Who are you already? Who were you always meant to be? What is your core personality? What is your wiring? How do you flourish on this earth? What beautiful ideas are in your brain? How are you created to thrive? These are the questions that Jen Hatmaker asked herself. The answers propelled her toward New York Times best selling author, national speaker, blogger, host of the award-winning For the Love podcast, creation of the popular Jen Hatmaker Book Club, and star of the HGTV series My Big Family Renovation.
Hatmaker admits her journey of uncovering her true self was a struggle, “much like pushing on a bruise.” However, the process also nurtured what she describes as “self-recovery.” She explains, “It’s like taking an ice pick and excavating into those places of hurt where you feel isolated and lonely.” Hatmaker goes on to add that the results of this self discovery have been startlingly powerful. Naming the things that hold you back, ultimately gives you the ability to recognize them clearly and respond. It's empowering. Says Hatmaker “sometimes it gets a little worse before it gets better", but the feedback from women is just "universally beautiful.” Women are saying “thank you for naming this, thank you for offering tools and resources to live in a way that feels more true and real.”
The tools she offers aim to help women navigate workplace inequality, social media comparison traps, set healthy boundaries, speak their minds, celebrate each other instead of competing, and live genuine full lives. She believes that “women can reclaim the self-confidence and sense of worth, often eroded by society.” Hatmaker acknowledges the hardwood required but says women are up to the tasks entitling her new book, “be fierce, free, and full of fire” to get on that path to being “gloriously you.”
