POWER
A woman's guide to living and leading without apology
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
Glennon Doyle’s Untamed meets Brené Brown’s leadership lessons in this essential guide for women, with hugely important discussions of race and privilege woven in.
Kemi Nekvapil knows the feelings of fear, vulnerability and powerlessness. Growing up in foster care, many times she had the doors to validation and opportunity closed to her because of her race and gender. Learning to make her own choices and use her voice without apology were her first steps towards a bold, purpose-filled life.
‘This book is beautiful, it’s thoughtful, it’s instructive.’ Elizabeth Gilbert
Now a highly respected executive and personal coach, Kemi has created a five-step framework to guide other women to build their power through:
Presence to understand what is and isn’t working in our lives
Ownership of our personal narratives, especially our power stories
Wisdom about our needs, boundaries and growth
Equality as part of the diverse human family, all of us worthy
Responsibility for our choices, healing and happiness
Blending inspiring stories with reflective coaching practices, POWER provides the tools to navigate the challenges that impact who we are and how we lead, from discrimination and burnout to trauma and self-doubt.
Reclaim your power and create a life of true joy and fulfilment.
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‘Kemi’s work changed my life and the content in this book will change yours too. If you are committed to personal development on your own terms, you want Kemi walking alongside you for the journey.’ Taryn Brumfitt, founder of The Body Image Movement
‘To me, Kemi has always epitomised grace and calmness – a quiet strength and assuredness that you can’t help but feel more centred around. POWER is a reflection of this strength and assuredness and it’s my hope that we can all learn from this incredible guide and live and lead just a little bit more like Kemi!’ Emma Isaacs, founder of Business Chicks
‘Kemi Nekvapil is passionate, fearless and she espouses living a powerful life. As a coach and speaker, Kemi actively seeks to assist women find ways to live their best lives. As an author, she has pulled together her experiences and knowledge to make it possible for YOU too!’ Dr Anita Heiss
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Executive coach Nekvapil (The Gift of Asking) sets out an impassioned if scattered guide to embracing personal power. After growing up as a Black foster child in a white suburban neighborhood and being rejected in her teens by Black peers who told her she "talked white," she realized, "If I don't belong in a white world, and I don't belong in a Black world, I'm going to belong to myself." Doing so involved investigating how racism and misogyny had stymied her agency, and prioritizing such values as presence (meditation helped the author carve out "a space for to be in touch with power in a mindful way") and wisdom (which helped her to confront challenges by keeping past experience and future direction in mind). Nekvapil is at her best when painstakingly capturing moments in which power structures asserted themselves in her life, as in childhood when the frequently bullied author played a cruel trick on a neighbor girl because "I needed someone else to feel like shit for once." The outing, though, suffers from a fragmentary structure, which confines such topics as patriarchy to three- or four-page bursts and dispenses piecemeal advice, allowing glimmers of insight but precluding a more cohesive narrative. The confidence-starved will find some value, but may be left wanting more to sink their teeth into.
