How to manage stress and integrate joy with Alisa Keeton

Susie Larson Live

Faith Radio

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Author and wellness expert Alisa Keeton talks about how to manage stress and how to integrate joy and rest and adventure when life isn’t going as you wish.

Alisa's book is “The Body Revelation: Physical and Spiritual Practices to Metabolize Pain, Banish Shame, and Connect to God with Your Whole Self.”

Need a joy bomb? Follow Alisa on Instagram here

Alisa mentioned
"The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma" by Bessel van der Kolk
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor's 90 second rule

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thank you for listening to Susie Larson Live. Faith Radio podcasts are only possible because of your support. So thanks for giving and thanks for sharing with a friend.
0:10.6	Say, won't he do it? Yes, he will.
0:15.3	Won't he do it? Yes, he will. He'll take a stone.
0:21.7	Make you still.
0:23.5	Yeah, won't he do it?
0:25.8	Yes, he will.
0:27.4	Welcome to Susie Larson Live.
0:29.5	Always so honored to get to spend this time with you.
0:32.3	In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk, that deepen your
0:39.6	understanding of God's Word, and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life.
0:45.8	Well, if I asked every one of you who listens to this show, is life going the way you hoped it would?
0:51.0	Many, if not most, might say, no. Or maybe you'd say, well, parts are good. Parts are
0:56.0	really hard, and parts are far different than I ever dreamed they would be. So how do we live
1:00.8	life fully in this life, the life we're living? How do we make time for rest, for joy, and adventure,
1:07.4	especially when life is hard? And more importantly, how do we manage our stress in a way that's healthy
1:13.3	and productive? Today, we're talking about all of these things. Never ever underestimate the importance
1:18.8	of well-managed stress. Did you know that unmanaged stress is a major factor in causing disease,
1:24.1	sickness, and breakdown of the body impacts our relationships and our perspective? Even the story we tell ourselves. But the good news is you have some choices in this
1:33.2	matter of how you navigate stress, how you engage with play and rest and joy, how you move your
1:39.5	body. You might be walking through a stressful season, through no fault of your own, and still be able to see health improvements because you're paying attention to the condition of your soul, your need for a break, your need to break away and go for a walk.
1:53.7	You hear this often on this show, if you listen often enough, if I say it again and again, did you know that healing, redemption, and vitality are possible for you?
2:01.7	Our good friend, author, and fitness professional, Elisa Keaton joins me today to talk about her book.
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