“This is awkward, but I compare myself all the time.”
It’s not easy to be the first one who says something like this. Vulnerability inherently carries risk with it. An honest confession may lead to rejection or misunderstanding. But, author Jenn Schultz has found, it often encourages a response that sounds something like, “Yeah, I feel that way, too.”
On a new episode of Viral Jesus, host Heather Thompson Day and Schultz discuss Schultz’s new book, She’s Not Your Enemy. They talk about what women lose when they see other women as their competition. And they consider strategies for letting go of unhealthy habits while taking hold of cooperation.
As we look at the women around us, may we see them not as threats but as potential collaborators whose gifts and abilities bear witness to God’s creativity just as ours do.
