Positively Badass: Affirmations and Words of Positivity for Empowered Women (Gift for Women) (Badass Affirmations)

Becca Anderson comes from a long line of teachers and preachers from Ohio and Kentucky. The teacher side of her family led her to become a woman's studies scholar and to her career writing about awesome women. A multiple-time bestselling author, Becca Anderson is known for many things, including her books Badass Affirmations and The Book of Awesome Women, her Your Blessings blog and Every Day Thankful Facebook page, as well as her many appearances on both national and bay area tv and radio shows such as ABC, NBC, and NPR. She credits her spiritual practice and daily prayer with helping her recover from cancer. An avid collector of affirmations, meditations, prayers and blessings, she helps run a "Gratitude and Grace Circle that meets monthly at homes, churches and bookstores in the San Francisco Bay Area where she currently resides. Becca Anderson shares prayers and affirmations, inspirational writings and suggested acts of kindness at https://thedailyinspoblog.wordpress.com Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1. Express Yourself (and Don't Hold Back) Strut Your Stuff Weird Is the New Awesome The Best Version of You Is...You! No Labels Allowed Simone de Beauvoir Ella Fitzgerald Halet ambel Mary McLeod Bethune Take Me As I Am Chapter 2. Loving Your Body Turn Insecurity into Inspiration Swap Out Comparison for Confidence Moving Forward to Fabulous Simone Biles Helen Keller Bethany Hamilton Laverne Cox Embrace Your Inner Goddess Chapter 3. The Power of Positivity Find Your Happy Place Make Your Kindness Contagious Take the Harder Road to Happiness Mary Oliver Wilma Rudolph Edith Wharton Find Your Own Rainbow Chapter 4. Saying No / Setting Boundaries Like a Boss No As a Mantra You Don't Own Me Communication Is Key Ruth Bader Ginsberg Katherine Johnson Lee Tai-young Eva Peron Your Safe Space Is Sacred Chapter 5. Healthy Habits For Every Woman You Need to Care About You Stop! In the Name of Love Betty Friedan Elizabeth Blackwell Faye Wattleton Autumn Peltier Find Your Rhythm and Rock It Chapter 6. Yes, You Can Do Hard Things! The Future Is Female Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner Ida B. Wells Marie Curie Wangari Maathai Coretta Scott King Kalpana Chawla Hermila Galindo Shake Up the System Chapter 7. Strength in Numbers: Female Friendships Stick With Your Besties Just Love, No Hate Stand By Your Girl Fannie Lou Hamer Margaret Atwood Esther Ibanga Edwidge Danticat Raise a Glass With Your Girls Chapter 8. Words of Wisdom from Truly Golden Girls A Number Does Not Define You Betty White Rita Moreno Lily Tomlin Jane Goodall Dolly Parton Cicely Tyson Carol Burnett Marla Gibbs Jane Fonda One Life to Live Conclusion Call to Action About the Author