Killing Me Softly with Their Words: The Gateway to Depression and Anxiety examines the often-unseen damage words can leave behind. Through biblical insight, research, personal reflection, and real-life experiences, Dr. Darlett Lucy-Gulley explores how direct attacks, gossip, silence, rejection, bullying, and other forms of verbal injury can affect emotional well-being, relationships, identity, and the way people see themselves. But this book does not stop at the wound. It moves toward healing. Readers are encouraged to recognize harmful messages they may have internalized, examine the words they speak to others, develop healthy boundaries and coping strategies, seek appropriate spiritual and professional support, and replace destructive messages with truth. Integrating faith with practical and therapeutic resources, Killing Me Softly with Their Words rejects the idea that prayer and professional help must be mutually exclusive. Ultimately, this is a book about the power of words-those spoken to us, those we speak to ourselves and others, and the healing truth found in God's Word. The words that wounded you may be part of your story, but they do not have to write the ending.
Available in Paperback.
Killing Me Softly with Their Words: The Gateway to Depression and Anxiety examines the often-unseen damage words can leave behind. Through biblical insight, research, personal reflection, and real-life experiences, Dr. Darlett Lucy-Gulley explores how direct attacks, gossip, silence, rejection, bullying, and other forms of verbal injury can affect emotional well-being, relationships, identity, and the way people see themselves. But this book does not stop at the wound. It moves toward healing. Readers are encouraged to recognize harmful messages they may have internalized, examine the words they speak to others, develop healthy boundaries and coping strategies, seek appropriate spiritual and professional support, and replace destructive messages with truth. Integrating faith with practical and therapeutic resources, Killing Me Softly with Their Words rejects the idea that prayer and professional help must be mutually exclusive. Ultimately, this is a book about the power of words-those spoken to us, those we speak to ourselves and others, and the healing truth found in God's Word. The words that wounded you may be part of your story, but they do not have to write the ending.
Available in Paperback.