The Cultivate

A guide to embracing imperfect progress and making what matters happen, little by little.

Women often feel like they have to have it all together in order to live a meaningful life. Instead they feel inadequate, overwhelmed, paralyzed by fear and insecurity, and are exhausted simply trying to figure out where to begin. "The secret to living a flourishing life isn't in engineering the perfect circumstances or having it all together. The secret is in the small," says author and speaker Lara Casey. "It's easier than you think to cultivate what matters. It all starts with a tiny seed."

Welcome to the journey of getting messy in the rich soil of possibility-embracing imperfect, grace-filled progress to grow a life of joy.

Written as part encouragement anthem and part practical guide, Cultivate equips women to uncover and take action on goals that simplify life. Lara's signature "goal gardening" steps release them from the pressure to achieve and gives them freedom to move from planning to planting. Readers will walk through each season, finding balance as they interact in fresh ways with their current life scenarios, with God, and in the communities where they are planted. "You don't have to be perfect; you just have to plant! As you open this book, you are making a decision to leave the dry soil behind. You will lean in . . . and unrush your life. And in the process you will unearth your purpose."

Special features include

• Goal Gardening Steps
• an eight-week Fruitful Goal Gardening Guide with questions for small groups
• Gardening 101 to start your own real-life flower or vegetable garden

Find the joy and the freedom that comes in cultivating. Cultivate your faith. Don't fertilize the fear. And watch how your life flourishes in the days ahead!