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I love the colour selection, variety of sheens available and the long-wearing nature of their lipstick. My favorite color is “Rebel” 😉
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A excellent explanation of how we exchanged faith for power.
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith ...
 
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Data driven and researched-based 🙌💕
The Marriage You Want: Beyond Stereotypes
 
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An excellent read!
Becoming the Pastor's Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination
 
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A healing book on embodiment ❤️‍🩹
The Wisdom of Your Body – Hillary L McBride
 
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A hugely validating book for any woman who has experienced misogyny in the church, and a healthy way forward for churches.
Safe Church: Guard Against Sexism & Abuse
 
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Every woman who grew up in Purity Culture NEEDS to read this ❤️‍🩹
She Deserves Better: Raising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings
 
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Pivotal book for Christians to read in understanding the topic of sexual brokenness from a therapeutic perspective.
Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Healing
 
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A refreshing and reimagined take on mythology and storytelling where female voices are honoured.
Cassandra Speaks - Elizabeth Lesser
 
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These are absolutely my favorite! They smell like BC…my home 🩷
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A Christian sex book actually worth reading!
The Great Sex Rescue: Lies & Recovery Guide
 
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A fascinating way to understand the different “parts” of yourself.
Introduction to Internal Family Systems
 
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An eye-opening explanation of how mother-son enmeshment can affect your relationship with your man.
When He's Married to Mom: Helping Enmeshed Men
 
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An exceptional book about coping mechanisms children turn to in order to survive abuse and how it impacts adulthood.
The Drama of the Gifted Child: True Self
 
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A comprehensive look at the systems patriarchy has put in place to control women and their bodies.
The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
 
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A fascinating and detailed deconstruction of the erroneous term “biblical womanhood.”
The Making of Biblical Womanhood
 
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Emotionally focussed couple’s therapy book exploring themes of attachment and the biological need for connection.
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for Love
 
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Understanding the mechanisms behind addiction and how to heal from shame, and seek healing.
Undaunted Hope: Stories of Healing from Trauma
 
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An essential book in understanding the gravity of sexual abuse within the church, written by a female pastor/survivor.
The #MeToo Reckoning: Church's Sexual Abuse
 
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Unpacking the historical, cultural, and religious mechanisms at work which contribute to the undermining and abuse of children.
Thou Shalt Not be Aware: Society's Betrayal of the Child
 
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Reader-friendly explanation of how growing up in an addicted family pushes us into “roles” and how these roles affect our adulthood and relationships.
It Will Never Happen to Me!: Growing up with Addiction
 
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Understanding our relationship to God through the lens of attachment theory.
Attached to God: Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience
 
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A relatable memoir about growing up evangelical, through the lens of internal family systems
All the Scary Little Gods: A Memoir
 
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An important primer on how psychological stress affects the body and can cause disease.
When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress
 
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A validating read about the many forms of religious abuse so many of us have experienced.
When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Trauma
 
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Understanding the effects of being raised by toxic parents and unpacking the effects it has on an individual as they navigate life.
Toxic Parents: Overcoming Hurtful Legacy
 
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How to navigate raising a very sensitive child.
The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Kids Struggle
 
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Understanding the connection between capitalism and its ties politics. Specifically this books points out the vast range of corruption under the Trump brand.
No Is Not Enough: Resisting Shock Politics
 
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Exactly what it sounds like…everything there is to know about the vagina ( that maybe you were too scared to ask).
The Vagina Bible: Vulva & Vagina Guide
 
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A comprehensive look at the biology of addiction and its impact on the body and on social relationships.
In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts - Dr. Gabor Maté
 
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A book emphasizing how importance early healthy attachment is for our children. The first years are pivotal in developing a strong healthy foundation between parent and child.
Hold On To Your Kids - Dr. Gabor Maté
 
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One of the most important books I’ve read in understanding how to love and recognize and be compassionate towards our not-so-lovely parts. What do those parts implore us to explore about ourselves?…
How to Befriend Your Shadow