Autorentext

Jenny Block began her career in words teaching college English in Virginia. Before too long, she found herself writing articles and books about everything from art to rock climbing to finding love. After that came radio and television appearances, as well as speaking engagements at universities, at museums, and even on cruise ships. She has traveled the world and has had the pleasure of meeting and working with all kinds of people from all kinds of places doing all kinds of things. That’s when she discovered her magic-bringing out That Unicorn in all of us. Now, Jenny spends her time and her words living her truth and sharing her shine on a lake in Nowhere, Texas with her wife Robin and her Chihuahua-terrier Walter.

Jenny holds both her BA and her MA in English from Virginia Commonwealth University and taught college composition for nearly ten years. 

She has written for a wide variety of publications and websites, including huffingtonpost.com, yourtango.com, American Way, Veranda, the Dallas Morning News, the Dallas Voice, edgedallas.com, literarymama.com, Spirit, chow.com, and ellegirl.com. She formerly wrote a weekly column for the Dallas Morning News publication Quick called "Sex Talk with Jenny Block" (quickdfw.com) and a monthly sex column for FoxNews.com.

Her essay "And Then We Were Poly" is included in Rebecca Walker's book, One Big Happy Family: 18 Writers Talk About Polyamory, Open Adoption, Mixed Marriage, Househusbandry,Single Motherhood, and Other Realities of Truly Modern Love (Riverhead Hardcover, February 2009), which received a starred review from Kirkus. 

Jenny's essay "On Being Barbie" is included in book "It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters" (Seal Press, March 2006) edited by Andrea Buchanan (The Daring Book for Girls). Jenny is the Lambda Literary Award winning author of "Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage" (Seal Hardcover, June 2008 and Seal Paperback, March 2009)

Jenny has appeared on a variety of television and radio programs, including Fox and Friends, The Glenn Beck Show, The Tyra Banks Show, Good Morning Texas, The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, foxnews.com (online video), Playboy Radio, The Alan Colmes Show, The Young Turks, and BBC Radio. "Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage" was written up and/or reviewed both nationally and internationally in and on a variety of publications and sites, including Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Glamour, Marie Claire, Curve, Observer UK, Maxi (Germany), Psychologies (UK), Playgirl, NPR's Morning Edition, The New York Times, feministing.com, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Daily News, 2: The Magazine for Couples (Canada), wow-womenonwriting.com, and the Baltimore City Paper. Jenny has also spoken in bookstores and other venues all across the country, including Georgetown University and The Science Museum of Virginia.

Klappentext

We all have a badass inside of us, someone who stands up for themselves and others. Someone who gets shit done. Someone who knows what they want and makes it happen and doesn’t let anyone—or anything—stand in our way.

The trouble is, sometimes that badass is deep inside of us and struggles to get out. Fear all too often keeps us from being our true badass selves. Depression and anxiety can make that actualization tough, too. Jenny Block’s Badass Manifesting guides us to find their badass confidence and resilience through a series of powerful and passionate mantras.

Inhalt

Foreword

Introduction: You Are Already a Badass. Now Let’s Manifest the Life You Long For

How to Use This Book

Chapter One: You Hold the Secret to Manifesting Your Desires

If you are willing to ask for anything, you just might find yourself getting everything.

I am a badass.

I hold the secret to being a badass.

Chapter Two: The Only Permission You Need to Manifest Your Dreams Comes from You

If you are the one to give yourself permission, you will always have permission.

I am a badass.

I don’t need anyone else’s permission to be a badass.

Chapter Three: It’s Okay to Question Your Journey Because You Know the Answers

If I can ask the question, I can find the answer.

I am a badass.

It’s okay that I sometimes question my badassery.

Chapter Four: You Know Your Badass Self and You Have No Reason to Hide It

If you know who you are, no one can take that away from you.

I am a badass.

I know myself.

Chapter Five: When You Lift Others Up, You Lift Yourself Up Too

If you can support someone else in their journey, you will find yourself supported too.

I am a badass.

I lift up other badasses.

Chapter Six: You Have a Right to Everything You Are and Everything You Have

If I achieve something, it’s because I deserve to achieve it.

I am a badass.

I work for everything that I am and everything that I have.

Chapter Seven: You Get to Decide What the Badass Version of You Looks Like

If you are comfortable in your own skin, you will always find comfort.

I am a badass.

I decide what a badass looks like.

Chapter Eight: You Get to Start Fresh Every Day and Leave the Past Where It Belongs

If you can let yesterday go, you can take advantage of all of today's possibilities.

I am a badass.

Today is a new badass day.

Chapter Nine: You Are Not Alone in Your Manifesting Journey

If you can trust in the universe, you can trust yourself.

I am a badass.

I am not alone.

Chapter Ten: You Can Handle Whatever Comes Your Way

If you can handle the worst, you’ll be ready for the best.

I am a badass.

I can do what feels impossible.

Chapter Eleven: You Can Open Yourself to Others and Expand Your Manifesting Powers

If you can let others in, you can find your way out in the world.

I am a badass.

I know it’s badass to be around other badasses.

Chapter Twelve: You Can Take a Chance on Yourself and Trust Your Choices

If you can take a chance on yourself, you’ll give yourself more than just a chance.

I am a badass.

I am always open to the road less traveled.

Chapter Thirteen: You Can Say No Without Feeling Guilty to Protect Your Badassery

If you sometimes say no to others, you can always say yes to yourself.

I am a badass.

I know a badass always says yes (even when they’re saying no).

Chapter Fourteen: You Can Handle Compliments and Complaints with Ease

If you can absorb the love, you can deflect the hate.

I am a badass.

I can take a compliment and I can reply to my own complaint box.

Chapter Fifteen: You Know Your Story and You Can Trust What It Teaches You

If you can keep looking within, you’ll never feel without.

I am a badass.

I know that the only story I can truly know is my own.