I Thought There Would Be Cake
Life never turns out as we expected. But connecting honestly with the one we're really in can bring all sorts of consolation . . .
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Katharine Welby-Roberts speaks and writes about issues relating to mental and emotional health, and the wider context of how the church responds to those in suffering. She is married to Mike and they live in Reading with their baby son Elijah. Much of her time is taken up occupying Elijah and drinking tea with other mums, but outside of those things she loves a good steak, comic book films and wine.
Everyone should read this book: a gentle, humorous Lamentations for the twenty-first century. Katharine models a rich faith, wholly authentic in the face of suffering and struggle. You will laugh, cry and gasp . . . most importantly you will grow.
Brilliantly honest, often funny and wonderfully readable . . . akin to having a great friend round for coffee and talking in the frankest terms about God, real life, an the sometimes confusing relationship between the two. For those facing all manner of personal challenges, Katharine doesn't offer empty platitudes . . . . she stands right there alongside you in the darkest depths of the tunnel and gently encourages you towards the light.
Readable, funny . . . moving
This is rather a brave book. It takes courage to offer the kind of transparency with which Katherine Welby-Roberts writes about her inner vulnerability and turmoil
Katherine’s style is open and conversational, she could be sitting down with the reader over a cup of tea.
Yet in sharing these struggles, she speaks with humour and with an absence of self-indulgence or sanctimonious piety.
Being so accessible, anyone who identifies with Katherine’s particular version of inner quicksand will find a friend here. Others, who find the account of such internal chaos mystifying, might do well to listen.
an amazingly honest and soul-baring book
About
EVER THOUGHT LIFE ISN'T TURNING OUT QUITE AS YOU EXPECTED?
Growing up, Katharine Welby-Roberts imagined that being an adult was one big party. But depression, anxiety and crippling self-doubt led her to alienate herself from others. To replay events and encounters as nightmares. Occasionally, to be unable to leave the house.
Aware of the cacophony of voices in her head, Katharine invites us to join her as she journeys to the depths of her soul. Here, with instinctive honesty and humour, she confronts the parts of her story that hinder her most.
As she charts a course that offers ways of coping with everyday issues, we are encouraged to embrace our own self-worth. To recognize the value of our existence. To let ourselves be loved. Exactly as we are.
With each chapter drawing on personal experience and featuring an original illustration, the topics include:
- taking responsibility (the need to accept failure)
- your crap/my crap (the boundaries between caring and taking on others' worries and stresses)
- what sort of special? (what it means to be unique in a sea of unique people)
- comparisons (the destructiveness of comparing ourselves to other people)
- affirmation (the healthy and unhealthy need)
- inner conflict (believing we can do anything/nothing at all)
- numbers (the power of social media)
- never chosen (finding our value in who we are in each situation, not in the people around us)
- major crisis in a minor moment (keeping things in proportion)
- regret (spending less time evaluating ourselves and more time just being ourselves)
Candid but powerfully reassuring, the book reminds us that we are each made - fearfully and wonderfully - in the image of God, our true source of confidence, comfort and joy.
'Brilliantly honest, often funny and wonderfully readable'
Martin Saunders, Youthscape
'Wholly authentic in the face of suffering and struggle'
Will van der Hart, The Mind and Soul Foundation
Growing up, Katharine Welby-Roberts imagined that being an adult was one big party. But depression, anxiety and crippling self-doubt led her to alienate herself from others. To replay events and encounters as nightmares. Occasionally, to be unable to leave the house.
Aware of the cacophony of voices in her head, Katharine invites us to join her as she journeys to the depths of her soul. Here, with instinctive honesty and humour, she confronts the parts of her story that hinder her most.
As she charts a course that offers ways of coping with everyday issues, we are encouraged to embrace our own self-worth. To recognize the value of our existence. To let ourselves be loved. Exactly as we are.
With each chapter drawing on personal experience and featuring an original illustration, the topics include:
- taking responsibility (the need to accept failure)
- your crap/my crap (the boundaries between caring and taking on others' worries and stresses)
- what sort of special? (what it means to be unique in a sea of unique people)
- comparisons (the destructiveness of comparing ourselves to other people)
- affirmation (the healthy and unhealthy need)
- inner conflict (believing we can do anything/nothing at all)
- numbers (the power of social media)
- never chosen (finding our value in who we are in each situation, not in the people around us)
- major crisis in a minor moment (keeping things in proportion)
- regret (spending less time evaluating ourselves and more time just being ourselves)
Candid but powerfully reassuring, the book reminds us that we are each made - fearfully and wonderfully - in the image of God, our true source of confidence, comfort and joy.
'Brilliantly honest, often funny and wonderfully readable'
Martin Saunders, Youthscape
'Wholly authentic in the face of suffering and struggle'
Will van der Hart, The Mind and Soul Foundation
Author
Katharine Welby-Roberts speaks and writes about issues relating to mental and emotional health, and the wider context of how the church responds to those in suffering. She is married to Mike and they live in Reading with their baby son Elijah. Much of her time is taken up occupying Elijah and drinking tea with other mums, but outside of those things she loves a good steak, comic book films and wine.
Reviews
Everyone should read this book: a gentle, humorous Lamentations for the twenty-first century. Katharine models a rich faith, wholly authentic in the face of suffering and struggle. You will laugh, cry and gasp . . . most importantly you will grow.
Brilliantly honest, often funny and wonderfully readable . . . akin to having a great friend round for coffee and talking in the frankest terms about God, real life, an the sometimes confusing relationship between the two. For those facing all manner of personal challenges, Katharine doesn't offer empty platitudes . . . . she stands right there alongside you in the darkest depths of the tunnel and gently encourages you towards the light.
Readable, funny . . . moving
This is rather a brave book. It takes courage to offer the kind of transparency with which Katherine Welby-Roberts writes about her inner vulnerability and turmoil
Katherine’s style is open and conversational, she could be sitting down with the reader over a cup of tea.
Yet in sharing these struggles, she speaks with humour and with an absence of self-indulgence or sanctimonious piety.
Being so accessible, anyone who identifies with Katherine’s particular version of inner quicksand will find a friend here. Others, who find the account of such internal chaos mystifying, might do well to listen.
an amazingly honest and soul-baring book
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Growing up, Katharine Welby-Roberts imagined that being an adult was one big party. But depression, anxiety and crippling self-doubt led her to alienate herself from others. To replay events and encounters as nightmares. Occasionally, to be unable to leave the house.
Aware of the cacophony of voices in her head, Katharine invites us to join her as she journeys to the depths of her soul. Here, with instinctive honesty and humour, she confronts the parts of her story that hinder her most.
As she charts a course that offers ways of coping with everyday issues, we are encouraged to embrace our own self-worth. To recognize the value of our existence. To let ourselves be loved. Exactly as we are.
With each chapter drawing on personal experience and featuring an original illustration, the topics include:
- taking responsibility (the need to accept failure)
- your crap/my crap (the boundaries between caring and taking on others' worries and stresses)
- what sort of special? (what it means to be unique in a sea of unique people)
- comparisons (the destructiveness of comparing ourselves to other people)
- affirmation (the healthy and unhealthy need)
- inner conflict (believing we can do anything/nothing at all)
- numbers (the power of social media)
- never chosen (finding our value in who we are in each situation, not in the people around us)
- major crisis in a minor moment (keeping things in proportion)
- regret (spending less time evaluating ourselves and more time just being ourselves)
Candid but powerfully reassuring, the book reminds us that we are each made - fearfully and wonderfully - in the image of God, our true source of confidence, comfort and joy.
'Brilliantly honest, often funny and wonderfully readable'
Martin Saunders, Youthscape
'Wholly authentic in the face of suffering and struggle'
Will van der Hart, The Mind and Soul Foundation