Episode · On Purpose with Jay Shetty · 2021-09-13
Books mentioned on Gabrielle Union ON: Vulnerability & Turning Your Weakness Into Your Superpower
Gabrielle Union chats with Jay Shetty to talk about a woman’s inner strength. From her arduous journey to have children and competing against her partner on career growth, to realizing what makes a marriage work and thriving in communities where your resources benefit the majority.
Jay Shetty recommended You Got Anything Stronger? by Gabrielle Union, and discussed Shady Baby by Gabrielle Union and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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You Got Anything Stronger?
You Got Anything Stronger? by Gabrielle Union is a candid and humorous collection of personal essays exploring vulnerability, resilience, and fame.
Recommended“And the book we're talking about today that I just told you I was reading is called "You Got Anything Stronger?" and it will be released on September 14th of this year.”
Where to get it
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Shady Baby
Discussed“I spoke about earlier that you and Dwayne wrote a children's book called Shady Baby and I was fascinated because the baby's superpower is shade and and I wanted to understand that. I wanted you to explain that to us for anyone who's who's not read the book yet. Shady Baby is the the children's book that you put together.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Shady Baby
“In May of 2021, Gabrielle released, in partnership with her husband Dwyane Wade, her second children's book, Shady Baby, which became a New York Times best-seller the first week of release.”
Passing We're Going to Need More Wine
“Her first book, We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True, was released in 2017 and instantly became a New York Times best seller.”
Plugged We're Going to Need More Wine
“So by the time I had gone through years of of IVF cycles and mi- constant miscarriages that I that I talk about in the first book, um, I was just kept ready to keep going.”
Plugged Think Like A Monk
“I'm also excited to let you know that you can now get my book Think Like a Monk from thinklikeamonkbook.com.”