NOTE: I am a librarian and I received an eBook ARC of this book from NetGalley.

In "Authentic Power," Ashley Bernardi explores her own health and personal crises, reflecting on her recovery and making recommendations for how others can live their best life. Each chapter contains advice, supporting comments from other self-help experts, affirmations, and reflection exercises to guide the reader along in their own journey to reclaiming their own confidence and self-efficacy in living their own lives authentically.

I appreciated reading Bernardi's perspective on her past and present and how it informed her advice for living your own best life. Each chapter is well-balanced between her own narrative and her commentary; she avoids wallowing in self-pity and eschews any sort of preachy tone. It allows the reader to trust the author. I regret that it took me so long to finish this book, since I strived to work the reflection exercises into my life over several months, which took me away from resuming with subsequent chapters. I highly recommend that readers complete the reflection exercises to get the most out of this book.

I love this book really helps within my role and developing my own personal brand.
I will continue to use this as well as share within my mentoring sessions

Guiding you through affirmations and reflections, this book is encouraging and supportive for those that want to change the way they work or feel about themselves and others. Great book. Thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Ashley Bernardi has written a book that is perfect for the times that we have encountered during the pandemic and quarantine periods. The impact on economies and families aside, this time that we just had filled up with so many things, work, parenting, doing, thinking, all the motions we went through were put on pause and we finally had to see all those little things we had pushed back very far away. Authentic Power is the book to help you in a nurtured, supportive way to easily and at your time are able to work through those feelings. The book is filled with supportive affirmations, journal prompts, it's a sort of workbook and guidebook in one, so you are able to heal yourself while learning at once.