Published in 2020
280 pages
7 hours and 54 minutes
Jennifer Louden is a personal growth pioneer who helped launch the concept of self-care with her first bestselling book The Woman’s Comfort Book. Since then, she’s written six additional books on well-being and whole living including The Woman’s Retreat Book and The Life Organizer, with a million copies of her books in print in nine languages (note: most of these books were sold before electronic tracking). Jennifer has spoken around the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and has written a national magazine column for a Martha Stewart magazine. Plus, she’s been profiled or quoted in dozens of major magazines, two of Brené Brown’s books Daring Greatly and Dare to Lead, appeared on hundreds of TV, radio shows and podcasts, and even on Oprah.
What is this book about?
The most important question you’ll ever ask yourself
In Why Bother? personal-growth expert Jennifer Louden challenges you to open your mind, your heart, and your life by following where the question leads. Through reflection and stories from others, Louden shows that asking “why bother?” is natural and inevitable, and can bring you to a place of increased vitality, true satisfaction, and deeper meaning. Louden demonstrates why it’s important to bother after creative faceplants, professional defeats, heartbreak, illness, and loss. She shows why you’re worth prioritizing at any time of your life, even after sidelining your dreams to raise kids, pay the rent, or take care of aging parents. And—crucially—she shows you how tapping into your deepest desires can give you the energy to move forward—even when the world seems in such dire straits.
After all, no one wants the alternative—giving up, shutting down, or phoning it in. It’s time to reclaim the dignity and beauty of your desires. It’s time to get your bother on.
