You Are a Badass

I have a really hard time with self-help books. I don't really know why... I guess I'm just really cynical and skeptical and hate the idea of someone telling me that the reason my life sucks is that I didn't align my chakras or something.

This book was different. I had seen this book in stores before and obviously the title stood out, but didn't end up buying it until it became a “book club” pick at work. Which meant I had to read it. Double whammy – I hate being told what to read, and I don't particularly care for self-help books. I was sure I was walking into a trap.

Surprisingly, though, this book wasn't nearly as misery-inducing as I expected. (I swear, Jen Sincero, if you're reading this, that's a compliment!) I did threaten to throw in the towel at the chapter about Source Energy, which felt a little too preachy and new-agey for this non-theist, but I persevered and I am glad.

This is really a great read. A lot of it felt like common sense to me, but then I had to step back and ask myself why, if it was so common sense, wasn't I living it? Some pieces rang very true to me and others seemed kind of “duh”, but overall, it was information that I think most of us need to read in order to learn how to get out of our own way and out of our own heads and be the badasses we were meant to be. I wish I had read this book sooner, honestly, and I'm glad I was forced to read it for our book club because I may have given up on it the first time it felt too swishy.

I would recommend this book to anyone, even cynical jerks like me who think they know better. You will learn a thing or two, I promise.