The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho with Adrienne Bennett

Fat Girl Book Club

If you head over to Adrienne Bennett's IG account, you will see why I had to have this woman on the show. I'm not one for woo woo, but this woman shines. She is highly radiant and all I wanted is for some of that to rub off on me. When I reached out to her though, she said she doesn't read too much in the body acceptance space, which is interesting because her account is all about connection to the body. I asked what she does read and she pointed me to this book. I cannot wait for you to listen because this is a really vulnerable deviation from the normal fare on the pod. Here are some things we talked about:

• Adrienne's journey to body connection
• How to find creativity on social media and why dancing is so much fun!
• How she found The Alchemist and its relevance in her life
• Brief synopsis of the book
• What is a Personal Legend and how to connect that to your life
• A dream versus a purpose
• Fat positivity and negative pushback
• Adrienne's self-care practice
• The Crystal Merchant's lessons
• Adrienne as The King of Salem
• Why change is scary
• The importance of action
• A language without words
• What is grounding and how to do it?
• Creativity as a tool for joy
• Can this book help on a body liberation journey?

Keep reading everyone!

Links

Adrienne's IG account

Will Smith on The Alchemist

As a Man Thinketh by James Allen

Fat Girl Book Club Patreon

Fat Girl Book Club FB group