You’re Not Enough (And That’s Okay) by Allie Beth Stuckey | Book Review
5 out of 5. I would recommend this book to any woman frustrated with the message the world is sending them today. And who is even more perturbed with the message seemingly Christian influencers like Rachel Hollis, Jen Hatmaker, and Glennon Doyle are sending them today.
Description (from Amazon.com): “We’re told that the key to happiness is self-love. But the promise doesn’t deliver. The truth is we can’t find satisfaction inside ourselves because we are the problem. The answer to our insufficiency and insecurity isn’t self-love, but God’s love.”
Allie’s Eating Disorder: Bulimia
A few places in the book, Stuckey talks about a past eating disorder and how it was an attempt to love herself: “I think part of my motivation for my weight loss was wanting to somehow make up for how unattractive and unwanted I felt in that moment [a breakup]. I thought that if I were skinnier, I’d be more lovable. The attention I got from guys as a freshly single girl affirmed that mentality.” (pg. 58) “I’d convinced myself that being skinny was the thing making these new friends and flings possible.” (pg. 22)
I want to hear more about her eating disorder because it sounds similar to my own story — I thought if I were skinny, I would fit in. Skinny…
