About the Book:
New York Times bestselling author Jen Hatmaker, with cheeky candor and fearlessness, guides readers to a deep dive into how they are wired and provides them with the tools to walk in that identity with freedom and guts.
Stuck in people-pleasing or fear, many women hide and pretend, then end up sidelined in their own lives. But what they want is to be brave, to claim every gift, dream, quirk, and emotion inside, to stop performing and start living.
Beloved New York Times bestselling author Jen Hatmaker understands the struggle to find firm footing in a culture that operates from stereotypes and often unreachable expectations. In this new book, she offers women encouragement, challenge, and humor as she helps them identify everything that makes them tick and gain the confidence to live it all out. She leads them through five self-reflective categories—who I am, what I need, what I want, what I believe, and how I connect—and helps them:
- identify the exact ways they pretend, and learn instead how to be genuine at all times, in all ways, in all contexts;
- be empowered to say yes and no without guilt;
- learn to voice both their spiritual questions and convictions; and
- opt out of drama and into healthy adult relationships.
With wry humor, earnest passion, and been-there insight, Jen calls women to the life-giving freedom of leaning into the identity, convictions, and community they’ve been given.
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My Thoughts:
Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire mixes Jen Hatmaker’s
personal story, spiritual thoughts, and self-improvement principles to empower
women to live in freedom. Reading this book made me feel like the author was a
friend I’d known for years. She’s funny, honest, and challenging. I didn’t
agree with everything she said and I found the mild cussing to be mostly
superfluous, but I did benefit from reading this book and I intend to reread it
annually.
Truth lies at the core of everything in Fierce, Free, and
Full of Fire. From this concept, comes the freedom and empowerment that Jen
Hatmaker invites readers to push for. Whether the chapter addressed who I am,
what I need, what I want, what I believe, or how I connect, some part of each
anchored in the concept of truth, be it telling the truth, accepting the truth,
or searching for the truth.
As I read Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire, I found
that some chapters refreshed and affirmed my heart, some challenged previous
thoughts, and some didn’t really apply to me. I Want This Dream and I Believe
in Spiritual Curiosity ranked as my favorite chapters. I Want to Connect
Without Drama was the most challenging as my dysfunctional family creates
abundant drama. I recommend Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire by Jen
Hatmaker.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I was provided a copy
of this book by the author or publisher. All opinions in this review are my
own.
About the Author:
Jen Hatmaker is the author of the New York Times bestseller Of Mess and Moxie (plus twelve other books) and the host of the For the Love! with Jen Hatmaker podcast. She and her husband, Brandon, founded the Legacy Collective and also starred in the popular series My Big Family Renovation on HGTV. Jen is a mom to five, a sought-after speaker, and a delighted resident of Austin, Texas, where she and her family are helping keep Austin weird.
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