When You Have Nothing to Lose, You Find the Courage to Rise
What if your greatest strength is hiding inside the story you wish you could rewrite?
In this episode of Empowering Women, Transforming Lives, Rebecca Hall Gruyter welcomes award-winning author Jan Hemby for a powerful conversation about resilience, self-worth, and finding strength through life's difficult chapters.
Through her novels, Jan explores women facing bullying, intimidation, sexual assault, and other experiences that can cause us to question our worth and lose sight of who we are. She shares why she tackles these difficult topics, the common thread of empowerment woven throughout her characters, and how our stories can remind us that our circumstances do not have to define our future.
As we embrace October's theme, Unmask Your Potential, Jan invites us to look beyond what has happened to us, reconnect with our worth, and discover the strength that may have been there all along.
As always, you can find Rebecca at:
https://www.yourpurposedrivenpractice.com/
About the Guest

Jan Hemby is an award-winning novelist, regional speaker, mom, grandmother, coffee enthusiast, and self-described cellulite warrior.
She is the author of The Gates Manor Trilogy, which includes The Gates Manor Band, Secrets and Surrender, and Keepsakes. She has also written Burnt Toast: Devotions for Imperfect People and Spilt Milk: Devotions for Imperfect People and collaborated with her husband, Billy Hemby, on the Amazon bestseller Stockbroken. Her latest work, Nothing to Lose, debuts November 10.
Through her writing, Jan explores difficult real-life issues while reminding readers of the resilience, worth, and potential within them.
Connect with Jan
Website: https://www.janhemby.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/Lifewritenow
Instagram: instagram.com/janhemby/