Barbara L. Roose is a popular speaker and author who is passionate about connecting women to one another and to God. Her goal is to equip women to win at life with Christ-empowered strength and dignity.

Roose enjoys teaching and encouraging women at conferences and events across the country and abroad. She is the author of Winning the Worry Battle: Life Lessons from the Book of Joshua and Beautiful Already: Reclaiming God’s Perspective on Beauty along with their companion Bible studies and Enough Already: Winning Your Ugly Struggle with Beauty. She also writes a regular blog at BarbRoose.com and hosts the bi-monthly “Better Together” podcast.

An avid traveler, reader, and lover of all things chocolate-peanut butter, Barb and her husband, Matt, live in Toledo, Ohio, where she formerly served on staff at CedarCreek Church. The Rooses are the parents of three beautiful daughters.

Visit Barb Roose’s online home at barbroose.com. Readers can also keep up with her on Facebook (BarbaraRoose), Twitter (barbroose), and Instagram (barbroose).