MakeHer

About the Book

MakeHer: Let Your Maker Define You is a gentle, faith‑filled invitation to step out of striving and return to the steady, restoring presence of God. Through warm storytelling, biblical reflection, and contemplative creative practices, this devotional opens a spacious path back to identity, belonging, and wholeness.

Written for women navigating seasons of loss, transition, rebuilding, or quiet ache, MakeHer offers a compassionate companion through the tender work of being undone and remade. In a culture that measures women by productivity, perfection, and performance, this book presents a different way — a slower, grounded way shaped not by pressure, but by Presence.

With honesty and grace, Wendy guides readers through themes of identity, creativity, spiritual formation, and the quiet work of God in everyday life. Rooted in Scripture and shaped by lived experience, each chapter creates room for rest and reflection, helping you reconnect with the God who calls you beloved, chosen, and deeply seen.

Across stories, prayerful guidance, and contemplative practices, MakeHer invites you to rediscover your God‑given identity, reclaim your voice, and walk closely with the One who faithfully restores and remakes every part of your story.

This is not a book about becoming more.
It’s a book about becoming you — the woman God handcrafted with intention, beauty, and purpose.

Perfect for:

• personal devotional time

• women’s groups and connect groups

• gifting to women in seasons of change

• those longing for identity, healing, and hope

About the Author

Wendy Shipman is a contemplative artist, writer and qualified coach, whose work invites women into a grounded, spacious way of living. Through gentle practices and reflective storytelling, she helps women reconnect with their God‑given identity and rediscover creativity as a restorative, spiritual practice. She lives on the Kāpiti Coast of Aotearoa New Zealand, where the long, quiet beaches shape her contemplative approach to creativity and faith.

Endorsement

Michelle Bayly

Lead Pastor O2 Church (New Life Churches NZ)

“I read MakeHer with tears in my eyes. Wendy has a rare gift for capturing the Father’s heart with every word she writes. Each page is filled with beautiful, tender truth — rich in grace, compassion, and biblical insight — gently tugging at the heart and making every chapter deeply relatable.

This book is a valuable and life-giving resource for women of all ages and stages, offering hope, encouragement, and practical wisdom. I love that MakeHer ultimately points us to the One who alone can bring true healing, restoration, freedom, and joy — even from the most painful parts of our stories.

We are so looking forward to journeying through MakeHer in our mums connect group and know it will be a blessing to many.”