I highly recommend this book and study guide if you’ve been through any kind of emotional turmoil, brokenness, or pain that hasn’t quite healed yet. It often develops when there are things that we want but cannot have or things we don’t want and cannot get rid of.

Why do we have to cover the meek and mild "you were taken from Adam and created to be his helpmate" BS first?This book revealed questions that I need to ask my self and humility to go before the Lord to release my burdens. As a woman who endured years of abuse, abandonment, and betrayal by those closest to her, Joyce can answer with a resounding “yes! It helps show you how to stop putting so much emphasis on what others think and start thinking more about what God thinks and who you think about who YOU are. I am beyond thankful I read this book when I almost passed it up, thinking I would already know what was contained within the pages.

I am not going to keep this to myself but I am going to start teaching the lessons from this book to others.

I read this book in audio format so I had to go back and replay certain chapters over because they were worth listening to!

Now, with the passage of more time, HEALING THE SOUL OF A WOMAN delves deeper into Joyce’s story and the journey of healing for all women. The book has Scripture throughout as well as a lot of facts, personal experiences and shared stories of others to really emphasise Joyce's points and guiding principles. Each chapter guides you through whatever obstacles may be holding you back to find your true destiny as God's beloved.The Second appendix, Who you are in Christ Jesus, gives statements to read and review from Scripture as you seek to change your thinking into someone who has been healed and redeemed through Christ. Much of what is written in this book is not new but I would recommend it to women who have been hurt and in need of healing, alongside the Bible. Food for thought: “God's Word renews our mind and teaches us an entirely new way to think about God, life, ourselves, and other people.