Counterweights: An Essential Practice for Holding Hope in a Heavy World

By Shannan Martin

Book Overview

"There is absolutely no greater writer than Shannan Martin to walk us through this moment."--Jen Hatmaker, New York Times bestselling author of Awake

- Learn how to navigate the inevitable ups and downs of life outside of our control
- Discover how to notice the ordinary, accessible delights hiding in plain sight
- Experience life as beautiful and deeply good, even when it's tough

In life, there are moments that are terrible and moments that are sublime. Most of our lives fall somewhere in between--the ordinary hours crammed with small griefs and pops of joy. We move through the world with one fist full of possibility and the other clutching panic. It's easy to slip into the belief that the life we dream of is waiting somewhere past the daily grind. But this is our actual life; we only get to do it once. So much is out of our control--but not everything. What can we do today to offset the heaviness and remain upright and hopeful through it all?

With humor, humility, and a voice all her own, Shannan Martin introduces you to the heart-changing concept of counterweights: the essential practice of holding both the good and the bad with honesty and hope. She shows you how to notice the ordinary, accessible delights hiding in plain sight--reminders that even in tough times, life can be beautiful and deeply good.

If you're overwhelmed, weary, or burned out, Counterweights is your invitation to receive the chaotic abundance of being alive, cultivating strength and joy along the way.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800740882
• ISBN13: 9780800740887
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Seek the good in life!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and it is a great reminder to look for the little things in life, the beauty of the things that make us smile or feel safe or loved and use these things as a stabilizer in a world where we often feel too much evil and too much wrong. Well written and joy to read.

Shannan puts words to the aches and joys of being awake in a suffering world.

Counterweights is well written and easy to read. Shannan Martin is encouraging, inspiring, relatable, and often humorous. She doesn’t gloss over what’s painful, frightening, and heavy. Even so, she helps us embrace all that is while holding hope for what can be.