Refuge: Healing Attachment Through the Psalms (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798254458197)

You were not made to live like this - braced for impact, running on survival, reaching for God but never quite feeling like you arrive.

For many believers, the gap between knowing truth and feeling it is not a faith problem. It is a nervous system problem. When the body is stuck in survival mode, peace feels out of reach, connection with God feels distant, and no amount of prayer, worship, or willpower seems to close the distance. You are not broken. You are dysregulated. And there is a way through.

Refuge is a 21-day devotional that brings together neuroscience, attachment theory, and the ancient wisdom of the Psalms to guide you into a practice of deep, embodied healing. Drawing on her background as a licensed marriage and family therapist, author Alma introduces the REST framework - a daily sequence of spiritual practices designed to move the nervous system from survival into safety, and from safety into truth:

• R - Release: Benevolent detachment through repetitive prayer, quieting the mind's survival loops


• E - Emotional Processing: Naming and feeling emotions without judgment, the way the Psalmists did


• S - Stillness: Centering prayer as a pathway to deep nervous system regulation


• T - Truth: Psalm reflections and Hebrew word studies received by a mind that is finally ready

Each day includes a devotional reflection, a Hebrew word study, a nervous system note, and a Selah - space for your own personal response to what God is stirring within you.

The Psalms were not written from a place of resolution. They were written from the middle of fear, grief, abandonment, and confusion - and somehow, every time, they found their way back to regulation, truth, and the presence of God. You are following a well-worn path.

Whether you are a trauma survivor, a therapist, a pastor, or simply someone who is tired of feeling stuck between what you believe and what you feel - Refuge was written for you.

You were made for more than survival. You were made for REST.

Author: Alma Enid Rojas
ISBN-13: 9798254458197
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 04/14/2026
Pages: 114
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.24d