Be Refreshed

Passionate, authentic, faithful women in the workplace, you are not alone. Women make up 47 percent of the workforce with over 50 percent of advanced degrees going to women (up from 6 percent thirty years ago). Despite these advances, women in the workplace often feel like they're on their own. They battle gender and pay gaps, work-life balance, and guilt-longing for connection and belonging in their churches and community. Be Refreshed contains encouraging devotional readings for Monday through Friday, along with questions and a prayer for reflection and refreshment each weekend. Take a year to read words and wisdom from women, just like you, who want to be bold in every aspect of life and seek to make a difference on a daily basis. Begin each day with the strength that only comes from being in God's Word and walking with other women like you.

Diane Paddison, 4word women Founder and Executive Director, is a Harvard MBA and former global executive of two Fortune 500 companies and one Fortune 1000 company. She serves as a board member for two corporations and four not-for-profits. A leading advocate for Christian women in the workplace, Diane is the author of Work, Love, Pray, writes weekly posts at 4wordwomen.org, and is a featured columnist for The Washington Times. Diane and her husband, Chris, have four children and live in Dallas, Texas. Diane is joined by over one hundred female professionals from all industries and leadership levels who seek to encourage and embolden the life of every woman in the workplace.