Turn Toward the Sun: Releasing What If and Embracing What Is

by Mandy Hale

Overview

If recent world events have taught us anything, it's that life doesn't always look the way we want it to look. And while we can't control the curveballs life throws at us, we can control our response to them. We can choose to loosen our grip on what we think life is "supposed" to be and embrace life for exactly what it is—messiness and mayhem and all. We can choose to stubbornly turn toward the sun, even as the storm rages around us. That surrender is where true happiness and peace lie.

With insights born from her own hard-won battles, Mandy Hale turns her attention (and her sizable wit) to showing you what she's learned about letting go of the desire to control everything in life. With the honesty and authenticity she's known for, Mandy inspires you to stop striving, live in the moment, sit with your experiences, and trust God with the unknown.

Like sunflowers that turn toward the sun that helps them grow tall and strong, we can turn to friends, family, and faith for strength in difficult times.

If you've felt depleted or despairing as you've wrestled with circumstances beyond your control, you will find in Mandy a kind and trustworthy guide through the storm.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800738822
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/14/2022
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	438,456
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Mandy Hale is a blogger turned New York Times bestselling author and speaker. Creator of the social media movement The Single Woman, Mandy cuts to the heart of single life with her inspirational, straight-talking, witty takes on life and love. Named a "Twitter Powerhouse" by the Huffington Post, a "Woman of Influence" by the Nashville Business Journal, one of the "10 Instagram Accounts to Follow for Major Inspiration" by Good Morning America, and a "Single in the City" by Nashville Lifestyles magazine, she has also been featured in USA Today and Forbes magazine, on Glamour.com, and in many other media outlets. She is the author of several books, including Don't Believe the Swipe. She lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Learn more at www.mandyhale.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction 15

1 It's the End of the World as We Know It 25

2 Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning? 37

3 Have We Met Before? 48

4 An Endless Night … and Then, the Sun 55

5 How I Lost Love and Found Myself 65

6 Planting My Own Garden and Decorating My Own Soul 77

7 What If He's the One? Avoiding Relationship Mirages 85

8 How to Let Go of Love 97

9 To the Man I Thought Was "the One" 111

10 Turning Toward the Son 115

11 No One Is Forever 21 125

12 Navigating Adult Friendships 139

13 Decoding Mysterious Male Behavior: Why Sometimes Going Is Better Than Knowing 148

14 Anxiety: The What If behind the Curtain 160

15 What If I'm Not Enough? 173

Epilogue 183

Acknowledgments 187

Notes 189