Ava's classmate makes fun of her freckles, but her parents urge her to be kind and remember that she is just the way God wants her to be.

An exploration of how women have inadvertently disempowered and sabotaged themselves by being their own worst critics. On a broader scale the book speaks to how women s collective self-denigration as a gender has not only diluted our influence in a world in desperate need of our social, spiritual and political contributions, but has also prevented us from uniting in ways that would benefit the entire planet. In order to support women in accessing...