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Soul-Deep Beauty: Fighting for Our True Worth in a World Demanding Flawless is now available.

are you tired of being sold a broken brand of beauty?

 
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Let’s redefine beauty.

My name is Melissa L. Johnson and I want to help women find authentic beauty. The kind of beauty their heart and soul long for.

Beauty can be hard to define. As women we are expected to be beautiful, which usually means physically perfect. Aesthetically flawless. It seems we can never be enough or do enough. And, sometimes, in a world filled with brokenness and suffering, it feels like true beauty is hard to come by.

At times, beauty seems impossible.

But what if true beauty exists and it’s more brilliant than we ever imagined?

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we are being sold a broken brand of beauty

American beauty ideals promote shame and brokenness among females of all ages. These women’s stories demonstrate exactly why we need to redefine beauty.

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