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Are you worn out from striving, chasing success, or hiding behind the mask of achievement?

The Well-Rested Leader:
The Journey from Selfish Ambition to Faith, Fulfillment and Freedom

Xulon Press, 2025

The Well-Rested Leader is a 31-day spiritual and physical fitness devotional designed to help you trade burnout for peace, facades for authenticity, and self-directed ambition for God’s purpose. Through Scripture, reflective questions, wellness tips, and nourishing recipes, Sherry Crystal White invites you to step into a lifestyle of surrender and transformation.

Sharing her own story of overcoming brokenness, abuse, and burnout, Sherry offers a transparent look at how God rescued her from toxic cycles of exhaustion, escapism, and idolatry. As a young professional, she once sought identity in career accomplishments, relationships, and comfort, only to discover that these pursuits left her feeling empty. After years of displaced anger, striving, and chronic stress, which led to a health issue, she accepted God’s divine invitation to rebuild life His way.

This devotional is both a testimony and a tool. Each day will guide you to slow down, rest, and seek God’s wisdom for your path. As you commit to the quiet work of Biblical meditation, praise, worship, prayer, fasting and creating more space in your life, you’ll discover how to live and lead with faith, courage, and lasting joy.

Author Bio

Sherry White is a veteran educator, certified health coach, and author of The Well-Rested Leader Planner. Her writing has been published on Essence.com and a piece has appeared in Health Monitor about her healing from an autoimmune condition. Sherry loves seeing families restored and is committed to building healthy, loving communities filled with joy. She lives in the New York City Metro area and is fueled by God’s love