Take charge of what happens inside you.
A journey to mental and emotional stewardship
You can't control the people or the circumstances around you. You can steward your own thoughts, emotions, boundaries and daily habits. Mind Yours gives you a working framework for doing exactly that, written by a clinical therapist who serves as chaplain and life coach to NBA and NFL players.
More information than ever. More overwhelmed than ever.
Anxiety is rising, relationships are strained, and a lot of people feel emotionally flooded even though help is a search away. Most of what's out there teaches you to manage symptoms. Very little of it hands you a practical way to take ownership of your mental and emotional well-being.
That's the gap this book fills. Instead of asking you to control everyone and everything around you, it teaches you to look after what belongs within you: your thoughts, your emotions, your needs, your habits and patterns, your temperament, your mindset, and the daily systems you run on.
Mental health is not about controlling your circumstances. It is about responsibly stewarding your inner world.
One roadmap, ten letters.
M.I.N.D. Y.O.U.R.S. is the framework at the center of the book. Each letter is a step toward emotional resilience, and the steps draw on established fields rather than one author's hunch.
The full meaning of each letter is inside the book.
What the framework draws on
The book combines principles from these fields, and brings in faith-based wisdom where it fits.
- Cognitive psychology
- Attachment theory
- Emotional regulation
- Temperament theory
- Behavioral science
- Systems thinking
"Mind yours" is not a brush‑off.
It's permission. The phrase calls you to take responsibility for what is yours, and at the same time releases you from managing what was never yours to carry. Here is what you'll learn to steward.
Your thoughts
Notice the patterns that run on their own and decide which ones get to stay.
Your emotions
Regulate what you feel instead of being run by it, or numbing it.
Your identity
Know your temperament and needs well enough to stop borrowing someone else's script.
Your boundaries
Sort what belongs to you from what belongs to other people, and act on the difference.
Your daily habits
Build the systems that hold you up on the days your willpower doesn't.
Dr. Juan A. Garcia
Author, speaker, clinical therapist
Juan Garcia is an ordained minister and clinical therapist with a PhD in Clinical Counseling. He is currently chaplain and life coach to current and former NBA and NFL players, and he has a particular passion for helping men, young men and marriages take a whole-person approach to health.
In 2016 he appeared on FOX News' "Beyond the Dream" and was a guest speaker for TBN NYC. He has been married to Deborah since 1996, and they have two children, Jordan and Hannah.
- Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor
- Certified Cognitive Behavioral Therapist
- Licensed Brain Health Coach, Amen University
- Certified Fatherhood Practitioner, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
- Certified Professional Life Coach, International Coach Federation member
- National Speakers Association speaker and member, NJ Chapter
More from Dr. Garcia
Three earlier books, all available from the same bookstore.
Start minding yours.
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