Book Review and Giveaway: Fear, Faith, and a Fistful of Chocolate by Debora Coty

Welcome to our stop on the Fear, Faith and a Fistful of Chocolate Book Tour!

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Synopsis: Fear, Faith, and a Fistful of Chocolates is tailored to your everyday fears--financial, health, relationships, loss, pain, the unknown, the what-ifs-both real and imagined. 

In an age of uncertainty, inspirational humorist Deb Coty promises peace and hope for a better future. You'll come away refreshed, renewed, and ready to conquer your worries! 

As much as we would hate to admit it, most of us struggle with some kind offear, worry or anxiety on a regular basis. Whether the fear is something that seems insignificant to some (like spiders) or is more common to mankind (like the loss of a loved one), we need to find the faith to hand our worries over to God to handle. InFear, Faith, and a Fistful of Chocolate: Wit and Wisdom for Sidestepping Life's Worries, Debora M. Coty uses her trademark humor to draw readers out of a lifestyle of worry and anxiety and into living life with the security of knowing that God has everything under His control. 

Review:

Debora takes on the most common fears that women have, like: loss of a loved one, failure, loneliness, dependency on others, and the unknown/what ifs, and she breaks them down into 5 types of fears: sporting (impulusive reaction to provoking stimuli), savory (being scared by a controlled thing or event), saturating fear (often originates in childhood and permeates our adult lives), simmering (fear of the unknown that we dread) and sovereign fear (subjection to authority). She explains how all fears are not equal and offers examples, stories, and how to overcome the fears (More Pluck, Less Chicken). 

I don't think I'll get the term 'People Hangover' out of my head for awhile- but she is right forgiveness does more for the person doing the forgiving than the one who is being forgiven! Worry, guilt, stress, all come from misdirected fear. Her acronym BARF (Back Off, Admit, Redirect and Forgive), from More Beauty, Less Beast comes back into play in this book as well.

As always, Debora's books make excellent women's bible study group guides for discussion, and I think this one would also be excellent for teens, for them to learn to how to deal with fears before they happen, and the ones they are already dealing with.



About the Author: Coty is the author of ten books, including Fear, Faithand a Fistful of Chocolate, More Beauty, Less Beast,Too Blessed to be Stressed, and Mom Needs Chocolate, and a contributor to numerous devotionals for women. She also writes monthly newspaper column titled "Grace Notes: God's Grace for Everyday Living." In addition to being a published author and popular speaker, Coty is an orthopedic occupational therapist and a tennis addict. Learn more about Deborah at www.deboracoty.com

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Celebrate the release of Fear, Faith and a Fistful of Chocolate with Debora Coty by entering her Kindle Fire Giveaway and RSVPing to the March 7th Author Chat Party on Facebook!

One "sweet" winner will receive:

• A Kindle Fire
• A Debora Coty Library (Fear, Faith and a Fistful of Chocolate, More Beauty, Less Beast, Too Blessed To Be Stressed, and Everyday Hope)
• Chocolate (Every good thing begins with chocolate!)

Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry, the giveaway ends 3/6/13. Winner will be announced at Debora's "Fear, Faith and a Fistful of Chocolate" Facebook Party on 3/7. Debora will be hosting an evening of chat, fun trivia, laughter, and encouragement - bring your friends! She'll also be giving away some GREAT prizes: gift certificates, books, and a book club prize pack! (Ten copies of the book for your small group or book club and a live chat with Debora via Skype.)

So grab your copy of Fear, Faith and a Fistful of Chocolate and join Debora and friends on the evening of March 7th for an evening of fun. (If you haven't read the book, don't let that stop you from coming!)

Don't miss a moment of the fun, RSVP today. Tell your friends via FACEBOOK or TWITTER and increase your chances of winning. Hope to see you on the 7th!

Disclosure/Disclaimer: I received this book, free of charge, from Litfuse PR, Communications, for review purposes on this blog. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it