Strong Like Water, Aundi Kolber
Strong Like Water, Aundi Kolber
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Strong Like Water
Finding the Freedom, Safety, and Compassion to Move through Hard Things--and Experience True Flourishing

Author: Aundi Kolber

Narrator: Aundi Kolber

Unabridged: 7 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/21/2023


Synopsis

There's a cost to being a certain kind of strong.

When it comes to difficult circumstances, we’ve all heard the platitudes: “No pain, no gain.” “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” But if we spend our lives trying to be “the strong one,” we become exhausted, burned-out, and disconnected from our truest selves.

What if it were different? Could there be a different way to be strong? Could strength mean more than pushing on and pushing through pain, bearing every heavy burden on our own? What if, instead, true strength were more like the tide: soft and bold, fierce and gentle, moving together as one powerful force?

In Strong like Water, author and trauma therapist Aundi Kolber offers a framework for true flourishing. With each page, you’ll:Learn how your nervous system shapes your experience so that we can move through pain instead of being stuck in it.Explore various practices, rhythms, and resources to support you in challenging circumstances with compassion and hope.Discover how to internalize connection, love, and safety―empowering you with greater resilience.
A different, more expansive way of healing, wholeness, and possibly―especially―strength is possible. We were made to be strong like water.

About The Author

Aundi Kolber is a Licensed Professional Counselor (MA LPC), writer, and speaker in Castle Rock, Colorado. She specializes in trauma- and body-centered therapies and is passionate about the integration of faith and psychology. She has written for Relevant, CT Women, and (in) courage. As a survivor of trauma, Aundi brings hard won knowledge around the work of change, the power of redemption, and the beauty of experiencing God with us in our pain.Connect with Aundi at aundikolber.com, on Facebook at aundikolberwrites, and on Instagram at aundikolber


Reviews

Goodreads review by Morgan on March 28, 2023

Aundi nails it on the head again!! As someone who was raised by parents with the “tough it out” mentality, I have spent my 20’s processing a lot of dismissed trauma. Aundi’s first book introduced me to the idea that pushing harder & dismissing pain might not be the only way - Strong Like Water conti......more

Goodreads review by Jillian Armstrong on December 04, 2023

Anyone who has experienced any level of trauma (so, everyone?) would benefit from reading this helpful, insightful book. I specifically appreciate her gentle tone and practical exercises to help regulate your nervous system. I felt like she broke down complex topics in a way that made sense and felt......more

Goodreads review by Emma on October 16, 2022

Kolber writes a very compassionate book about mental health (mostly in a Christian context) and how we can seek to be strong like water. I appreciated her pairing of Christian truths with psychology research and emphasis on the importance of working through trauma and difficult situations. She explai......more

Goodreads review by Madison on April 13, 2024

A necessary resource for those of us fighting for wholeness. Deep roots and practices written from the perspective of someone who has lived this. I am deeply grateful for this work.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on March 29, 2024

Similar to quite a few other books (Body Keeps the Score, Anatomy of the Soul, etc.) but very approachable. She gives great explanations on how trauma impacts our physical bodies and tools for moving toward wholeness. A great intro to the subject, though counseling itself is probably a better approa......more