The additional resources of music, books and links in this section aim to encourage and support you in your life, what you’re going through and how you’re feeling. The links are to organisations who can give emotional support and advice in specified areas.
Music:
The Redeemer – Sanctus Real
Me without you – Tobymac
Make a move – Royal Tailor
One day too late – Skillet
Center of it – Chris August
He said – Group 1 Crew
The light in me – Brandon Heath
Books:
Life in the World Unseen – Anthony Borgia
Meditations – Marcus Aurelius
Life Bible’s Little Book (a slimmed-down, pocket-sized version of this website):

Films:
Bruce Almighty
Links to Additional Resources:
Addiction
Drinkline – If you or someone you care about has a problem with alcohol
Frank – Information, help and advice about drugs
GamCare – Information, advice and support for anyone affected by problem gambling
Addiction Center – Alcohol and drug rehab
Rehab Spot – Information on addictions
Addiction Group – Detox support
Addiction Guide – Information and guides
OK Rehab – addiction treatment
Delphi Health – addiction treatment
Benefits and Rights
Citizens Advice – Information and advice on benefits, work, debt, money, consumer, housing, family, law and courts, immigration and health
Farming Community Network – Support for farmers and families within the farming community
Bereavement
Child Bereavement UK – Support for families when a child grieves or when a child dies
Cruse – Support, advice and information when someone dies
Carers
Carers UK – Information and advice for people caring for others
Children and Young People
Childline, 18 years old and under – Information, advice and support for people under 19 years old
The Mix, 25 years old and under – Support service for young people
Debt
StepChange Debt Charity – Advice and support for debt problems
Eating Disorders
B-EAT – Guidance and support for people affected by eating disorders, both sufferers and their friends and families
Emotional support
Samaritans – Support when you’re struggling to cope
Shout – A text service for anyone in crisis or if you’re struggling to cope
Health
NHS 111 – A guide to conditions, symptoms and treatments, medicines, and medical and wellbeing services
Housing and Homelessness
Shelter – Advice, support and legal services on housing and homelessness
Mental health
Mind – Support, advice and legal information on mental health
Military
Veterans Gateway – Helping put veterans and their families in touch with the organisations best placed to help with the advice and support they need
Older people
Age UK – Information and advice for older people
The Silver Line – Information, friendship and advice for older people
Relationships
Relate – Support and guidance on relationships
Sexual / domestic abuse
Men’s Advice Line, for men – Emotional support, practical advice and information if you are being abused by a partner
National Domestic Violence Helpline, for women, and young people affected by domestic abuse – Support if you are being abused by a partner
Rape Crisis, for women – Emotional support and information for victims and survivors of sexual violence
National Association for People Abused in Childhood – Supporting recovery of adult survivors of childhood abuse
Respect, for abuser – Advice to help you stop being violent
Stop it now! – For anyone with concerns about child sexual abuse prevention
Sexuality
Switchboard LGBT+ helpline – Support and information for anyone considering issues around their sexuality and / or gender identity
Victims of crime
Victim Support – Support for people affected by crime or traumatic events
Sources:
NCV Anglicised and King James Version, used from or paraphrased gospels
Taoist story
REBT Network, www.rebtnetwork.org
Third Order Society of St Francis, The Principles in Plain English with the Community Obedience, Province of the Pacific 2015
Opportunity teaching, www.whiteagle.org
Marcus Aurelius quotes from “Meditations”
Study by Iowa State University published in the Journal of Happiness Studies, “Caring for others cares for the self: An experimental test of brief downward social comparison, loving-kindness, and interconnectedness contemplations”
University of California at Los Angeles experiment, www.6seconds.org
Metro.co.uk
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, Second Catholic Edition RSV