The Art of Surrender: Finding Peace in Difficult Life Choices

Angela Williams Gorrell is a speaker, consultant, and an ordained minister in the Mennonite Church USA with over fourteen years of ministry experience. She has taught at schools including Yale University, Baylor University, and Fuller Seminary. Her research has been highlighted by the New York Times, NPR, and the Washington Post among others. Her publications include Always On: Practicing Faith in a New Media Landscape and The Gravity of Joy: A Story of Being Lost and Found.Angela William Gorell shares her framework for navigating life's difficult decisions through practical and spiritual guidance. Drawing from her own experiences of deciding whether to pursue tenure and whether to stay in her marriage, she offers wisdom on finding clarity when facing life's crossroads.From the Author My goal is not that you reach the same decisions as me or the other people featured in this book, but that you learn how to take your own journey into and through difficult decisions.• Braving Difficult Decisions combines practical guidance with spiritual wisdom• The decision-making journey integrates historical wisdom, real-life stories, and proven practices• Surrender is not giving up but a process of purifying our intentions and accepting reality• Physical practices like open-palm meditation can help embody the practice of surrender• We often choose between familiar pain and unfamiliar pain when making difficult decisions• Working through grief requires naming our experience, questioning, and imagining transformation• All difficult decisions are made with humility - we never have complete information• Your story is important and can always be edited, regardless of past choicesYou can find Angela Gorell at www.angelagorrell.com or on social media @angelagorell. Her book "Braving Difficult Decisions" is available in hardback, Kindle, and Audible formats worldwide.Send us a message Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showA note for every episode:  we do not necessary agree with all the views on our podcast and leave listeners to make their own mind up with what they do or don't agree with.Why not check out my other new podcast  established in 2026:  Field, forest and Folklore: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2619974 Want to be a guest? Send The Gentle Yoga Warrior a message on PodMatch, here: