Find Your Weigh by Shellie Bowdoin

Here is the book summary:

When has a diet ever yielded long-term weight results?

If you have ever felt hopeless about your weight or struggled with the up and down rollercoaster of yo-yo dieting, Find Your Weigh offers a new perspective and proactive steps to change your relationship with food. You will develop a mental framework and workable habits that will allow you to enjoy all kinds of food in a healthy, managed, Holy Spirit-empowered way!

When we think about losing weight, we immediately think of a diet. However, diets are only short-term fixes to target our weight, which is really just a symptom of our behavior with food. If we really want to change our weight story, we've got to target our behavior with food and uncover the beliefs that actually inform that behavior. The problem is that most of us have no idea what we believe or why we act the way that we do with food.

It's time to walk in freedom over food and weight. Join Shellie Bowdoin as she shares her own weight journey and lays out practical, "aha" steps to help you renew your mind with food. Filled with biblical insights, practical steps and interactive questions, Find Your Weigh helps uncover your excuses and mental blocks with food so you can develop new, workable habits that you can see yourself following next week, next month and next year!

Filled with biblical insights, practical steps, and interactive questions, this book will help you get to the bottom of your food issues to help you figure out why you do what you do and think what you think when it comes to food. Find Your Weigh will lead you through a proven process that will yield tailor-made solutions to fit your preferences and your lifestyle.

Instead of looking for another diet or another workout plan, it's time to alter your relationship with food for good. The only way to do this is to renew your thinking and establish focused eating habits that you can carry on for the rest of your life. I did it and, for the first time in my life, I've taken weight off its pedestal in my head and replaced it with living.

Find Your Weigh is written to be motivational and practical. It can be used alone to set up healthy food habits for successful weight maintenance or alongside another proven weight loss plan.

·       - 50 - day interactive journal with weekly guided reflection questions

·       - Practical steps for developing food habits to include all types of foods into your daily life

·       - Guided practice for developing new life-long eating habits without hunger or deprivation

·       - Personal reflections from my own real-life weight journey

This book also comes with a companion group Bible study. Check out the Find Your Weigh: Walk In Freedom Bible Study Guide by Shellie Bowdoin.

Free video links are also available for use with the study guide. Both the book and the study guide can be used alongside any healthy weight loss program or to help you set up a healthy plan for weight maintenance.

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All profits from the paperback version of Find Your Weigh go to fund mission outreaches throughout Asia through Assemblies of God World Missions.

 

And now, my review:

I really enjoyed Find Your Weigh by Shelley Bowdoin.  In this book she points out a mind over matter approach that can be so freeing.  It’s about our thought processes and the actions tied to them.  I loved how it motivates the read to success.  It’s very practical and not a never have that food again kind of plan.  It’s not about dieting but freedom in getting down to the things that weigh us down.  I also enjoyed how transparent this author was and how much she shares with her readers.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

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The Clutter-Free Home by Kathi Lipp

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When it comes to your home, peace is possible...
 
Longing for a place of peace from which you can love others well? The Clutter-Free Home is your room-by-room guide to decluttering, reclaiming, and celebrating every space of your home. 
 
Let author Kathi Lipp (who once lived a life buried in clutter) walk you through each room of your house to create organizational zones that are not only functional and practical but create places of peace that reflect your personality.  Kathi will help you tackle the four-step process of dedicate, decide, declutter and “do-your-thing” to reveal the home you’ve always dreamed of, and then transform it into a haven that reflects who you truly are meant to be.
 
If you’re also feeling overwhelmed by the care and upkeep of all the stuff under your feet or sense that your home is running you, instead of the other way around, come discover how to create a space that doesn’t have to be showroom perfect to be perfect for you and the people you love.  

And now, my review:

I thought this book hit this subject undeniably well.  It was more than just becoming a minimalist but truly looking at each area of my home and then each item in that area and asking myself questions to see if what I’m seeing fits.  I can be a very sentimental person and there’s just something about stuff, sometimes, that is hard to part with even if it doesn’t fit my space.  This book went into that and it really just comes down to giving yourself permission to let someone else get use out of an item and that someone doesn’t have to be me.  Sounds like freedom.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

https://www.amazon.com/Clutter-Free-Home-Making-Room-Your/dp/0736976981/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2G11KK6T3YZ5N&dchild=1&keywords=the+clutter+free+home+kathi+lipp&qid=1596205341&sprefix=the+clutterfree+home%2Caps%2C234&sr=8-2

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The Bridge to Belle Island by Julie Klassen

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After a humiliating mistake, lawyer Benjamin Booker resolves to never again trust a beautiful woman. When an old friend is killed, the senior partner isn't satisfied with Bow Street's efforts and asks Benjamin to investigate. Eager to leave London for a while, Benjamin agrees. Evidence takes him to a remote island on the Thames, a world unto itself, shrouded in mist and mystery. Soon he finds himself falling for the main suspect--a woman who claims not to have left the island in ten years. But should he trust her?

On Belle Island, Isabelle feels safe and leads a productive life, but fear keeps her trapped there. When Mr. Booker arrives with news of her trustee's murder in London, Isabelle is stunned. She has not left the island, yet she has a recurring dream about the man's death. Or is it a memory? She had been furious with him, but she never intended . . . this.

When a second person dies and evidence shockingly points to her, Isabelle doesn't know who to trust: the attractive lawyer or the admirer and friends who assemble on the island, each with grudges against the victim. Can she even trust her own mind? While they search for the truth, secrets come to light and danger comes calling.

And now, my review:

I would relate this book to an Agatha Christie type book.  It goes round and round with twists and plot changes.  I thought the author really developed her characters well and gave them depth.  I love the beautiful cover of this book.  I also love the pull toward Jane Austen that this author has.  I don’t however enjoy mystery/murder.  I found talk of this at every turn and all over the book not just a little here or there.  I’m sorry that I didn’t like it more.  It absolutely didn’t have anything to do with a lack in this author.  I found her to be top notch. 

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

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Homeschool Bravely by Jamie Erickson

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Quiet the voices of "not good enough" and step courageously into guilt-free homeschooling

Many homeschool parents have a long-term relationship with self-doubt. "Did I make the right decision?" "Could someone else do this better?" "Am I robbing my kids of something by not sending them to ‘regular school’?"

What if there’s a better way?

Not a 3-step technique or a shiny, new curriculum, but a change in perspective that transforms the way you plan, teach, and homeschool?

Homeschool Bravely teaches you to see homeschooling as a calling, helps you overthrow the tyranny of impossible expectations, and guides you through the common bumps in the road, including how to:

·       juggle school and parenting with toddlers at home

·       teach a struggling learner

·       plan with the end in mind

·       accept your own limitations without feeling guilty

·       stay the course even in the face of criticism

Reclaim your hope, renew your purpose, and transform your homeschool. Because the truth is: God will use every part of your homeschool, even your fears, faults, and failures, to weave good plans for your kids.

And now, my review:

Have you ever heard something from someone that has stopped you in your tracks and had you wondering if what you are doing is going to work?  If it’s going to be successful?  If you and your children are going to be able to learn and thrive together in this homeschool journey?  Well, this book touches on all this and more.  I found the author to be very transparent and upfront about her experience.  I loved her friendly voice that she puts in her writing.  She’s one of us.  I think that no matter where you are on the journey of homeschooling, that this is a great resource to have.  It’s like a B12 shot in the arm.  It’s so encouraging and right on time.  As a fellow homeschooling mama of many years, I recommend this one!

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

https://www.amazon.com/Homeschool-Bravely-Squash-Doubt-Confidence/dp/0802418872/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Homeschool+Bravely&qid=1596204034&sr=8-3

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A Mosaic of Wings by Kimberly Duffy

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It's 1885, and all Nora Shipley wants, now that she's graduating from Cornell University as valedictorian of the entomology program, is to follow in her late father's footsteps by getting her master's degree and taking over the scientific journal he started. The only way to uphold her father's legacy is to win a scholarship, so she joins a research expedition in Kodaikanal, India, to prove herself in the field.

India isn't what she expects, though, and neither is the rival classmate who accompanies her, Owen Epps. As her preconceptions of India--and of Owen--fall away, she finds both far more captivating than she expected. Forced by the expedition leader to stay at camp and illustrate exotic butterflies the men of the team find without her, Nora befriends Sita, a young Indian girl who has been dedicated to a goddess against her will.

In this spellbinding new land, Nora is soon faced with impossible choices--between saving Sita and saving her career, and between what she's always thought she wanted and the man she's come to love.

And now, my review:

I found A Mosaic of Wings by Kimberly Duffy to be a delightful read.  All about a woman back in the day trying to accomplish what society said she can’t and shouldn’t.  My heart was tugged at the loss of her father who believed in her and encouraged her love of insects and learning.  Her mother was sickly and remarried.  This caused quite the stir in the story.  This author does a great job at drawing you in.  I found myself cheering, angered, and emotional with the characters.  That’s what makes a wonderfully penned story. 

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

https://www.amazon.com/Mosaic-Wings-Kimberly-Duffy-ebook/dp/B0821PWG3W/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VT1CX077ZP6M&dchild=1&keywords=a+mosaic+of+wings+by+kimberly+duffy&qid=1596203506&sprefix=a+mosaic+o%2Caps%2C185&sr=8-1

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A Life of Listening by Leighton Ford

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The Christian life is a life of listening. In this memoir, lifelong minister of the gospel Leighton Ford tells his story as a personal history of listening for God’s voice. Beginning with his earliest memories, he recounts the different ways God has spoken to him, and the different ways he has learned to listen. Through the joys of ministry, first as an international evangelist, often in partnership with Billy Graham, and later as a leader of the Lausanne Movement and a mentor of emerging leaders, he remembers God's voice proclaiming, instructing, reassuring. Through the pain of deep loss, he remembers God's voice calling out to him, even in the deafening silence. What emerges is not just an account of a long and faithful life of Christian service, but a picture of the Christian life―the life of listening. What will it sound like, Ford asks, when God speaks to you?

And now, my review:
This book was not what I was thinking it was going to be and yet I’m a huge life-story lover and I was privilege to be able to read A Life of Listening by Leighton Ford.  It was like sitting across the table from a fellow follower of Christ who shared the ups and downs of walking this earthly life in Christ.  Some of these things seemed a bit easier than others.  Yet, God is faithful to use them all.  I especially loved the transparency in the process of living humbly.  I loved reading about how the Lord reveals things to him along the way and the changes that occur.  I found it to be such a drink of fresh, clear water.

I received this book in exchange for my honest review.

https://www.amazon.com/Life-Listening-Discerning-Voice-Discovering/dp/0830845739/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1596202746&sr=8-2

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Get Out Of Your Head by Jennie Allen

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • You can choose hope in the midst of chaos. The visionary behind the million-strong IF:Gathering challenges you to exercise your God-given power to shift negative thinking patterns and take back control of your thoughts and emotions.
 
“A must-have resource for anyone looking to get control of their thoughts.”—Lysa TerKeurst, #1 New York Times bestselling author and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries
 
Are your thoughts holding you captive? I’ll never be good enough. Other people have better lives than I do. God couldn’t really love me. Jennie Allen knows what it’s like to swirl in a spiral of destructive thoughts, but she also knows we don’t have to stay stuck in toxic thinking patterns.
 
As she discovered in her own life, God built a way for us to escape that downward spiral. Freedom comes when we refuse to be victims to our thoughts and realize we have already been equipped with power from God to fight and win the war for our minds.
 
In Get Out of Your Head, Jennie inspires and equips us to transform our emotions, our outlook, and even our circumstances by taking control of our thoughts. Our enemy is determined to get in our heads to make us feel helpless, overwhelmed, and incapable of making a difference for the kingdom of God. But when we submit our minds to Christ, the promises and goodness of God flood our lives in remarkable ways.
 
It starts in your head. And from there, the possibilities are endless.

And now, my review:

I found Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen to be meaningful encouragement to stop the toxic rehearsals in my head and replace it with His Truth.  The basis of the book I think fits this statement: “Learning to capture our thoughts matters.  Because how we think shapes how we live.”  So important that I renew my mind.  To be committed to breaking the cycles/spirals that are not taking me in the right direction.  To be active in the fight. 

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

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