In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know, Catholic author Dr. MaryRuth Hackett talks about her book Daughter by Design: Discovering Your Identity as God’s Beloved Daughter. (November 17, 2022)

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What is my purpose in life? Who am I, really?

These are questions that every woman will find herself asking in a culture swirling with increasing confusion around meaning and identity.

Struggle, failure real or perceived, loss, grief, suffering–these are the things that tend to bring us face-to-face with ourselves, stripping us of the illusion that our identity and calling has anything to do with what we do or accomplish in life–or what we want to become or think we must be, for that matter.

A woman’s deepest identity, however, is founded on something far more lasting and real. Her discovery of God’s original design for her life, to be in a relationship of love as His daughter forever, is a truth that will set her radically free to live the fullest life possible, a life of integrity, authenticity, fulfillment, hope, trust, and joy.

In Daughter by Design, MaryRuth Hackett offers every woman:

The key to growth and good discernment: becoming aware of our God-given strengths and natural weaknesses.
The means to prioritize our spiritual life and develop a healthy habit of daily prayer–the foundation of our Father/daughter relationship.
The opportunity to identify and claim her own version of the feminine genius.
The invitation to surrender as the only true cure for perfectionism.
And much more.
Daughter by Design is a must-read for every woman seeking to stake her life on the eternal truth of her existence: that she is a daughter forever. Available in paperback or

After earning her PhD in Educational Psychology, Dr. MaryRuth Hackett left the halls of academia to be a stay-at-home mom. With her podcast Parenting Smarts and her blog, available through her website at MaryRuthhackett.com, MaryRuth offers resources for families everywhere. Her conversion from Protestantism to the Catholic Faith in 2006 allowed her to further embrace the Church’s timeless wisdom around authentic femininity. As the key to both personal wholeness and effective parenting, she has come to appreciate the need to strengthen a woman’s identity as daughter of God before anything else. She lives in Arizona with her husband and four children.