About this episode
The episode discusses societal anxiety and strategies for resilience with various guests.
Here at The Bulletin, our summer programming is underway and we’re re-airing our best segments around a theme. This week: Clarissa sits down with author Sara Billups to unpack our collective societal anxiety and how to navigate it in our daily lives. Sheila Wise Rowe chats with Mike and Russell about managing pressure as a ministry leader and Steve Cuss explains healthy ways to handle workplace stress. REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE: Nervous Systems: Spiritual Practices to Calm Anxiety in Your Body, the Church, and Politics by Sara Billups Healing Leadership Trauma by Sheila Wise Rowe and Nicholas Rowe Being Human with Steve Cuss GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Join the conversation at our Substack. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Sara Billups is a Seattle-based writer and cultural commentator whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Christianity Today, Aspen Ideas, and others. Sara writes Bitter Scroll, a monthly Substack letter and co-hosts the podcast That’s the Spirit. She earned a Doctor of Ministry in the Sacred Art of Writing at the Peterson Center for the Christian Imagination at Western Theological Seminary…
People in this episode
Host: Clarissa
Guests: Sara Billups, Sheila Wise Rowe, Steve Cuss
Topics covered
- anxiety
- resilience
- ministry leadership
- workplace stress
- spiritual practices
Keywords
- anxiety
- resilience
- ministry
- workplace stress
- spiritual practices
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Nervous Systems: Spiritual Practices to Calm Anxiety in Your Body, the Church, and Politics, Healing Leadership Trauma, Being Human
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