We all want to know what looks best on us, especially if it means making our closets (and lives) a little more streamlined. While the idea has been around since the 80s, color analysis is making a major comeback, as can be seen all over TikTok. Over two decades ago, Shari Braendel took her passion for fashion and helping others and turned it into a thriving color analysis organization. With no formal business training, Shari has grown the company from 12 consultants to over 400 since 2010.

As a woman of faith, Shari's business is based on the Biblical perspective of beauty and faith, making it different from other color analysis programs. Shari believes that we're all fearfully and wonderfully made, yet we're all created differently. No woman should ever feel less than beautiful because she doesn't have a particular body type. Shari and her team are dedicated to helping women love the body God gave them without making them feel inadequate.

Shari is a color analysis queen and was one of the first 50 women in the U.S. to be trained in color analysis. But her passion for fashion and helping others goes beyond just color analysis appointments. After seeing the profound impact one of her color workshops had on a Texas nonprofit that served victims of sex trafficking, Shari founded the Women Matter Initiative (WMI), which works in conjunction with nonprofit organizations to serve women healing from crisis or distress. Through these free color analysis workshops, Shari and her WIM ambassadors aim to teach women how to dress with confidence and dignity.

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"When an earthquake occurs, the tectonic plates shift far beneath the surface, and they never go back to where they started."

Kari Baker always loved a good plan. But when her only son Brady was diagnosed with autism in 2014, her plans for a typical parenting experience were shaken to the core. Her journey started with all the pain, uncertainty, and isolation that so many special needs parents encounter, but along the way she found faith, community, and joy in surrendering to God's design.

Finding KIND is an account of Kari's initial awakening to Brady's neurological differences, the early years adapting to life as an autism mom, and later accepting and appreciating Brady for exactly who God made him to be.

Ultimately, Kari's experiences as a KIND Mom offer practical suggestions for thriving when the best laid plans go awry. Anyone who knows and loves a kid with invisible neurological differences or who is exploring faith in the midst of life's challenges will find hope and encouragement in Kari's story.

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More about Kari A. Baker

Kari A. Baker is a Christian author, speaker, and podcaster. She is an avid blogger on the topics of faith, special needs parenting, and finding your purpose.

She is the founder of KIND Families, a community of people who love Kids with Invisible Neurological Differences. The KIND Community is for parents, caregivers, friends and advocates of kids whose brains work differently than their peers, but have no outwardly visible disability. She is also the host of The KIND Families Podcast.

Kari became a KIND mom in 2014 when her son Brady was diagnosed with autism at age three.

She and her husband, John, live in Scottsdale with their son Brady and their hound dog,
Princess Leia.

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Jump joyfully into your daily time with God!

Become more intentional with your time spent in God’s Word and dive deeper into your relationship with Him with overwhelming joy, boldness, and thanksgiving. Through 365 daily devotions that lead you from Genesis to Revelation, well-known author and speaker Janet Holm McHenry shares the truths she’s learned about God, His promises to those who love Him, and the joy you too can find in your salvation.

Having read through the entire Bible each year for more than 20 years, Janet’s wise insights invite you to step confidently in your faith as you dedicate a part of each day to studying the Word. Each devotion includes a focus verse, Scripture-based prayer, and an optional read-through-the-Bible-in-a-year plan to help you jumpstart your time with the Lord.

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More about Janet McHenry

Often described as a life juggler, upon graduation with a degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, Janet McHenry worked as a newspaper reporter and high school English teacher while raising four kids with her high school sweetheart husband Craig (aka The Rancher).

Post-college and post-Army, they settled down in the Sierra Valley in northern California. They raise beef cattle in a county without a single stoplight and love sharing the outdoors with their nine grandchildren.

Janet looks for ways to serve leadership and others when she speaks at retreats and conferences. She also serves as prayer coordinator at The Bridge Church in Reno, on the advisory council of First Place for Health, and on the state leadership team for the National Day of Prayer.

She is a writer, speaker, life and Advanced Writers and Speakers Association Certified Coach as well as the founder of the Sierra Valley Writers Retreat.

She also loves hosting friends new and seasoned at her Sierra Valley Writers Retreats . . . or just for a cup of something yummy. And she looks forward to knowing you better!

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