Her Badass Story by Dr. Lori Monaco is a compilation of stories written by nine brave women.
These experiences of these women surely will resonate with something you have experienced in your own life. Many of them started their lives behind the eight ball–behind many eight balls, in some cases.
But this is not where their stories end. It’s where they begin.
Geronda Wollack-Spiller’s words in Chapter 7 will feel true for anyone who has ever lived in an abusive household: “My home was not my shelter …” as will Chenille Hernandez’s words in Chapter 3 for anyone whose job has taken a turn for the worst: “My dream job became my shit job.”
These nine women all encountered many difficulties in life, including eating disorders, abuse, depression, bullying, addiction, sexual orientation. And although they did not choose to experience these things, they did choose overcome them. They did not back down. In the process of standing up, they discovered who they really were. These trials shaped their lives and in this book they offer their stories to you with the hope that you may be inspired to overcome obstacles in your own life.
Because even when it seems like a situation cannot ever get better, here is what they know: it can.
This is a book about hope.
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At the end of the book is in invitation from the author/editor for you to share your own badass story in an upcoming edition of the book.
This got me thinking. Sharing your story is something you do not have to do publicly, What if you wrote your own “badass story” just for yourself? What would it be about? What have you overcome in your life that has defined who you have become and how you are in the world? If you are feeling brave, comment below with what your badass story would be about.
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Karen Creamer
