Own It All: How to Stop Waiting for Change and Start Creating It. Because Your Life Belongs to You. (Entrepreneurs, GirlBoss, Women in Business, for Fans of You Are a Badass)

by Andrea Isabelle Lucas

Overview

• If you feel the potential buzzing in your veins, but you’re not living up to it...
• If you support your friends’ dreams, and yours are withering…
• If you worry that you can’t be a present mom AND have a thriving career…

You can change your future: You’ve just found the how-to-guide for women who are ready to ditch procrastination and paralyzing self-doubt, live in true self-confidence, claim heartfelt goals and dreams and make that ish happen! Yes, just ONE mindset shift can take you from “maybe one day...” wishful thinking, to a BOSS living her truth?

Change your mindset: How could a teen single mom, recovering from domestic violence and poverty, go on to create a multi-million-dollar, national barre and yoga studio chain? She made ONE mindset shift that created a massive snowball effect, propelling her to a dream life.

A future Best-Selling Book for Women: Own It All is an authentic self-help book: one-part manifesto + one-part workbook that cuts through the fluff and gives you a straightforward path to change your life. If you loved In The Company of Women, You Are A Badass books, Nice Girls Don’t Get The Corner Office, or Your Inner Critic is a Big Jerk, you’re going to love Own It All.

Think #GIRLBOSS + motherhood + a badass in yoga pants: Own It All is authored by Andrea Isabelle Lucas, founder and CEO of Barre & Soul® (winner of the Best of Boston Award 2018), and a keynote speaker who’s shared the stage with Michelle Obama and Billie Jean King. Andrea is an inspirational modern-day feminist who wants you to be unapologetic in your goal-setting, blunt about owning your awesomeness, and be the radical creator of your joy.

* PLUS! Own It All includes interviews with powerhouse business leaders like Ash Ambirge, Esther Fairfax, Susan Hyatt, Alexia Vernon, Sara Mora, Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs, Katherine North, Nick North, Katherine Clark, Phee Manuel, Linda Sivertsen, and Kimmie Smith.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633538542
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	03/15/2019
Pages:	274
Sales rank:	584,795
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Andrea Lucas is the founder of Barre & Soul, a barre and yoga studio with five locations in the Boston area, as well as an athletic-wear clothing brand. Barre & Soul started in a 700-square foot space she could barely afford to rent. The company was founded with grit, willpower, copious amounts of caffeine, and a desire to change women’s lives―helping them to build confidence and strength. Since opening day, Barre & Soul has grown into a thriving business with 184 classes per week, a team of about 85 employees, a fitness clothing line, annual retreats in the Caribbean, and a loyal fan base that includes over 12,000 Barre & Soul newsletter subscribers. In addition to running Barre & Soul, Lucas is also the mom of two kids, a feminist, and a writer who covers topics like gender equality, domestic violence, women’s rights, and women’s empowerment. She has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, HuffPost, and xoJane. She has a BA in Women’s Studies from Lesley University, studied circus yoga and aerial yoga, and spent some time performing in a burlesque troupe. She is known in Boston―and online―as a speaker, writer, and role model who is determined to help women realize their potential. You can find her online at AndreaIsabelleLucas.com and BarreSoul.com

Table of Contents

Introduction 8

Chapter 1 Own Your Coals 20

Chapter 2 Own Your Time 57

Chapter 3 Own Your Health 93

Chapter 4 A Own Your Style 129

Chapter 5 Own Your Career 149

Chapter 6 Own Your Relationships 173

Chapter 7 Own Your Past 201

Chapter 8 Own Your Legacy 224

Closing Words 249

Acknowledgments 265

Own It All: Community 267

Own It All: Bonuses 268

Resources 269

About the Author 273

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Andrea Isabelle Lucas is a marvel and Own It All is a testament to her passion, strength, and ingenuity. The best part is: she’s ready to help YOU own it all, too. Read this book and be inspired and empowered.”
—Sarah Knight, New York Times bestselling author of Get Your Sh*t Together

“What's the biggest risk you can take today? Whatever your answer, Andrea Lucas will ensure you say yes to it. Andrea's journey from broke and abused single-mom to multimillionaire barre studio owner will inspire you, challenge you, and force you to put yourself and the goals you want to achieve back at the top of your to-do list. Whether you had a difficult childhood and are still seeking to forgive and recalibrate, you are someone who came into the world with heaps of privilege and have enjoyed tremendous success in your career, or you are a woman who simultaneously feels like she has a foot in both realities, Own It All is one of those delicious and inspiring books you want by your side to refer back to anytime you catch yourself doubting your greatness or the opportunities before you.”
-Alexia Vernon, Women's public speaking coach and author, Step into Your Moxie

“Andrea is a passionate teacher of barre and life itself and her story will inspire you to attainable real ways to own your life and your destiny.”―Elisabeth Halfpapp and Fred DeVito, Founders of Exhale Barre founders, co-authors of the Barre Fitness Book

"This book is just so accessible―from the way Andrea connects her personal story to inspiring lessons learned to the worksheets that allow readers to translate her advice into actionable steps for their own goal setting--but I especially appreciated how the interviews with a diverse crew of role models ranging from style icon Kimmie Smith to U.S. Congresswomen Kathleen Clark added concrete examples of women walking the walk as proof positive empowerment is there for the taking!”
―Jen Malone, author of The Art of the Swap

Editorial Reviews

"By taking ownership of your life you can bring yourself to a better place. You can avoid the situations that drain you and stop you from doing things that draw away form your life. Lucas is very dedicated to ensuring that you find your path to success in whatever way you imagine it. Making your goal real is vital and by doing this you make it real. Beyond sharing tips from Lucas there are also elements for you to engage with and examine your thoughts and feelings. Lucas has provided a strong work that will allow you to examine yourself and what you truly want." = Nerdy Girl Express

From the Publisher