You don’t need more confidence, courage or bravery. That’s a lie sold to you by flashy advertising campaigns. You already have a deep, hidden well of all the confidence, courage and bravery you’ll ever need to achieve your goals in sport (and in life). The only thing you’re missing are the tools to tap into it. Whether you’re new to endurance sports like triathlon, running or cycling or you struggle with nerves, anxiety, self-doubt and fear, this short book will help you do that. Jen Brown, the creator of SpartaChicks, shares the concepts she’s honed by working with hundreds of women to help them draw out their inner resilience, mental strength and courage to achieve their goals (in spite of their fears rather than waiting until they are fearless). You’ll learn how to challenge, question and overcome your fears and doubts in a constructive, practical and positive way so you can start to see yourself as the confident, resilient, brave and capable woman and athlete you are. You’ll learn what separates women who are able to overcome their fears and achieve their dreams from women who don’t. Then, step-by-step, you’ll craft your own plan to apply these tools so you can line up at the start of your next race feeling excited and confident. If you’ve ever struggled with self-doubt in your sport, this is the book for you.
Author
Two-time winner of the Erma Bombeck Global Humor Award (2005 & 2006), Jennifer's weekly humor column appeared in The Kansas City Star for over four years, until she gave it up to be a full-time young adult novelist. Jennifer's debut novel, HATE LIST (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2009) received three starred reviews and was selected as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a VOYA "Perfect Ten," and a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. HATE LIST also won the Michigan Library Association's Thumbs Up! Award, the Louisiana Teen Readers Choice award, the 2012 Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award, was an honorable mention for the 2011 Arkansas Teen Book Award, is a YALSA 2012 Popular Paperback, received spots on the Texas Library Association's Taysha's high school reading list as well as the Missouri Library Association's Missouri Gateway Awards list, and has been chosen to represent the state of Missouri in the 2012 National Book Festival in Washington, DC. Jennifer's second novel, BITTER END, (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2011) received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and VOYA and is listed on the YALSA 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults list and is a 2012 Taysha's high school reading list pick as well. Jennifer writes and lives in the Kansas City, Missouri area, with her husband and three children.
