How to be courageous with Jennifer Dukes Lee

The Alli Worthington Show

Alli Worthington

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture

4.8 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

If your career looks different than you ever imagined it could, you’re going to want to lean into today’s conversation! Today’s episode kicks off Smart Girl Summer, an eight-week series featuring some behind-the-scenes stories from some of the smartest women I know. I am thrilled to have my friend, Jennifer Dukes Lee, here to start this series with a bang! Jennifer is the author of multiple books, including her most recent, Stuff I’d Only Tell God: A Guided Journal of Courageous Honesty, Obsessive Truth-Telling, and Beautifully Ruthless Self-Discovery. So how did Jennifer go from the hustle and bustle of reporting for metropolitan daily newspapers to being a fifth-generation farm wife? How did she get from life on the farm to writing books and helping other authors as an acquisitions editor? I can’t wait for you to hear it from her! Join Jennifer and I as we talk about: How someone’s belief in you can change the trajectory of your life Where opportunity comes from, and why friends are so important Why the work we do in obscurity really does matter How to stay motivated when it would be easier to quit And if you loved this, go check out her previous visit to the show: Un-Hurry Your Heart with Jennifer Dukes Lee. Jennifer Dukes Lee is an acquisitions editor and author of multiple books. Her most recent book is a brilliantly written guided journal, Stuff I’d Only Tell God: A Guided Journal of Courageous Honesty, Obsessive Truth-Telling, and Beautifully Ruthless Self-Discovery. Jennifer and her husband, Scott, have two daughters and are the fifth generation to live on the Lee family farm in Iowa. Favorite quotes: “Our opportunities come through relationships.” “There is nothing like the process of writing a book.” “God uses other people so often in our lives.” Links to great things we discussed: Jennifer Dukes Lee Website Jennifer Dukes Lee Instagram Jennifer Dukes Lee TikTok Jennifer Dukes Lee Facebook Stuff I’d Only Tell God: A Guided Journal of Courageous Honesty, Obsessive Truth-Telling, and Beautifully Ruthless Self-Discovery Altar'd State Sling Bag Splice The Commission - Cain Survivor Breville Espresso Machine Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 You Are the Best Thing - Ray LaMontagne Sephora Colorful Shadow and Liner Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here. Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :) xo, Alli https://alliworthington.com/jennifer-dukes-lee-3/

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0:00.0	And you know how that is, Allie, when somebody just speaks a little bit of confidence in you.
0:07.3	And we sat there and we started talking about what could work for a book.
0:11.5	I was like, maybe I could do that.
0:13.8	But it was four years later, four years before that first book was published.
0:18.2	But it was born on a Friday night in Texas.
0:23.3	Hey, hey, I'm Allie.
0:25.3	And I believe that an emotionally healthy you
0:27.7	is the greatest gift you can give yourself,
0:30.3	your family, and the world.
0:32.1	This is your weekly investment
0:33.7	in your personal development.
0:35.5	Join discussions with top experts
0:37.2	as we focus on how to
0:38.5	achieve your dreams, grow your business, and deepen your faith. As always, we keep it practical
0:43.9	with lots of tools and action steps that you can put into motion today. I'm so glad you're here.
0:49.9	Let's dive in. Welcome to the show today. We're starting our third annual Smart Girl Summer.
0:58.2	This is where I take the summer to talk to women about what it's like building and growing
1:02.8	in their professional calling. You know the phrase Hot Girl Summer that was going around a few
1:07.0	years ago. I said, you know what? Smart girls? Those are the hot girls. So let's
1:11.9	feature them. We're going to hear from authors and entrepreneurs and pastors and more this summer,
1:17.8	many of whom you probably know, but you may not know the behind-the-scenes struggles of the good
1:23.2	times, the hard times, and the lessons that they learned along the way. That's what I love to share.
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