True You: Letting Go of Your False Self to Uncover the Person God Created

I received True You at just the right time in my life. For someone who struggles with saying “no” and being still, this book was a blessing. DeRusha says “Busyness allows us to avoid the deepest questions of our souls;” this book gave me the space to reflect on my own questions. The book is a simple read, but one I tried to savor. I read the book with a highlighter and pen - it is now a well worn copy with notes in the margins, a few tear drops, coffee stains, and creases. I appreciated the questions at the end of each chapter as a launching point for discussion. While the book is great for introspection, I would love to have the opportunity to utilize this book for a book group as well. Having read one of DeRusha’s previous books, “Spiritual Misfit,” I expected this book to resonate with me and I was not disappointed. I highly recommend this book at a great foundation to a spiritually and emotionally successful 2019. I received an advanced copy of the book from the publisher in order to provide an honest review.

With the New Year soon upon us, we make resolutions to be a better person. “True You” by Michelle DeRusha can help you succeed/accomplish to be a better person...Michelle uses a Tree as a metaphor in how pruning can remove old stems, dead and unsightly limbs (our bad habits/sins). It takes dedication, discipline and sometimes it’s painful, but absolutely necessary to make the tree a beautiful specimen. God is the gardener, pruning our unsightly limbs making us into the amazing person he created... True You is a must read not once but again and again... I can see this also being a women’s bible study. Thank you to Michelle DeRusha, Baker Books via NetGallery for ARC of this book. This is a honest and whole heartedly recommendation of this book.