Bianca Juarez Olthoff - How to Have Your Life Not Suck: Becoming Today Who You Want to Be Tomorrow

While its tempting to gather up the hurts and regrets of the past and walk through life feeling disillusioned and sad, thats not truly living. And thats why we need a friend like Bianca. In her wise and relatable way, she speaks powerful truth while guiding us out of negative habits and debilitating tendencies. Whats happened in the past doesnt get to dictate whats up ahead when we have Jesus. If you want to look forward to an exciting future, this book is a must-read!

Lysa TerKeurst, #1 New York Times bestselling author and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries

Biancas book is like the coolest and realest big sister, speaking truth to our generation! Her practical, helpful, and hilarious life tips will help readers become the best version of themselvesthe selves God intended them to be.

Sadie Robertson, author, speaker & founder of Live Original

Bianca has been a friend of mine for a long time. She loves God and expresses that love in practical ways. This book is chock-full of ideas to help you navigate your life with faith, resilience, and joy.

Bob Goff, Chief Balloon Inflator and author of Love Does

How to Have Your Life Not Suck is one of those books that will empower the next generation. Layered with biblical truth and modern-day examples, Bianca dives deep into the heart and provides practical handles for dealing with life. Funny and relevant, her words will help many and serve as a reminder that we all need some tips and tools to have our lives not suck.

Lisa Bevere, New York Times bestselling author and cofounder of Messenger International

No one wants to have a bad day or be in a foul mood, but we often allow our thinking and behavior to lead us back to these well-traveled roads with a kind of spiritual amnesia. Your life doesnt have to be like Groundhogs Day over and over again; you can choose for it to not suck if you want to, and Bianca will show you how.

Levi Lusko, pastor of Fresh Life and author of Through the Eyes of a Lion and I Declare War

With clarity, humor, and practical application, Bianca gently encourages the next generation to grow up well. I cant wait to see how this book helps people mature and step into all God has called them to.

Jasmine Star, world-renowned photographer, entrepreneur, and digital influencer

Energizing. Hilarious. Helpful. Bianca Olthoff is the best friend we all long for, the one who will walk us through the treacherous territory of adulthood. How to Have Your Life Not Suck is jam-packed with wisdom and wit to help guide us through life, love, and everything in between. Grab a girlfriend and put this book at the top of your reading list today.

Shelley Giglio

Bianca Oltoff is consistently encouraging but wont let you get away with anything. This book is that kind of friend, too. She has put on these pages what she would say to you over a coffee or from the treadmill next to you or in a voice memo that you play before you walk into a big meeting. Im sure youre going to love this book because its what being friends with Bianca is really like: the best.

Annie F. Downs, bestselling author of 100 Days to Brave and host of the That Sounds Fun podcast

Do you want to change the world?

I will never forget the day I asked Bianca Olthoff this question. We were eating hummus and pita bread, while talking a million miles an hourloudly. I guess thats what happens when you put a Greek woman and a Puerto Rican woman at the same table. It was her passion and humor that caught my attention, and her audacity and compassion that kept it. I could tell this was a young woman who wanted to love the world like Jesus and live an extraordinary life for his glory. She wasnt normal. I loved that about her. I still do.

Of course I want to change the world, she said.

There was a long pause, and then I challenged her to commit to a season of coaching and training that would help her to become who she needed to be, to do what she had been called to do. It would not be easy, and it was not for the fainthearted. At that point in her life, she did not need a cheerleader to encourage her, but a coach to really push her. She was obviously an extraordinarily gifted young woman, full of potential, but in order to realize that potential, she would need to commit to the process of growth and transformation.

Few are willing to embark upon that painful path.

The way is narrow.

To live a life of service to others, you must learn to die to self.

Crucifying the flesh is never easy.

Always messy.

She looked at me, and I saw her think long and hard about what her future would look like. She took a deep breath and said yes. Thus began our adventure working alongside one another, fighting to abolish slavery everywhere forever through The A21 Campaign.

Bianca has fought hard to ensure that her own life does not suck and shares her wisdom with us as only she can. Full of truth and humor, she takes Gods Word and makes it applicable to our everyday lives. If the Bible is the guide, Bianca has translated the guide to reach the next generation.

Using the story of Ruthan Old Testament heroine with a pockmarked pastBianca makes some of lifes difficult topics like suffering, growing up, heartbreak, and friendship not only survivable, but relatable.

Ive been a firsthand witness to seeing Bianca walk roads that have made her stronger and wiser. I love her with all my heart. I know you will too.

Christine Caine,

founder of A21 and Propel Women

and author of Unashamed,

Undaunted, and Unexpected

I just wish someone wouldve told me this years ago, Ashley groaned, covering her face with her hands.

We sat at a small table near the coffee shop window, sipping drinks and eating lunch. Like lightning, her words struck me, momentarily illuminating my thoughts. My wish was the samethat someone wouldve told me what I was telling her when I was her age.

Ive never considered myself to be a guru, coach, or mentor because those roles seem reserved for Dr. Phil, therapists, and sage pastors. But one thing I did know: I was good at reading the Bible and talking about Jesus. And that was how Ashley and I connected.

One Sunday morning I stood behind a podium and taught about one of the greatest stories in history, one that has captured my heart. Its a story of trial and triumph, pain and promise, a story of two women from two different generations, two different backgrounds, and two different countries who came together and witnessed the invisible hand of God moving in their lives. One of the women had weathered lifes greatest losses, suffered a crisis of faith, and felt old and washed up, without a future or hope. The other woman had her entire life before her but had nothing to rely on, build upon, or inherit. They supported each other in their journey to find home, family, community, and purpose.

This rags-to-riches story of redemption is the stuff that makes film writers swoon. And its all recounted in a small Old Testament book named after the heroine, Ruth.

My deep love for the story of Ruth permeated my words as I preached that Sunday morning. Ashleywho sat alone in the full sanctuaryhung on every word. After the church service, she found me in the courtyard and asked me one question, which morphed into a conversation and eventually led to us sipping drinks over lunch in Orange County, California.

My new friend was twenty-seven years old, a college graduate living with roommates in an apartment they could barely afford. She was attractive and smart and outgoingand as single as a Pringle ready to mingle. Recovering from a string of bad relationships, and having watched her parents marriage implode during her high school years, she found herself in church in search of meaning purpose a relationship ... well, she really didnt know. But she knew her life sucked, and she needed