What was your inspiration or motivation for writing this book?

I have ministered to women for more than 25 years and I believe that there are two kinds of women:  Those who are stuck from unresolved hurts in their lives; and those who surrender those hurts to God, grow through them, and find their purpose from their pain. I wanted to put a resource in women's hands that would help them move beyond that place where they are stuck and focused on self and into a place of fulfillment and joy, where they are serving others.  

What do you hope women will gain by reading this book?   

The subtitle is "Discovering the Healing and Wholeness God Has For You" and I want every woman who reads this book to discover that. By reading about the 10 steps to healing (one step in each chapter) and working through the study/application questions at the end of each chapter, my hope is that women will gain a greater trust in the God who loves them, a greater understanding of their purpose in life, experience improved relationships with others, and become women who invest in the lives of others by meeting them in the place where they once were wounded, themselves.

First of all, I realized the pain in my life really pales in comparison to what some women have experienced. And I learned that as devastating as some women's stories are, their deliverance and God's transformation of their lives in spite of that pain is truly remarkable. I also realized there were hurts in my own life that I was still being affected by because I hadn't yet surrendered them to God. I took the 'self assessment test' in the back of the book and realized God needed to work on me as I wrote it...what He showed me, I showed others through what I wrote.  

Cindi McMenamin is a national speaker and author of several books, including When Women Walk Alone (more than 100,000 copies sold), Women on the Edge, and When a Woman Inspires Her Husband. She is a pastor's wife, director of women's ministries, and a mother with nearly 30 years experience discipling women. Her passion is to help women find strength for the soul through an intimate relationship with God. Cindi lives in Southern California with her husband, Hugh, and their daughter, Dana. For more on Cindi's ministry  

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