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

Related Subjects

Mission
Women's Issues

Acknowledgments

Part 1: longing for wholeness
1. Searching for Wholeness in Romance, Motherhood or Career
Why a Broken World Leaves Us Disappointed
2. Finding Wholeness in Our True Identity
Relational Beings Made in God's Image

Part 2: Growing Inward
3. Learning to Use Your Voice
Recovering from the Negative Messages of Girlhood
4. Negative Self-Talk
How the Way We Think Affects the Way We Feel
5. When Your Emotions Get the Best of You
Growing Through Anger, Anxiety and Depression
6. Never Good Enough
Building Healthy Self-Esteem
7. Doing Battle with Your Body
Developing a Healthy Body Image in a Toxic Body Culture

Part 3: Growing Outward
8. Rethinking Female Sexuality
Sexual Intimacy, Single Sexuality and Sexual Wounds
9. The Search for Connection
Growing Healthy Intimate Relationships
10. Restoring Your Broken Heart
Healing from Loss, Abuse and Other Relational Wounds
11. Wholly Broken. . . Yet Still Whole
Reaching Out to a Hurting World

Part 4: Growing in Community
Questions for Discussion and Reflection

Further Reading
Author Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index