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| Beauty Unleashed author Heidi McLaughlin |
• Heidi McLaughlin: Beauty
Unleashed – Transforming a Woman’s Soul, VMI Publishers, 2007
SOCIETY is inundated with information today – and
so much of it directed at women is a high-minded screed on how to be better:
a better mother and wife, a better employee, a wealthier retiree; just
follow 10 simple steps to happiness.
Heidi McLaughlin has rejected the proscriptive approach
of a ‘how to’ manual – and instead, written a book
starting with the premise that, through thoughtful self examination, a
woman is competent to diagnose herself and her relationships (both heavenly
and earthly) and make the appropriate decisions regarding what comes next.
Straightforward and practical, Beauty Unleashed has 14 chapters,
each dealing with a separate topic – ranging from friendship and
hospitality to prayer and gratitude.
Utilizing illustrations from her life, McLaughlin draws
upon her own tragedies, triumphs and struggles to demonstrate
scriptural principles which can be applied in many areas of a
woman’s life.
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The goal of each topic is to create living beauty in a
woman’s life. Ending each chapter is a section with the acronym,
S-T-O-P. The acronym means: Scripture, Thanksgiving, Observation and
Prayer, and works as a practical tool for applying the lessons of each
chapter.
This book is accessible to both women who are new in
their faith and those who are mature in their relationship with Christ.
With stories which relate to a broad range of contemporary Western
experiences, and the use of directed questions, Beauty
Unleashed is unique among many recent books
for meeting the reader ‘where they are at.’
With the premise that the reader is capable of
evaluating her own life and actions, the text is never condescending
– and has the power to change the perspective of the woman who reads
its pages.
The no-nonsense prose stylings read like a warm
conversation with a friend; and the chapter layout gives busy readers the
opportunity to move through each topic at their own pace.
Accessible and relevant, Beauty
Unleashed is a valuable read for women who
are looking to refine their spiritual walk, and their personal
relationships.
– Bobbi-Sue Menard
December 2007
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