Compared to Who?: A Proven Path to Improve Your Body Image

by Heather Creekmore

See your body image struggles as issues of the heart—the find freedom from body insecurity using five biblically rooted steps.

Are you tired of clichés like “It’s what’s on the inside that counts!” or “Just love your body!” which sound encouraging but don’t really help your struggle? Then Compared to Who? is for you. It may not be grammatically correct, but it’s one question every woman should ask as she wrestles issues like

Am I enough?
Should I try to be more beautiful?
Will anyone ever love me?
Would my life be different if I looked different?

Writing from her personal battle with weight and appearance, Heather will encourage you to see your body image struggles from a fresh perspective. Heather’s humor and honesty will reassure you, while her practical, grace-based approach will offer a path to follow to find the freedom you crave.

“Compared to Who? is a much-needed, gospel-centered approach to the titanic struggle women face when they look in the mirror. Creekmore’s voice is refreshingly honest, and she comes alongside the reader as a friend, helping women leave behind the idol of beauty and embrace the outrageous beauty of Jesus. Compelling, well-researched, and a helpful read.”
—Mary DeMuth, author of Worth Living: How God’s Wild Love Makes You Worthy

“With its real-talk conversational tone, Compared to Who? is a field guide for the modern woman living in our crazy-making culture of impossible beauty ideals and the futile pursuit of bodily perfection. Despite her claim to exemplify the ordinary, Heather has written a book with the potential to accomplish something truly extraordinary. Comparison is a prison—and the truth within these pages is enough to set captive women free!”
—Jena Morrow, author of Hollow

“If you’ve ever wanted to find freedom in the body you’ve been given, this book is for you. Heather takes you by the hand, and with solid biblical principles, exposes the lies about beauty. She’ll help you feel differently about the body you have—not the one you think you need. You’ll find freedom on these pages.”
—Jennifer Dukes Lee, author of The Happiness Dare and Love Idol

In Compared to Who? Heather Creekmore is so real you’ll feel like you are having a sleepover with your hilariously honest best friend. By the time you are done with this book, you’ll have no excuses left. Ultimately, we all want to feel beautiful, but first we have to decide that we are. This book is a call to a higher level of understanding about our worth, our bodies, and our futures. And if you are as honest as Heather is, you’ll be changed for the better—heart, body, and soul.”
— Jennifer Strickland, speaker, author of Beautiful Lies, More Beautiful Than You Know, and Girl Perfect, URMore.org

“Real, raw, relatable, and refreshing. Heather speaks my language. She put words to the very things I and many other women subconsciously do and struggle with. She tells it like it is, cuts out the clichés, and powerfully challenges her reader—all with grace, humor, and Truth. Every woman should read this book!”
—Jordan Lee Dooley, Founder of The SoulScripts, author of COLLEGE and BeLoved

“Heather Creekmore holds up a biblical mirror for each of us to look into as we battle body image issues. With both humor and camaraderie, this gifted author tenderly unlocks the door to our self-made prison of body hatred. Heather invites us to join her in embracing new levels of freedom from our cycle of chronic comparisons. With concrete questions to think through after each chapter, this book is a must read for anyone who looks at herself and thinks, ‘If only . . .’ Grab a friend—or your daughter—and let’s start a healthy, Christ-centered discussion on both the root of our body image issues and the solution.”
—Jani Ortlund, Renewal Ministries

Heather Creekmore writes and speaks hope to thousands of women each week inspiring them to stop comparing and start living. Her first book Compared to Who? encourages women to uncover the spiritual root of body image issues and find freedom. Her new release, The Burden of Better, offers women a journey into the depths of God's grace to find a way off the treadmill of constant comparison. Heather has been featured on Fox News, Huff Post, Morning Dose, Church Leaders, For Every Mom, along with dozens of other shows and podcasts. But she's best recognized from her appearance as a contestant on the Netflix hit show, Nailed It. Heather and her fighter-pilot-turned-pastor husband, Eric have four children and live in Austin, Texas. Connect with Heather at Comparedtowho.me.