Hannah Brencher - Fighting Forward: Your Nitty-Gritty Guide to Beating the Lies That Hold You Back

Hannah Brencher is one of the best, most poignant writers of our time, for our generation. In a world where we expect so much to happen so quickly, where we turn away from fear and from hard things, Hannah reminds usin her beautiful, pointed, eloquent waythat the hard stuff is worth showing up for, worth fighting for, and worth working for. In reading her words, I was reminded how consistency and confidence are both learned and earned. And that the best things in life are often those we get a little bruised (and a little stronger) chasing after.

EMILY LEY, bestselling author of Grace, Not Perfection and When Less Becomes More

Here is the truth-telling, soul-strengthening rally cry for our generation. Through her refreshing vulnerability, empowering proclamations, and practical how-tos, Hannah Brencher gets real about fear and shame and exposes the truth of the victorious life available to us. You will finish this book with a newfound strength to keep showing up and a clarifying confidence in who you were created to be. Give this book to everyone you know who wants to fight for their fullest life and move forward in their purpose.

HOSANNA WONG, author, pastor, and spoken word artist

Hannah Brencher vividly walks us through our own lives as we press into the hard things. With grace and grit, she gives practical advice and tells moving stories that give you all you need in your toolbox to fix unhealthy patterns and continue to fight and show up in your life. This book is a message of ownership, encouragement, and challenge. I know youll find yourself reading it several times. Its just that helpful!

CHELSEA CROCKETT HURST, author of Above All Else and Your Own Beautiful

Fighting Forward is the book we all neededthe book youll want to read again and again. Get ready to be lifted up, set on a solid path, and cheered on with every turn of the page. Hannah Brencher has gifted us with an anthem for our weary souls that delivers vibrant hope, purpose, and needed truth!

LARA CASEY, author of Cultivate and Make It Happen, and CEO of Cultivate What Matters

Hannah Brencher has always had a way of writing the words Ive needed in order to find my truth, identify my worthiness, and point me back to the person Im meant to operate in this world as. As once a reader and distant fan and now a friend, I have been impacted by Hannahs ability to weave words around in an anthem song for everyone who reads it. You want Fighting Forward because everyone needs someone in their corner to remind them of all the reasons they can get back upbut its also a read that feels like its sitting in the mess with you. This book is not just a flashlight to get you out of the woods; its also a mirror that holds the truths your soul needs to hear and the song that gets you up and teaches you to dance again.

ARIELLE ESTORIA, poet, author, speaker

Picture you, beaten up and feeling defeated, resting against the edge of the ring ready to quit. God enters, eager to fight for you, to help you see the strength he has given you. Because God is loving and kind, he pulls in his friend Hannah Brencherthe compassionate coach, guide, poet, and prophetwho is going to use his words to show you: youre already standing; God has already won; and the fighting is what we get to do. This book is for you.

JESS CONNOLLY, pastor, author of You Are the Girl for the Job, founder of Go + Tell Gals

Fighting Forward is brilliantits the book the world needs right now. Hannah Brencher is a compelling storyteller and an honest guide who will help you live a better story. She teaches us to fight fear and name the lies that hold us back. She helps us become a better version of ourselves, not because we need to for anyone else, but because we are worth it. She will help you get unstuck and fight for the life youre meant to live.

ALLI WORTHINGTON, author of Standing Strong, business coach, cofounder of Called Creatives

I love how Hannah Brencher crafted this book. Not only will you feel motivated as you read, but the vivid storytelling and imagery mean that one day when you find yourself far away from your copy and in need of a pep talk from your friend Hannah, youll remember to take the vitamins and count the ravens.

VALERIE WOERNER, owner and creator of Val Marie Paper prayer journals and author of Grumpy Mom Takes a Holiday

Focus is a secret sauce for success. In this entertaining book, Hannah Brencher becomes your personal coach and mentor to help you address your inner critic, gain focus, and achieve your dreams. If youre looking to accomplish that next big thing in your life, this book is for you!

PROMISE TANGEMAN, founder and art director, GoLive

Someone with as much talent as Hannah Brencher has, a true modern-day wordsmith, could easily stay at a safe distance on the sure, solid ground of pedestals and stages. But Hannah knows that lives never get changed from safe distances and our true purpose is never found in the applause. So she comes down from those shiny stages and bright lights, looks you straight in the eye, and tells you, We cant stay here. Its time to leave these dark woods behind. Hannahs words become not just a fight song, but a lifeline to everyone who needs it. Its a survival guide, an anthem, a new way in the wilderness. You need this book in your life!

MARY MARANTZ, bestselling author of Dirt and host of The Mary Marantz Show

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Fighting Forward

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