True You: Overcoming Self-Doubt and Using Your Voice

Calhoun, Adele Ahlberg; Bianchi, Tracey D.

ISBN 10: 0830843159 / ISBN 13: 9780830843152

Published by IVP, 2015

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. First Edition. 1st Printing, 2015. 187 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. Ships same or next business day with delivery confirmation. No longer in print.

Act like a lady.Land a career.Find a man. Learn how to cook.Rear amazing kids.Oh! And be sure you stay thin.Pressure to perform and conform starts early in a woman's life and never stops. In attempts to compensate and keep up appearances, we lose our ability to keep in touch with the truest parts of ourselves. We put on masks and hide the painful parts of our stories. If we get a quiet moment, we are ambushed with doubts: Who am I?This book serves as a companion as we find ourselves, our sense of community and our identity in God. Designed to take you deeper with God on your own or with a group of sisters, journey alongside experienced ministers Adele Ahlberg Calhoun and Tracey Bianchi into some of the places where women struggle?no matter what their age or life-stage. Personal resources like journaling questions and a small group guide help women support each other on the way. These pages offer a reminder that there is a beloved, "true you" waiting to be known in each of us and that a world in need awaits the unique stories that each of us were made to tell.Will you use your voice?

Bookseller Inventory # BD1-016-00395.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: True You: Overcoming Self-Doubt and Using Your Voice
• Publisher: IVP
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830843159
• ISBN 13: 9780830843152
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 0.5W x 5.5H x 8.25D inches 0.5 inches width by 5.5 inches height by 8.25 inches depth
• Weight: 0.5 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Christian Life
  • First Edition
  • Women Authors
  • Religion
  • RELIGION / Women's Issues
  • RELIGION / Christian Living

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Synopsis

Act like a lady.Land a career.Find a man. Learn how to cook.Rear amazing kids.Oh! And be sure you stay thin.Pressure to perform and conform starts early in a woman's life and never stops. In attempts to compensate and keep up appearances, we lose our ability to keep in touch with the truest parts of ourselves. We put on masks and hide the painful parts of our stories. If we get a quiet moment, we are ambushed with doubts: Who am I?This book serves as a companion as we find ourselves, our sense of community and our identity in God. Designed to take you deeper with God on your own or with a group of sisters, journey alongside experienced ministers Adele Ahlberg Calhoun and Tracey Bianchi into some of the places where women struggle―no matter what their age or life-stage. Personal resources like journaling questions and a small group guide help women support each other on the way. These pages offer a reminder that there is a beloved, "true you" waiting to be known in each of us and that a world in need awaits the unique stories that each of us were made to tell.Will you use your voice?

About the Authors

Adele Ahlberg Calhoun has worked in Christian ministry for over thirty years and is currently copastor, with her husband, Doug, of Redeemer Community Church in Needham, Massachusetts. She is also the author of Spiritual Disciplines Handbook and Invitations from God.

Tracey Bianchi serves as pastor for worship and women at Christ Church of Oak Brook, Illinois. She is the author of Mom Connection (Revell) and Green Mama (Zondervan). Christianity Today noted Tracey as one of "50 Women to Watch."