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This helpful resource equips you to have important conversations with your daughter about her identity in Christ, her self-image, and how to appreciate and care for her body according to God's design. Popular culture bombards girls with messages that they are not pretty enough, not skinny enough, or just not good enough. How can you counter these lies and help your daughter see the truththat she is a beautiful child of God, perfectly created to bring Him glory? Dannah Gresh, bestselling author and creator of the True Girl live events, shows that instilling body confidence in your daughter starts with you. Each chapter includes activities, conversation starters, and even fun recipes that will help you and your daughter engage in meaningful talks about God's purpose for her body and how to develop a healthy, positive view of herself. Help your daughter develop body confidence and watch her grow and thrive.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers
Date de parution	07 décembre 2021
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736981941
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Raising a Body-Confident Daughter
Copyright 2015 by Dannah Gresh
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97408
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
ISBN 978-0-7369-8193-4 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-8194-1 (eBook)
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Gresh, Dannah, 1967-
Raising body-confident daughters / Dannah Gresh.
pages cm - (8 Great Dates)
ISBN 978-0-7369-6005-2 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-6006-9 (eBook)
1. Mothers and daughters-Religious aspects-Christianity. 2. Body image in girls-Religious aspects-Christianity. 3. Girls-Religious life. I. Title.
BV4529.18.G7425 2015
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Grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ .
2 P ETER 3:18
A BIG SQUEEZE TO:
If you re one of the more than a million moms and daughters who have participated in one of our True Girl online Bible studies, attended a live True Girl event, or used one of our printed resources to get closer to each other and to Jesus, I wish I could hug you right now. (I ve loved getting to know you through Instagram and Facebook.) Every time you show up, you are standing with me to say that what God instructs about womanhood matters. Thank you!
I also want to thank Harvest House Publishers for partnering with us for the exciting growth of True Girl. This publishing house is built on the Word of God literally. A copy of the Bible is buried in the foundation of the building to remind them what matters. And that matters to me. I m especially grateful to Barb Sherrill and Gene Skinner, who have been indispensable as we figure out how to meet the needs of all those True Girls.
It seems fitting to also thank Suzy Weibel, since a few paragraphs in this book started in a book that she wrote, but I ended up stealing them (with her permission) for this book! Suzy never complains when we strategize like this and change things-she just trusts Jesus and me. What a good friend!
Eileen King, for plowing the ground for me to write. She creates the fertile soil of time by taking the weight of many things off my back so I can get away from the office and write until my fingers are sore! I m sure hers are too. This book came from her heart as much as mine!
While I m at the task of squeezing, I m so grateful for my main squeeze, Bob. True Girl was his idea, and he has been a faithful visionary and CEO. Bob has married administrative genius and patience to lead us through 15 marvelous years of bringing girls and their moms closer to each other and to God.
Mostly, thanks to Jesus, whom I long to be with every day. May my body be his living sacrifice.
-Dannah
CONTENTS

A Big Squeeze To:
1. Why Your Daughter Needs Body Confidence
2. Starting with You
3. Helping Your Daughter to Be Body Confident
4. Conversation One: Your Body, a Purpose
5. Conversation Two: Your Body, Its Practice
6. Conversation Three: Your Body, God s Temple
7. Conversation Four: Your Hair, a Crown
8. Conversation Five: Food, Your Fuel
9. Conversation Six: Exercise, Your Strength
10. Conversation Seven: Your Body, a Source of Life
11. Conversation Eight: Your Body, a Sacrifice
Spirit Versus Body Challenge
Spirit Versus Body Challenge: Day One
Spirit Versus Body Challenge: Day Two
Spirit Versus Body Challenge: Day Three
Spirit Versus Body Challenge: Day Four
Spirit Versus Body Challenge: Day Five
Notes
Other Resources from Dannah Gresh
About the Publisher
1
WHY YOUR DAUGHTER NEEDS BODY CONFIDENCE
I met sweet Hannah Banana-excuse my tendency to nickname everyone I meet-when she was about eight, but I d seen her picture long before I met her. She was a model for the cover of a music CD as a tween girl. In the close-up photo, her eyes were closed in worship as she tilted her head boldly to the sky, sending a contented smile in heaven s direction. Her skin was naked-free from any kind of makeup, including powder or lip gloss. In stark contrast to a picture-perfect world, her beauty did not come from perfection on the outside but something internal.
But this was just a photo, right?
Wrong.
Real-life Hannah, who was athletic and nearly always in basketball shorts and a T-shirt because she just didn t care what she wore, always had that look on her face. Contagious peace. Her beauty came from deep within.
Imagine my absolute shock when, several years after meeting her, I learned something that might have kept her from exuding so much confidence. Hannah was missing most of her fingers on her left hand. I noticed it the day she came to school with her arm in a cast from a recent break. I was so shocked, I gasped and asked if her hand was swollen, thinking maybe that was why her fingers looked short. But they just weren t there! I had never noticed. More importantly, Hannah didn t seem to notice either. She typed, played basketball, wrote papers, and cooked-all with a significant handicap but also with exquisite natural beauty and total confidence. Today she is a young woman in her first job as a teacher. She remains rather makeup free and unconcerned with what she wears, but she is as breathtaking as ever.
Contrast her to a girl we will just call Jane. I saw a photo of her before I met her too. Her features were flawless. Perfectly crafted nose, full lips, gorgeous deep brown eyes, and dark skin. But there was no smile on her face. Just a hollow stare that hid her beauty. I remember wondering what could possibly have made her sad enough to wear such a haunted look on her face.
When I met her as a preteen, fear was etched all over her, though it was somewhat ebbed by (of all things) shopping. A smile or giggle would sneak through from time to time, but her face primarily remained in that state of haunted beauty. Buying clothes seemed to make this tween forget her insecurities. Experimenting with makeup was fun at first but soon seemed to be necessary . An obsession with name brands led to a spending problem. I strongly suspect an eating disorder set in sometime during her teen years. Today she is a skeleton of a young women with little life direction. She cakes herself with makeup that makes her look like a clown, she s literally ashamed if she s not wearing brand-name clothes, and she can t look in the mirror without crying on a daily basis.
What s the difference between Hannah and Jane? Hannah has body confidence, and Jane suffers from body consciousness.
You may have picked up this book to help your daughter be more like Hannah and less like Jane. Will your daughter struggle with an eating disorder or use food as her fuel? Will she use exercise to beat her body into a skeletal size or use it to make her strong for her life call? Will she look in the mirror with self-loathing or with confidence? These are reasonable concerns for a mom raising a girl in our body-conscious society-and good reasons to be a mom who coaches your daughter into body confidence.
What Is Body Consciousness?
Consciousness is the awareness of an external object or something within oneself. Simply put, anything we are aware of at a specific moment is something about which we are conscious.
Body consciousness is the state of being constantly aware of the body-either others or your own, but mostly your own. It can include obsession with clothing and makeup, nonstop surveillance of the appearance of others or yourself, deep body shame, sexualization of self or others, and unending appearance management. (Can t walk by a mirror without checking yourself? You might have some issues with body consciousness! Don t worry, friend. We ll tackle our own junk in this book too.)
Our society idolizes the body. Everything is about how we look and who is beautiful. Of course, beauty is often determined by a makeup palette, designer-name brands, and a little Photoshop magic. When we stop to consider the messages that perpetuate this plague, we find they are motivated by an