True You: Overcoming Self-Doubt and Using Your Voice

Review "The book was a positive, refreshing read that I will reference in the future when ministering to or caring for women of all ages (including myself). In my friendships and deeper conversations, I have yet to meet a woman who has not wrestled with some form of self-doubt or identity struggle at some point in her life, and this book is a very poignant answer to that questioning." -- Michelle Sumpton, Presbyterian Outlook, October 15, 2015"Eschewing conversations about having it all or finding the perfect work-family balance, True You invit's readers to 'catch our collective breath, and discover the true you.' Adele Calhoun, author of the Spiritual Disciplines Handbook teams up with Tracey Bianchi in this book written explicitly for women. Chapters address competition between women, our ongoing struggles with technology, and how to face who we are when we aren't busy." -- The Covenant Companion, January/February 2016"Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, True You should be considered a critically important and enduringly valuable read for young women ages 16-26?and has a great deal of useful information for women of all ages?especially as mothers raising girls of their own." -- Helen Dumont, Midwest Book Review, March 2015 Product Description 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? Review "I experienced True You as a call to authenticity, weaving together the vulnerability of story-telling, bold vision, plus, a quality often missing among visionaries, common sense. The authors' wisdom reached to the soul center, from which our work in the world can best be unleashed." -- Helen LaKelly Hunt, co-founder of Women Moving Millions About the Author 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."