I love how she mixes real life experience with a biblical worldview and the expertise of a therapist. Many of the skills and approaches are just as useful dealing with any other subject that has become a source of pain. I found the author’s podcast and have binged just about every episode, so I figured her book had to be just as amazing! Her words are an echo of the heart of the Creator, who deeply loves and intentionally designed every part of you.

This chapter helped me to realize that I have deeply rooted feelings of shame that affect how I feel about myself.Finally, each unit ends with a “Counselor’s Cornerstone” that goes deeper and offers room for digging into God’s word and varying charts to fill in to assist along the road to body image restoration.

A positive mood and cheerful demeanour can lead to a healthy life, staying positive has health benefits.

I especially love all of the intentional space and time Rachael provides for us to process and pray through each part of the journey with her therapeutic worksheets and exercises. Below are a couple of 35mm frames scanned at 4000dpi, one negative and one slide (positive), and a scan of an old 6x4 inch (15x10cm) print at 600dpi.

I have shelves and shelves of self-help and faith-based books, each several hundred pages long, that have mostly gone unfinished. She combines her clinical expertise and personal experience to help women overcome fear and insecurity to walk confidently in their God-given dreams.Body image struggles are so much more than a body issue—and finally, there’s a book that tells the whole story. If you want a tool to help you overcome body image issues, especially from a Godly, Biblical perspective, this is what you have been looking for! Gods view of us, and who He created us to be, is the key to healing, and Rachael’s tools put God front and center in the healing process. The pictures, once faded quite badly, came to life and I'm sure they will be greatly valued by my parents who are receiving them for a 90th Birthday present.

It also showed me that I can think differently about my body, and not be controlled by fads, culture, or experiences.It’s so easy to try to fix ourselves by chasing solutions that ‘seem’ to work for other people—but Rachael counsels us to understand real change happens from the inside-out. She gives you the tools to rebuild it based on the Word of God blending therapy with practices and scripture to help you uncover the faults in your perspective.