Stronger Than You Think

Becoming Whole Without Having to Be Perfect. A Woman's Guide

By Kim Gaines Eckert

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: IVP Books
Length: 241 pages
Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: January 2007

ISBN-10: 0-8308-3373-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3373-3
IVP Order Code: 3373

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Mission
Women's Issues

"Every woman who worships the god of perfection can come to know the God of the universe while discovering the wonder of who God has made you to be."

"This book will make you think and feel and grow. Kim Gaines Eckert draws on her extensive knowledge in Christian theology, spiritual formation and psychology, and yet makes it practical for everyday life. This is not just a helpful book for women, but also for the men who walk alongside women as friends, colleagues and lifelong partners."

"Solid, thought-provoking, healing, challenging. These four words describe my reaction to Stronger Than You Think. With the mix of the straightforward teacher and the insightful therapist, Kim Eckert gives women a book that speaks to our heads and our hearts. If it is time for you to take a positive, life-altering journey, this woman's guide is for you. I loved it."

"This excellent woman's guide, Stronger Than You Think: Becoming Whole Without Having to Be Perfect, offers a much-needed message to the women I know. Regardless of age, relational brokenness leads to internal pain and a profound longing for wholeness. Kim Eckert uses sound psychological insight and biblical truth to provide tools for the journey of growing inward and outward. It's an amazing experience to accept and love the you God created through healing relationships."

"Stronger Than You Think offers to women and men sound theology and practical psychology on managing many of the perplexing dilemmas of being human. If you struggle with self-esteem, body image or relationship matters, then this book will help you to grow into the whole person that God created you to be."

"The battleground for women's souls is in the mind. Stronger Than You Think equips women with the armor they need to combat society's messages, Satan's deceptions and our own internal misgivings."

"Honest and hopeful, Stronger Than You Thing is a guide that will partner well with any woman--no mater where she is along life's journey."

"Women, this book is for us! You will walk away with insight about wholeness and it’s relation to brokenness and how incorporating the broken parts of us can be used by God to effectively respond to the pain and brokenness in this world we live in."

"A timely book in an era when women are pressured to be and do more than ever before . . . A beneficial starting place for group discussions and growth."