Strong like Water Releasing in March 2023
Carol Stream, Ill. (September 9, 2022) — Tyndale Refresh, an imprint of Tyndale House Publishers (@tyndalehouse), will release Strong like Water in March 2023, the newest book from Aundi Kolber, leading voice in trauma-informed healing, and critically acclaimed author of Try Softer (January 2020) and The Try Softer Guided Journey (October 2021).
Strong like Water is the exploratory deep dive into a new framework for true flourishing, one centered on a more expansive definition of strength. Could strength mean more than pushing on and pushing through pain, bearing every heavy burden on our own? What if, instead, it were more like the tide: soft and bold, fierce and gentle, moving together as one powerful force? A different, more expansive way of healing, wholeness, and possibly—especially—strength is possible. Aundi guides readers through various practices, rhythms, and resources to support themselves through challenging circumstances with compassion and hope, helping them become strong like water.
Since the release of Try Softer, Aundi has become a leading voice and highly sought-after trauma therapy expert on podcasts such as The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, The Lazy Genius with Kendra Adachi, Typology with Ian Morgan Cron, The Next Right Thing with Emily P. Freeman, and That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs, among many others.
Commenting on this important new release, senior acquisitions editor Jillian Schlossberg shared, “Aundi Kolber didn’t just write Strong like Water—she has lived Strong like Water. These words are hard-won truth from a woman who lives to bridge her clinical knowledge with her lived experience, and we all benefit from her vulnerability and wisdom. What an honor it’s been to walk alongside Aundi as she worked to bring this important and timely message to the page.”
Early endorsers of Strong like Water include Dr. Alison Cook, Shannan Martin, and author and host of The Next Right Thing, Emily P. Freeman, who said, “In Strong like Water, Aundi Kolber emerges as one of the most trusted and approachable voices at the intersection of faith, trauma, and body-centered therapy. The practices alone are worth reading this excellent, well-researched, heartfelt book.”
Aundi Kolber is a licensed professional counselor (LPC), speaker, and author of the groundbreaking book Try Softer and its companion, The Try Softer Guided Journey. Aundi is the owner of Kolber Counseling, LLC, established in 2009. In addition to her MA in community counseling, she has received additional training in her specialization of trauma- and body-centered therapies, including the highly researched and regarded eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. As a survivor of trauma and a lifelong learner, 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. She is happily married to her best friend, Brendan, and is the proud mom of Matia and Jude.
Aundi is represented by Don Gates of The Gates Group.
For more information or an advance reader copy of Strong like Water, contact Amanda Woods, amandawoods@tyndale.com, 630-784-5125.
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Media Contact: Amanda Woods, amandawoods@tyndale.com, 630.784.5125
