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    You Don't Have to Try So Hard: Ditch Expectations and Live Your Own Best Life
    You Don't Have to Try So Hard: Ditch Expectations and Live Your Own Best Life
    You Don't Have to Try So Hard: Ditch Expectations and Live Your Own Best Life
    Audiobook5 hours

    You Don't Have to Try So Hard: Ditch Expectations and Live Your Own Best Life

    Written by Cheri Gregory and Kathi Lipp

    Narrated by Cheri Gregory

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    About this audiobook

    My soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. Psalm 62:5Worn Down by the Pursuit of Perfection?Are you hustling through life, struggling to meet impossible standards and be everything to everybody? Do you ever wonder if there's any rest on the other side of the rush?With honesty and humor, Kathi Lipp and Cheri Gregory will help you take a breather and find reassurance as you face the bullies of perfectionism, performancism, people-pleasing, and procrastination. Self-assessments and personal stories will guide you from panic to peace as you learn to ·pick battles worthy of your time and energy ·embrace the freedom of a carefully considered "no" ·recognize your strengths and weaknesses in the quest for balance ·use authenticity as a weapon to battle bullies ·release yourself from the endless pressure of pleasing othersDitch your feelings of inadequacy and finally come face-to-face with the bold, balanced woman God created you to be.You don't have to be perfect. You just have to be you!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristianAudio.com
    Release dateSep 4, 2018
    ISBN9781545906828
    You Don't Have to Try So Hard: Ditch Expectations and Live Your Own Best Life
    Author

    Cheri Gregory

    Through Scripture and storytelling, Cheri Gregory delights in helping women draw closer to Jesus, the strength of every tender heart. She is the coleader of Sensitive and Strong: the place for the HSP Christian woman to find connection; the cohost, with Amy Carroll, of Grit ’n’ Grace—the Podcast; the founder of Write Beside You communicator coaching; and the coauthor, with Kathi Lipp, of You Don’t Have to Try So Hard and Overwhelmed. Cheri speaks locally and internationally for women’s events and educational conferences.She and her college sweetheart, Daniel, have been married for more than three decades and live on the central California coast.

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