Wednesday, 13 May 2026

Two Minutes & 99p


Have you ever tried to explain something really important in just two minutes?

That was the challenge offered to me at a recent Kingdom Story Writers event.


 Here’s what I said. …


My whole heart is to help people to heal, so it’s been a great privilege to write ‘Healing Life’s Wounds’.

It’s a self-help book with a difference - and the difference is Jesus.

We sit here as a community of the Walking Wounded. Because we all carry hidden emotional wounds.

Someone once said to me, “As long as I’m alright on the inside, everything’s alright on the outside, even when it’s not”. This book will help you to feel ‘alright on the inside’.

It looks at the very simple teachings of Jesus and shows how to live into the statements which often seem like reprimands but are actually invitations:

Don’t worry. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be angry. Forgive others. Lay your burdens down. etc …

 

‘Healing Life’s Wounds’ will give you an understanding of why your mind and body reacts in the way that it does, and will help you to soften and process those reactions.

It will guide you through a simple step-by-step framework that’s based on the teachings of Jesus, intertwined with insights from modern psychology and physiology, and drawing from 20 years of lived experience as a leader of healing retreats.

The book addresses forgiveness, fear, anger, pain, worry, and the stories we tell ourselves. And it will teach you how to find acceptance and healing, so you become ‘alright on the inside’.

It’s simple, accessible, and written for people of any faith or none.

‘Healing Life’s Wounds’ is a life-changing read - I know that because people are telling me so.



Has that sold it to you?

Have you looked at it yet?

I'd love you to read it.

Or better still come and explore it on retreat with me.


It’s now at no 45 in the Amazon rankings for Christian Spirituality!!

Pick up a copy here. … or wherever you usually buy books.


If you're a fan of e-books, it's 99p on Kindle during Mental Health Awareness Week

 

 

Saturday, 2 May 2026

Help your mental health - for just 99p!



For Mental Health Awareness Week, May 11th-17th, 

Healing Life's Wounds will be just 99p on Kindle!


Whether you’re struggling massively, or simply aware that you are not as at peace as you’d like to be, Healing Life’s Wounds was written for you. I had you in mind when I wrote it. It’s a simple, easy read, based on all I’ve learned through 20 years of leading healing retreats.

It will walk you gently through the tensions in your mind, the strange sensations in your body, and the negative stories you tell yourself. It will show you how to let go of hurts that have wounded you. And it will help you to forgive. And a whole lot more.

 It’s a self-help book with a difference. And the difference is Jesus. It’s not heavy with scripture, but it looks at some of Jesus’ simple teachings and will help you to actually live into them. Teachings like - Don’t worry. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be angry. Forgive others. … and more - behaviours that sound like great ideas, if only you could do them. Healing Life’s Wounds will gently show you how. It’s for anyone, whether or not you have a faith.

 Already, two readers have told me that it pulled them back from the brink of suicide. Even if your thoughts are not that troubled, this book can help you to feel happier. It’s a book to come back to, again and again.

 

Check out the reviews and pick up a copy: your mental health will thank you.


And if you’d like to have some personal support from me   ...

I’ll be down in East Sussex, leading a gentle Healing Life’s Wounds Retreat, in August. It's almost fully booked: there is just one place left, and you can find more information on the Penhurst Retreat Centre website. I’d love to help you to help yourself take steps towards improved mental wellbeing.