The Art of Badassery
Unleash Your Mojo with Wisdom of the Dojo
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
For any woman who feels burned out, beaten down, or like she might break under the pressure, third-degree black belt and motivational coach of ABC's My Diet Is Better Than Yours teaches a unique brand of badassery--how to get back up no matter what life throws at you; how to level up your mind, body and spirit; and how to turn your setbacks into secret weapons.
Jennifer Cassetta is a nationally recognized keynote speaker, health and empowerment coach, and a 3rd-degree black belt in Hapkido. After a brush with death on September 11th, 2001, three blocks south of the World Trade Center, and then fending off an attacker late one night months later, Jenn took a deep dive into martial arts training where she learned how to harness the power of mind, body, and spirit.
Now she teaches women from colleges to corporations how to unleash their inner badass by using dojo wisdom as a metaphor for life.
Whether the opponent is a financial hardship, a difficult boss, or being in a manipulative relationship, Cassetta teaches readers how to flex their mental muscle, how to rise above fears, and how to turn setbacks into superpowers.
Through thought-provoking exercises and no-holds-barred humor, she shows women how to close the door on blame and shame; how to grow from their Greatest (S)Hits List of life disappointments; and how to disarm and defend against the blocks that hold them back.
In life--just like in martial arts--we get pushed and pulled and kicked down. We get banged up and bruised and stretched to our limits. Cassetta champions women that while they may bend, they will not break, and that they have the power within them to rise up and stand tall.
Chapter 1: WHITE BELT: Embrace the Suck
Chapter 2: YELLOW BELT: Bounce Back
Chapter 3: ORANGE BELT: Block the Bullshit
Chapter 4: GREEN BELT: Find Your Roar
Chapter 5: BLUE BELT: Elevate Your Energy
Chapter 6: RED BELT: Connect with Your Warrior Within
Chapter 7: BLACK BELT: Take the Lead
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Motivational speaker Cassetta (Hear Me Roar) delivers an animated volume on how women can find inner strength by adopting principles from martial arts. The author, a third-degree black belt in hapkido, draws lessons from her martial arts training on how women can "stand up and fight" against sexism and find their "inner strength." Organizing her volume to reflect the martial artist's trajectory through the seven belt levels, she urges readers to accept life's setbacks and get "used to being uncomfortable," one of the first lessons novice white belts learn when they get sore from exercising in unfamiliar ways. The author suggests that women distance themselves from those who demean them, similar to how orange belts learn self-defense, and encourages readers to assert themselves, taking inspiration from green belts honing their fighting vocalizations. Cassetta weaves in personal anecdotes, telling how getting assaulted by a stranger on the street led her to focus her career on self-defense training, and how discovering her long-term boyfriend was having a baby with another woman brought on the realization that "life isn't fair" and she needed to "adapt to the uncomfortable." The author's deep understanding of the principles and practice of martial arts buoys the guidance and connects the suggestions to the hapkido framework without coming across as gimmicky. This punchy outing lands some blows.
