MakeHer
Let your Maker define you
About the Book
MakeHer: Let Your Maker Define You is a gentle, faith‑filled invitation to rediscover who you are in God — not through striving, but through relationship. Through warm storytelling, biblical reflection, and contemplative creative practices, this devotional guides you back to the place where belonging and restoration take root.
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 and perfection, this book presents a different way — a slower, grounded way shaped by Presence rather than pressure.
With honesty and grace, Wendy explores themes of identity, creativity, spiritual formation, and the quiet work of God in ordinary life. Rooted in Scripture and shaped by lived experience, each chapter creates a gentle pause for 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 reclaim your voice, rediscover your God‑given identity, 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 is 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 creative guide 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.
Her paintings explore relationship as the place where belonging and restoration take root — capturing held moments of care, companionship, and emotional inheritance through muted colour, atmospheric light, and quiet narrative figuration. This same enquiry shapes her writing, where faith, story, and creativity meet in a warm, reflective voice.
Wendy lives on the Kāpiti Coast of Aotearoa New Zealand, where long, quiet beaches and contemplative rhythms continue to shape her approach to creativity, faith, and restoration.
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
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
What readers are saying
What readers are saying
“I read MakeHer with tears in my eyes. Each page is filled with tender truth — rich in grace, compassion, and biblical insight — making every chapter deeply relatable. MakeHer is a life‑giving resource for women of all ages, offering hope, encouragement, and practical wisdom.”
Michelle Bayly
Lead Pastor O2 Church (New Life Churches NZ)
Bulk Orders for Groups, Churches & Ministries for NZ Readers
If you’d like to purchase copies of MakeHer for your women’s ministry, connect group, church event, or gifting, bulk order discounts are available.
To arrange a bulk order, please email:
themakeherstudio@wendyshipman.com
Bulk Order Pricing for NZ Readers
RRP: NZD$29.99
Quantity, Price per Book and Savings (Prices in NZD)
5 to 50 - Books $20 each that is 33% off RRP
100 - Books $18 each that is 40% off RRP
250 - Books $16 each that is 47% off RRP
500 - Books $15 each that is 50% off RRP
For International Readers
If you’re outside Aotearoa New Zealand, you can order MakeHer through your usual online bookstores. The paperback and eBook are both available on Amazon worldwide, and the eBook is also on Kobo. You can also request the paperback through your local bookstore, as it’s distributed globally.
Choose the option that feels easiest for you — I’m grateful this little book can travel across oceans and find its way to you.
Amazon worldwide choose your usual Amazon Store (paperback + eBook)
Kobo (eBook)
Your local bookstore (the book is distributed globally)
