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Whitney Akin is the author of Overlooked: Finding Your Worth With You Feel All Alone. Her heart is to see and celebrate the purpose and potential of the overlooked and invite them to live seen by the God who loves them. Whitney’s writing has been featured in (in)courage, Her View From Home, Proverbs 31 Ministries and more. You can find more of her writing and speaking on her website at www.whitneyakin.com and connect with her on Instagram or Facebook . Whitney lives outside Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, Eli, and their three (crazy) beautiful kids.

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New Book Release

Maybe you didn’t read the word on the front cover. Maybe you felt it. You’re not alone. I feel it too.

While most of us don’t want to admit it, we crave attention. Our social media–obsessed society is proof that people everywhere want to be seen. But this self-promoting system leaves many women feeling overlooked. In Overlooked, Whitney Akin helps you discover how the human need for attention and approval is God’s intentional design and encourages you to live seen by the God who loves you. Overlooked guides you into a deeper understanding of El Roi, the God Who Sees, through the stories of Hagar, Moses, Paul, and Jesus by uncovering the transformative power of living each day in the attention of a holy God. Overlooked offers practical ways to implement a lifestyle of living seen characterized by confidence, meekness, obedience, and a gospel perspective. You’ll learn how to use these characteristics to interact with humility and strength in the real, and digital, world around you.

When you feel forgotten and unseen, Overlooked will help you

• understand why you long to be seen,

• get real about the ways social media is hard on your heart,

• tap into the true source of the attention and approval you long for,

• and implement practical ways to trade feeling overlooked for a lifestyle of living seen.

You don’t have to live overlooked anymore.

Chapters Include: Does Anybody See Me?, Made for Attention and Approval, The God Who Sees, Locking Eyes, Learning to Live Seen, Obedience like Hagar, Meekness like Jesus, Confidence like Moses, A Gospel Perspective like Paul, Learning to Live Seen in a See-Me, Leaving a Live Seen Legacy

Published by Leafwood Publishers // ISBN 9781684261925 // $16.99 // 192 pages

What Others Are Saying About Overlooked

“Overlooked is for every woman who feels unseen and undervalued. With transparency, vulnerabilityand practical truths from God’s Word, Whitney offers help to process hurt in healthy ways, combat the lies of the enemy, and walk confidently in Christ. A must-read for anyone who longs to experience the joy of living chosen and cherished by the God who sees.”

—Ginger Hubbard, best-selling author of Don’t Make Me Count to Three and cohost of the Parenting with Ginger Hubbard podcast

“With transparency and transformative perspective, Overlooked encourages readers to lift their gaze from the mire of feeling unseen to meet the eyes of El Roi, the God who sees. Whitney’s intuitive, gospel-infused writing style will challenge and inspire you to walk in this truth: you are not overlooked.”

—Trudy Cathy White, Ambassador, Chick-fil-A, Inc.

“This read is biblical, honest, wise, memorable, and well worth savoring. Whitney brings insight to our deep longings exampled often in social media and beckons us to meekness, drawing especially on the lives of Moses, Hagar, Paul, and Jesus. She does it with a humility that is fitting to the theme of this excellent book, and I must say, it is evident in how she lives.”

—Rhys Stenner, Senior Pastor of New Hope Baptist Church, South Metro Atlanta, author of If in Doubt

“The longing to be seen simmers in every girl’s heart from an early age. ‘Watch me, Daddy,’ she calls as she twirls in her Sunday best. This longing only grows as we do. Whitney Akin captures the unspoken thoughts of so many women who seek what feels elusive and puts into words what I’ve struggled to speak aloud. Deftly weaving biblical truth, cultural observations, and her own story, Akin will meet you in your hiding place and invite you to live seen by the One who matters most.”

—Glynnis Whitwer, author, Executive Director of Communications, Proverbs 31 Ministries

“Are you struggling with feeling unseen? Whitney Akin knows your struggle because she’s lived it for years. In her wise, gentle voice, she will give you new insight into familiar scriptures to help you feel seen, loved, and affirmed by God. Her personal stories of overcoming her challenges in feeling unseen will inspire your confidence.”

—Sarah Geringer, writer, podcaster, creative coach, book launch manager, and author of Hidden Manna on a Country Road: Seeing God’s Daily Provision All around Us

“In Overlooked, Whitney invites us to thoughtfully consider the ways we are living distracted. She gently helps readers remember they are seen by God and calls us up to see others. This book artfully weaves together real-life experiences and biblical context.”

—Dorina Gilmore Young, author, speaker, podcaster

Read A Sample of Overlooked

Sample Q&A With Whitney

Speaking Samples

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About the Publisher

Leafwood Publishers is an imprint of Abilene Christian University Press, a publisher located in Abilene, Texas, which for over 30 years has published titles ranging from theology to Christian living. The press is delighted to be adding Overlooked to its list of books exploring issues of Christian living and thought. You can visit our website at https://www.acupressbooks.com.

To request a physical copy of Overlooked, please send appropriate mailing instructions to Duane.Anderson@acu.edu.