Focus on the Family Daily Broadcast
Turning hearts toward home
U.S. Air Date: August 15, 2008
Embracing the Woman Behind the Mask

A panel explains how many women wear a "mask" by struggling to keep up the appearance of being a good wife, mother and churchgoer. Our guests discuss how women can drop the mask and embrace their authentic self.
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- Julie Ann Barnhill
Learn more about Julie by visiting her Web site. - Shaunti Feldhahn
Find out more about Shaunti at her Web site. - Julianna Slattery
Get better acquainted with Julianna at her Web site.
Guest Biography
Julie Ann Barnhill is a popular conference speaker, an author and a contributing editor for Today's Christian Woman magazine. The former elementary school teacher has written six books including Motherhood: The Guilt that Keeps on Giving and Exquisite Hope. Julie and her husband, Rick, reside in Illinois and have three children.
Shaunti Feldhahn is a public speaker and a best-selling author whose books include For Women Only and For Men Only. She also writes weekly opinion columns which appear in newspapers around the country. Shaunti and her husband, Jeff, reside near Atlanta, Ga. and have two children.
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