This is a book for the woman who has lived. For the woman who has loved deeply, led quietly, cried privately, broken gracefully, and risen again. You are a woman who often carries much. Responsibility. Emotion. Memory. Hope. You lead at work, at home, in community, in silence — even when no one calls you a leader. But leadership is not only what you do. It is who you are becoming. Lipstick, Lattes & Leadership is a collection of love letters for your becoming — drawn from the lives of women in Scripture who loved, lived, led, healed, wept, stood, stayed, rose, fought, believed, and endured. This is a book about identity, sisterhood, and influence — not as the world teaches them, but as God forms them within us. LIPSTICK: The Inner Work Here, we confront the quiet battles: self-worth, insecurity, shame, comparison, the need to be chosen, the longing to belong, the healing of identity. Through women like Leah, Hannah, Rahab, and Mary Magdalene, you will be reminded: You are seen. - You are known. - You are loved. - You are already enough. This section is your heart returning home to itself. LATTES: The Relational Work This is the work of sisterhood — the holy spaces where women walk with women. Through Ruth & Naomi, Mary & Elizabeth, Deborah & Barak, Priscilla & Aquila, and others, you’ll discover: Friendship as healing. - Connection as strength. - Community as calling. This section teaches you how to sit with, cry with, grow with, and rise with the women God has placed in your life. Not competition. Companionship. LEADERSHIP: The Outer Work Leadership is not always a platform. Leadership is presence. Influence. Conviction. Integrity. Through Abigail, Jael, Phoebe, Huldah, and others, you will learn how to lead from wholeness — without losing your softness, your voice, or your soul. You will practice: Speaking up without shrinking. - Standing firm without hardening. - Leading with wisdom, not performance. - Letting your life be your legacy. This is leadership that flows from healing, through community, into influence. This Book is For You If: You have survived something and are still becoming whole. - You want deeper friendships and healthier sisterhood. - You are called to lead but don’t always feel confident. - You know God is growing you, stretching you, maturing you. - You are ready to reclaim your voice, your identity, and your life. Beloved, come rest here. You don’t have to hold yourself together in these pages. You don’t have to be perfect to grow here. You only need to be open. This book is your invitation back to who you really are.