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Women Empowerment. The Woman's Book of Courage is a little book with a big message. We can take charge of our lives, stop trying to please other people all the time, and live happily with ourselves and others-right now. In more than a hundred short entries, author and psychotherapist Sue Patton Thoele offers meditations, affirmations, and true stories, including deeply personal, often humorous, revelatory stories of her own sometimes rocky path of personal growth.

Powerful Affirmations and Meditations. Since it was first published, The Woman's Book of Courage has touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of women. In this revised collection, loving reflections provide wisdom and encouragement to help overcome anxiety, gain self-esteem, acknowledge your own excellence, and improve relationships. Women dealing with transition or recovery or those wishing to enhance personal power will find themselves turning to these meditations over and over again.

A Self-Help Book for All Women. Thoele is on a mission to help each and every woman uncover her authentic self and tap into her unique wellspring of wisdom and inner-strength. Thoele offers practical tools and gentle guidance to aid in many areas of life, such as:

• Setting boundaries
• Changing self-defeating behaviors
• Increasing compassion for yourself and others

Readers of motivational books and inspirational books for women like I've Been Thinking..., Journey to the Heart, or Each Day a New Beginningwill love The Woman's Book of Courage.

The Woman's Book of Courage: Meditations for Empowerment & Peace of Mind (Empowering Affirmations, Daily Meditations, Encouraging Gift for Women)

Introduction

I. A Woman Has the Courage to Acknowledge Her Strength and Set Limits
Imagining Ourselves Strong
Acting in Spite of Fear
Knowing We Are Not the Target
Chewing Bite-Size Pieces
Putting Our White Horse out to Pasture
Crediting Our Life's Account
KISSING Our Life
Saying "No" without Feeling Guilty
Retiring Aunt Jemima
Teaching Others How to Treat Us

II. A Woman Has the Courage to Love and Be Loved
Loving Our Inner Child
Deserving Love
Protecting Our Inner Child
Asking to Be Nurtured
Creating a Safe Place
Filling Ourselves First
Loving from Overflow
Receiving from Others
Forgiving for Our Own Good
Forgiving Ourselves
Adding a Dash of Kindness
Loving Another's Inner Child

III. A Woman Has the Courage to Create Peace of Mind
Pausing in the Oasis of Silence
Spending Our Moments Wisely
Cleansing Our Emotional Bodies
Creating Peace of Mind through Forgiveness
Forgiving the Mother WeWere
Being Ourselves Today
Resting in Unseen Arms
Eliminating SHOULD, HAVE TO and CAN'T
Imitating The Little Engine That Could
Calming the Monkey-Mind
Choosing "That's Good!"
Reprogramming Our Inner Mind
Avoiding the Future Hole
Keeping Afloat through Forgiveness
Accepting the Unacceptable

IV. A Woman Has the Courage to Tame and Transform Her Dragon
Facing the Dragons of Fear
Rejecting the Rejection Dragon
Knowing We Can
Sacking the Bag Lady
Owning Our Own Excellence
Refocusing Our Binoculars
Healing through Feeling
Rechoosing How We Want to Be
Uprooting "Rootless" Fears
Escaping the Depression Pit
Chirping Up by Looking Up
Feeling Worthwhile

V. A Woman Has the Courage to Be Her Own Good Friend
Disrobing the Inner Judge
Tending Our Inner Garden
Empowering Ourselves through Praise
Accepting the Beauty of Our Imperfections
Waking Up to Self-Love
Receiving Validation
Replenishing through Rest and Relaxation
Discovering Our Personal Diamond
Asking for What We Want and Need

VI. A Woman Has the Courage to Make Her Own Choices
Cruising with High-Altitude Attitudes
Uncovering What We Want
Growing Up Emotionally
Inquiring Within
Stopping Borrowed Trouble
Daring to Risk
Sidestepping Others' Negativity
Selecting Positive People

VII. A Woman Has the Courage to Care for Her Body
Stimulating Our Natural Healing
Encouraging Our Body
Paying Attention to Our Body Wisdom
Balancing and Harmonizing Ourselves
Appreciating Our Bodies
Being the Right Weight
Aging as an Attitude
Highlighting the Positives of Aging
Oiling Our Apparatus Aerobically

VIII. A Woman Has the Courage to Communicate Lovingly
Pausing to Really Hear
Listening Often Equals Loving
Answering Silent Pleas
Blowing Up, Not At
Giving Roses without Thorns
Agreeing on the Right Time
Speaking Gently and Carrying a Soft Feather
Kissing a Frog
Honoring Ourselves by Speaking Out

IX. A Woman Has the Courage to Develop Healthy Relationships
Drying out the Responsibility Sponge
Allowing Ourselves Limits
Juggling the Balls of Motherhood
Dragging Someone Else's Leg Irons
Mothering, Not Smothering
Breaking the Coffee-Fetching Cycle
Enjoying Self-Confidence
Becoming Friends with Our Lover
Defanging Our Expectation Dragon

X. A Woman Has the Courage to Take Risks and Change
Becoming Response-able
Unraveling Old Messages
Releasing the Pain, Retaining the Memory
Undergoing an Attitude Adjustment
Exploring Our Shadows
Leaving a Legacy of Authenticity
Exposing Secrets to the Light
Putting Superwoman out to Pasture

XI. A Woman Has the Courage to Recognize Rainbows
Recognizing Rainbows
Opening to Miracles
Focusing on Beauty
Reaching through the Veil
Seeing with the Eyes of Innocence
Emulating Butterflies
Laughing with Our Klutz
Putting a Little Play in Our Day
Detaching Compassionately through Play
Nestling in the Arms of Nature

XII. A Woman Has the Courage to Claim the Goddess Within
Training the Priestess in Us
Accepting Our Credibility
Dethroning the Virgin
Tapping Invisible Power
Making a Difference
Assimilating Both Saber and Scepter
Serving as a Vessel
Transforming and Transmuting Circumstances
Gleaning Wisdom from Silence
Transcending the Trojan Horse
Adopting a Mentor-Mom
Doing No Harm

Personal Note

Author's Biography