Eating Water, Drinking Soup: Finding Nourishment in the Deepest Pain

By Dr. Paula Davis

Eating Water, Drinking Soup is a spiritually reflective and psychologically informed book that explores the integration of trauma recovery, emotional healing, and a deeply relational walk with God. Drawing from over three decades of clinical experience, global trauma work, and personal journeying through pain, Dr. Paula Davis guides readers through a soul-level engagement with their wounds, offering both companionship and transformation.

The title is inspired by a profound statement made by an East African trauma survivor: "If the water kills you, what can you do to the water? You make soup with the water and eat it." This image of redemption, of turning what threatens to destroy us into nourishment, captures the heart of the book.

With raw honesty, theological depth, and clinical wisdom, Paula walks alongside readers facing trauma, shame, despair, and spiritual disillusionment. Each chapter invites them to name their wounds, confront the lies that bind them, and experience the love of a God who does not bypass pain, but enters it with them and offers healing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0645117951
• ISBN13: 9780645117950
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Self
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"