For too long, so many of us have mastered the art of functioning while quietly suffocating. We show up, produce, and smile-all while crowded by expectations, heavy with responsibilities, and running on fumes. We spiritualize our exhaustion and confuse perpetual depletion with holy sacrifice. But altitude in leadership, ministry, or success doesn't always mean more air. Often, it just means less permission to be human. Born out of personal crisis, Finding Your Oxygen is a raw, theological, and deeply restorative invitation to stop performing your way through life and start breathing again. Drawing from the Hebrew concept of Neshama-the sacred, intimate breath of God that animated human dust in Genesis 2:7, Bishop L. Spenser Smith offers more than self-help or shallow inspiration. He provides a compelling roadmap to help you: Step out of "their lungs" Identify and break free from the suffocating weight of other people's fears, demands, and unfinished dreams.Dismantle the need for certainty: Embrace vulnerability, emotional honesty, and the courage to meet God in life's unscripted drops and turns.Shift from survival to presence: Cultivate daily, unhurried rhythms that anchor your soul in ordinary life.Recover your true identity: Reconnect your gifts and calling to their original Source, so your talents no longer choke your humanity.Whether you are a burned-out leader, a weary caregiver, or simply someone who has used "churchy religiosity" to mask a gasping soul, this book offers the scaffolding you need to build a life that can sustain divine air. The God who formed you from the dust has not forgotten how to breathe life into weary places. It's time to Find Your Oxygen.
