Get Empowered

A Practical Guide to Thrive, Heal, and Embrace Your Confidence in a Sexist World

By: Nadia Telsey, Lauren R. Taylor

Narrated by: Mx. Nicky Endres

Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

A practical guide for women, nonbinary, and LGBTQIA+ people to claim our right to be safe, to take up space, and to speak up for ourselves.

Don’t walk alone at night. Don’t leave your drink unattended. Don’t hurt anyone’s feelings.

Most women and nonbinary people are taught these rules, intended to keep us safe from harassment, abuse, and assault, from a young age. While the #MeToo movement has swept the globe and shined a light on the pervasiveness of gender-based violence that led to these “rules,” the fears persist—and for good reason.

While men—who commit almost all gender-based violence—are the ones who should be responsible for changing, those of us who are targeted shouldn’t have to wait for the world to transform and become a better place in order to live safer, fuller, more authentic lives.

Through real-life stories, meaningful questions, and interactive exercises, Get Empowered will teach listeners to:

• understand why gendered violence exists and how it shows up
• take up space
• say what they want
• let go of self-blame
• heal from past traumas

Whether you’re looking for ways to stand up for yourself, you’re a survivor focused on healing, or you’re committed to being an ally, this book will give you the tools you need to thrive.

* This audiobook edition contains a downloadable PDF of workbook sheets, important visual aids, a glossary of terms, and additional references from the book.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Nadia Telsey and Lauren R. Taylor (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“Get Empowered is a resource every person needs to walk through the world with their head held high and their dignity intact. We have all been impacted by sexual violence—whether it is our living experience or it happened to someone we love. But that means we all need the knowledge and skills to face these experiences so we have self-agency and can affirm our own dignity for ourselves and in all of our relationships. Get Empowered gives you all of these tools with compassion, strength, and courage.”—Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queenbees + Wannabes and Courageous Discomfort

“Read Get Empowered, and you will feel safer and less lonely. This book speaks the truths we all need to hear. And most importantly, Nadia and Lauren will help you feel thoroughly supported in your journey to survive our disempowering world. Challenge the shame and blame that gender-based hate thrives on, and find powerful tools to transcend all the lies you’ve been told about yourself.”—Jeffrey Marsh, LGBTQIA+ activist and author of How to Be You and Take Your Own Advice

“This book is a gift. I hate living in a world where this book is necessary, but I love this book. Compassionate, thorough, and encouraging—it’ll inspire you and make you feel less alone."—Alexandra Petri, Washington Post columnist and author of US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)