Jennifer Read Hawthorne

Jennifer Read Hawthorne is an international speaker and award-winning author specializing in inspirational presentations for women. For more than 20 years, her insights, humor and guidance have provided enthusiastic audiences with both the motivation and the tools to achieve greater personal and professional success.

Jennifer’s newest keynote presentation is based on her recently released book, Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live. 

Jennifer is co-author of four bestselling books, including Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul and Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul. Both books reached #1 on the New York Times and #1 and #2 on USA Today’s best-seller lists and continue to be among the most popular of all books in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

Other books include A Second Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul; Chicken Soup for the Single’s Soul; The Soul of Success: A Woman’s Guide to Authentic Power; Diamonds, Pearls & Stones: Jewels of Wisdom for Young Women; and Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live. Together, Jennifer’s books have sold more than 13 million copies and been translated into more than 30 languages.

As an author and self-esteem expert, Jennifer has appeared on CNN, Sally Jesse Raphael, Pure Oxygen, and hundreds of national, regional and local TV and radio shows. She has been featured in numerous magazine and newspaper articles, and writes articles for national magazines such as Ladies Home Journal. She is a regular columnist for Affluent magazine. She is also a regular guest on Jim Blasingame’s national radio show “The Small Business Advocate” and a member of Jim’s “Brain Trust.” 

As a professional with a degree in Journalism/Speech & Broadcasting, she co-founded The Esteem Group in 1993, which she now directs as Jennifer Hawthorne Inc. Her clients include hundreds of professional associations, as well as Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and educational organizations. Clients include AT&T, Delta Air Lines, YWCA, the American Heart Association, Clemson University, The American Legion, Cargill, the American Business Women’s Association, Hallmark Cards, Avon, the American Bankers Association and many more.

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Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live
Have you ever noticed that, no matter how hard you try, you can’t control the circumstances of your life? The only thing you can control is your attitude toward those circumstances. And while it is doubtful that anyone is “happy” all the time, the ability to accept life’s up and downs provides a platform for balance and serenity.

In this presentation, based on Jennifer’s new book Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live, inspirational speaker and best-selling author Jennifer Read Hawthorne shares her secrets for loving the way you live, no matter what’s going on in your life. With lively stories and real-life experiences, Jennifer will show you how to adjust attitude, find greater balance, and experience the serenity that comes from doing and being your best—no matter what the outcome.

Audiences of all ages will gain inspiration and insight into a range of topics:

• How to feel natural, comfortable and inspired in the world
• Giving up the search for happiness through things outside ourselves
• How to face our deepest fears
• “To thine own self be true”—what this means and why it’s important
• How to find peace no matter what the circumstances of your life

Following this presentation, Jennifer will autograph and personally inscribe copies of Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live.

The Soul of Success
A Woman’s Guide to Authentic Power
Is the quest for success wearing you out? Women may be from Venus, but in our quest to “have it all,” we sure have been spending a lot of time on Mars lately! We’ve mastered “doing”—and long for more balance in life.

Based on the book The Soul of Success: A Woman’s Guide to Authentic Power (January 2005), this presentation shows women:

• How to find balance in an imbalanced world
• How self-love can heal our hearts and bodies
• How our minds can impact the world
• How the wisdom of our bodies can guide us at every minute
• How to ensure that peace is part of your success

The talk includes moving stories by women of varying professions, along with personal stories from Jennifer’s own life. Filled with humor, wisdom and inspiration, this talk offers practical tools for experiencing a new kind of success—one that includes peace, freedom and true fulfillment.

Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul
In this powerful and entertaining presentation, inspirational wellness expert and author Jennifer Read Hawthorne combines stories from her best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul books with practical tools for gaining balance, creating wellness and discovering what is possible in life. By shedding light on simple truths, this program uplifts the heart and touches the spirit.

Audiences will experience the power of the mind/body/spirit connection and:

• Find out how to stay healthy and sane in the midst of stress
• See the contrasting effects of positive and negative thinking on both health and performance
• Learn how to make choices that lead to personal and professional success
• Experience how to feel more energetic and happy, even at the end of the day
• Learn how to find balance in an imbalanced world.
• Discover how inspiration can enhance physical well-being and bring more joy to life.