You Are a Badass

"I haven't even read this one yet"

"Currently reading rom com from Colleen Hoover, but in the same genre I bought « The mountain is you » and «  101 essays that will change your life »! What about u? "

"I love me a good self help book to get me motivated to get sh*t done. This one was entertaining & had me pumped up for my future. Had me laughing at her personal failures. It's too real not to relate. Give it a go. You won't be disappointed. :)"

"Life changing /paridigm shifting "

"like most self-help books, it introduces you to buzz words and advice you should already know if you’re old enough pick it up and says it can fix you from top to bottom, but it manages to do so in a very grossly ignorant and excruciating manner, which i’ll be detailing from easiest to bear to just. abhorrant. first of all, right off the bat, the author establishes a childish tone for the book. i understand it’s supposed to be friendly, ‘realistic,’ or the author’s way of expressing herself freely, but it’s like reading a teen blog from the early 2000’s in the worst way possible. this feels like it should’ve been expected, from the title and maybe first few pages, so i don’t judge the book on it, but it would’ve been nice if the blurb actually aligned with that tone so as to convey a clearer image of the book. secondly, within a few chapters, she states that she’s ‘went through the phase of being an atheist’ and now believes in spiritual energy and ‘The Universe.’ i am absolutely, in no way, here to make fun of her beliefs; i think everyone should freely believe in what makes them happiest. i was personally unaffected by her drilling the idea of the law of attraction throughout the book, but her introduction to it didn’t have to involve claiming that being an atheist is a ‘phase’ and saying that everyone is free to believe in what they like <em>as long as</em> it aligns with her somehow because that’s how they achieve success. it’s just a terrible thing to think, let alone say and then write in a book. as the book goes on it gets messier and messier, repeating itself so many times and bumbling through its chapters, it’s unsurprising that the author herself states that she wrote most of it in a month or a so. her long-winding monologues and anecdotes all buttered up in pretty pinterest quotes make such a great deal of what could’ve been relatable, or even just coherent, experiences so extremely niche to her and herself that it left me disconnected from the text a"

"I really really loved this book. While listening to Jen you can easily find comparisons in your own life where things could have gone differently if you have taken a chance. Not every part of this would work for everyone but I really think there us something in it for everyone. I am already looking forward to rereading this again at another time. Adapting pieces to my own life is already planting seeds of change. Definitely worth the read or listen as I did. "

"This book is so self-indulgent. "I was just like you, but then I became a successful life coach!" If that was your dream, paging through this, fine. For everyone else it just cherry-picks The Secret's philosophy. I heard "vision board" and my eyes rolled so hard I considered medical intervention. This book promotes a lot of unhealthy self-blame, and is surprisingly racist and ablelist."

"Very good, I'd be more of a fan of there wasn't so much colorful language but hey, the title obvs indicates there will be some. I especially like the resources chapter at the end. More options without all the swearing."

"LOVE IT! I can't wait to read her other books."

"This book is a way to motivate you and get you moving on making a life that you want and that you are proud of. Jen uses things that has happened in her life and she has experienced to give witness that good things happen to people that work for it and have faith that it will happen, have the thoughts that it will happen for them and that they are worth it. A lot of the time I think we get complacent in life and we need to read something like this to get us back into gear to fight for what we want.<br/><br/>Let's get this out of the way now, its to the point that if you have read one self-help book you have read them all right? I feel the same way. The difference with this book is with Jen's writing you feel like you are sitting on a couch talking to a friend telling her that life sucks and you want that change, you are dying for that change. She is there not to tell you that she agrees life sucks but to tell you to get off your butt and do something about it. There is swearing in this book so that is why I stated there is adult content. There is a part of this book that I didn't agree with that stood out. There is a chapter where she is stating to get rid of the toxic people in your life that feed on your energy and do nothing for themselves or you. Now I can agree you need to get rid of friends' like this but she made it sound like you need to "ghost" them. Where you just stop talking to them with no explanation and make them wonder why they aren't good enough to talk to anymore. I do not agree with this and believe that if you want to get rid of someone you need to tell them why you don't want to be around them anymore. They can't change and challenge themselves to be better if they don't know why everyone keeps abandoning them."