A Collection of Thoughts, Recommendations, & Real Stories to Help You Turn Defeats into Wins & Find Your True Self. Women Who Win Over Depression is both a comprehensive informational resource and storytelling account of women’s experiences with depression and related emotional concerns.

The author describes her perception of depression and the various factors women face that both contribute to and culminate in a period of transition. Depression can turn a woman’s life upside down in the most unexpected, and often most unwelcome, ways.

The author has compiled these lessons and accounts from the perspective of a woman who has both lived through numerous trials and challenges and has committed herself to reaching out to other women struggling with the same concerns. Depression is a rather common and widespread illness; however, the author believes that when depression strikes women in middle age, there are unique difficulties and concerns among this population.

Although the origins, progression, and course of depression can vary widely from person to person, the author shares her beliefs of how women have far more in common in their journey through emotional struggles than they do differences. She describes the multifaceted roles of women, struggles with identity, and the many social and personal pressures that can ultimately lead to women wanting something more for themselves and their lives.

Although change is often not intentionally sought, it can arrive suddenly in the most horrid of disguises in order to allow women an opportunity to rewrite the course of their lives and their future. Yes, you read that right!Depression is a transitional phase that offers you unique opportunities to notice what is amiss in your life and to embark upon a journey of change and healing.

It is your body’s way of saying, “Hey, slow down, look at what’s happening here…” The message, however, is not always gentle. Nor does it feel helpful or positive—but it’s when you emerge from it, when you’re on ‘the other side’ of depression, that you will look back and think, so that’s what it was all about.

It is through learning to express emotions that have been concealed—concealed sometimes for years or even decades—and through demonstrating kindness and compassion towards the self and growing in self-acceptance and inner strength, that every woman going through some of the most painful moments of depression can achieve a period of growth and renewed courage to pursue the life she envisions for herself. And you too can do that.

You too can have that positive outcome. Depression serves as a vehicle to take women on this journey the author describes through both facts, information, as well as real-world examples of stories that may likely seem all too familiar to many middle-aged female readers.

It is not just a book of anecdotes; this is real-world evidence from real-world women; women just like you. In her storytelling, which she specifically alters to protect the identities of the many women she has known and shared time with, the author tells of how their greatest struggles turn into the most life-changing period of their lives, facilitating their growth, development, and emotional evolution.

For those who have reached a rock-bottom in their lives, caught in a seemingly endless cycle of hopelessness and despair, it is well-known that this period feels as if it has no end, as if the depression is some great beast that has swallowed you whole and will consume you forever, and achieving any sense of normalcy cannot even be imagined as possible. This book provides a look into the future for those who are struggling.

This book is real proof that there are women just like you, going through great difficulty, losing their identity, being compelled to create a new life for themselves, falling apart, and somehow, singlehandedly putting themselves back together. .