The Relief of Imperfection: For Women Who Try Too Hard to Make It All Just Right

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Here is a new book for possible discussion here (no endorsement implied):

The Relief of Imperfection:
For Women Who Try Too Hard to Make It All Just Right
by Joan C. Webb (Paperback - Jan 2, 2008)

Book Description provided by the Publisher (Regal Books):

Dear Lord, I pray that all limitations, weaknesses, defects, pain, hurt, mistakes, embarrassment, and imperfection in my personal and public life, relationships and circumstances be eliminated. This book is for any woman who has ever prayed this prayer or for the one who has even thought it. Joan Webb, a self-proclaimed recovering perfectionist, knows how hard it is for determined and caring women to step into the relief of imperfection. And yet, this is exactly what God wants for us.

The Relief of Imperfection encourages the reader to believe the truth about God, others, herself and her reality, thus eventually releasing her from the pursuit of perfection to relax in the relief of imperfection. Webb provides real-life stories, including how Jesus lived in the midst of imperfect surroundings, to show that it is OK with God to cease trying to appear perfect and have all the right answers all the time. Readers will find permission to stop pretending and start enjoying authentic, intimate relationships with others, with themselves and with God.

About the Author
JOAN C. WEBB is a recovering workaholic and perfectionist who communicates a message of freedom and renewal. A former pastor s wife, Joan is a personal life coach and teacher, helping others to become who God has gifted them to be. She speaks nationally and internationally and has appeared on Christian radio and television. Joan is the author or coauthor of magazine articles, curriculum and eight books, including Meditations for Christians Who Try to Be Perfect.

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The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife -- New Book

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The Age of Miracles:
Embracing the New Midlife
by Marianne Williamson (Hardcover - Jan 1, 2008)

Book Description provided by the Publisher (Hay House):

The need for change as we get older­an emotional pressure for one phase of our lives to transition into another­is a human phenomenon, neither male nor female. There simply comes a time in our lives­not fundamentally different from the way puberty separates childhood from adulthood­when it’s time for one part of ourselves to die and for something new to be born.

The purpose of this book by best-selling author and lecturer Marianne Williamson is to psychologically and spiritually reframe this transition so that it leads to a wonderful sense of joy and awakening.

In our ability to rethink our lives lies our greatest power to change them. What we have called “middle age” need not be seen as a turning point toward death. It can be viewed as a magical turning point toward life as we’ve never known it, if we allow ourselves the power of an independent imagination­thought-forms that don’t flow in a perfunctory manner from ancient assumptions merely handed down to us, but rather flower into new archetypal images of a humanity just getting started at 45 or 50.

What we’ve learned by that time, from both our failures as well as our successes, tends to have humbled us into purity. When we were young, we had energy but we were clueless about what to do with it. Today, we have less energy, perhaps, but we have far more understanding of what each breath of life is for. And now at last, we have a destiny to fulfill­not a destiny of a life that’s simply over, but rather a destiny of a life that is finally truly lived.

Midlife is not a crisis; it’s a time of rebirth. It’s not a time to accept your death; it’s a time to accept your life­and to finally, truly live it, as you and you alone know deep in your heart it was meant to be lived.

About the Author
Marianne Williamson is a bestselling author who has gained national prominence through her popular lectures based on A Course in Miracles. She is the author of several bestsellers.

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