Brave is the New Beautiful
by: Lee Wolfe Blum
4 stars
This book is filled with so many truths and hope and moments of pure beauty that I found myself holding my breath. I want every woman I know to read this. We are all brave. We all have stories, we all have struggles. We are in this TOGETHER and should lift each other up instead of comparing. There were several chapters that caused the tears to flow but in particular chapters 4 (Telling), 8 (Separating), 10 (Enduring), and 15 (Trusting). Blum has a beautiful way of writing--she paints a picture and tells a story and then brings it all together with the idea of what it means to be brave and how bravery IS beautiful. If you like Brené Brown or Glennon Doyle Melton you will love Lee Wolfe Blum and this book.
{NOTE: I don't consider myself a religious person and there was a number of God-centric passages, but I found it overall comforting and not off-putting. I was raised in a Catholic family and in the past would find myself resisting this "type" of book, but I thought the overall message and themes were beautiful and not "preachy"--which is what I try to avoid.}
xo Sara
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