questions and plenty of space for journaling. Each chapter also links to exclusive chapter intro videos from Seidl via a QR code. The “Finding Rest” Guiding Workbook is intended to be done on an individual and personal level, or in a small-group setting.
The forward is written by Christian anxiety and OCD counselor Justin K. Hughes, MA, LPC.
“The ‘Finding Rest’ Guiding Workbook is on the front lines of a shifting epoch in history and the church,” Hughes writes. “Jon Seidl provides a call to action—led by personal example—to see and address mental health as part of the journey of what it means for Christians to love God with their whole heart, soul, mind, and strength.”
For more information, visit findrestnow.com.
About Jonathon M. Seidl
Jon Seidl is the founder and president of The Veritas Creative, a digital media consulting and content creation firm. For over a decade he has been telling stories. He’s written over 6,000 of them, first after helping start a top-50 news site, then as the editor-in-chief of the popular non-profit, I Am Second, and also created and oversaw Kirk Cameron’s media venture, TheCourage. Seidl’s passion is to help people with mental health struggles, while also sharing what he’s learned telling stories for—and working with—some of the media’s biggest names and organizations, including Glenn Beck, Kirk Cameron, and Chip and Joanna Gaines. He graduated with a degree in politics, philosophy, and economics from The King’s College in New York City and currently resides in Dallas, with his wife and two children.
