Women Like Us: A Memoir

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Join Vikki for Zumba- Dance style class for non-dancers to have fun moving to music! Suitable for all ages, its exercise in disguise – Smiles are guaranteed! Our vision is an educated world, equality for all individuals, and collectively coming together in the support of social justice. While the Women Like Us Center in Nakuru, Kenya is the current focus, we’ve come a long way delivering multiple projects across the globe: She has been through so much, and writing her story had to be so hard. I cried, sometimes I felt joy with her successes, and thankful that she had the courage to tell it. So many women will see some of them in her story. I could feel the pain, the emotions, the doubt, the things she tried to make it better. She laid it all out with honesty and feeling. Women Like Us, yes, there are a lot of women like us. Amanda, thank goodness you managed to overcome the words of that English teacher, because where would I be without my Prowse books? StressLESS – Yoga & Mindfulness for Teen & Tween Girls: An introductory yoga class for girls (age 11-15). Specific Yoga and Mindfulness practices to bolster their resilience and support them through the daily pressures of coping with stress and anxiety.

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The day came when she decided she had to pull the band-aid off, and take time to figure things out. I have felt that way many times, but felt I was all alone, and it was easier to just stop looking in mirrors. I had decided that I had to confront myself, and what I was doing. Along came this book, and it was just what I needed to read. If I was to ever have the pleasure of being able to sit down with Amanda, I don't know what I would ask her. This book covered everything and more. I feel like I know her so well. Where do I start? What words can I use which will do this amazing, honest, inspiring autobiography?The Women Like Us Foundation, a 501C3 charitable organization, has been active for over ten years delivering projects in Uganda, Kenya, India, Serbia, Costa Rica, and the United States. Our current focus is on the Women Like Us Center in Nakuru, Kenya with a vision to expand the services of the center, and create more such options in other parts of the country. Beginners Pilates – Expect to leave this Pilates class feeling relaxed, refreshed, free of aches and pains, and more confident in your body & what it can do! In this 45 minute class taken by experienced physio Anna Meggitt, you’ll be taken through a gentle Pilates class to strengthen your core and pelvic floor, stretch out any aches, and energise your whole body! Please note this class is suitable for complete beginners but you do need to be able to get on and off the floor independently to attend. Funny, witty but a whole touch of life, Amanda Prowse opened herself up and took us through her memory lane. And it was written in such a light and a matter-of-fact tone that makes reading it such a breeze.

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Women Like Us was born when the two women comics decided to step away from the male dominated comedy scene into venues where women’s stories and experiences are centre stage. I could relate to many aspects of Amanda’s story. A lot of woman compare themselves to the shiny perfect life of others when in reality everyone has to face their own struggles and difficulties. Amanda so openly recounts her own struggles which I’m sure will help many other woman in similar situations. Her unflinching honesty, tenacity and verve make Prowse a hugely relatable and likeable narrator. She deftly taps into a universal theme of what it means to be a woman in a world where beauty, slimness, popularity and youth all remain desirable currency.A frank , honest , at times harrowing due to the subject matter ( which I'm sure will hit a nerves for many ) but still very readable and relatable for I'm sure many of her fans. What a truly wonderful, heartbreaking, emotional, life affirming, funny and truly soul bearing book from one of my favourite authors! I only found Amanda Prowse in 2015 and since then have devoured every single book of hers as soon as they are published. She writes with such insight into normal lives dealing with extraordinary situations that I was intrigued to see how her autobiography fared, it certainly did not disappoint. Mrs Prowse is only a year older than me and her life and mine have some similarities, although I do not have her gift of words! This book only served to cement that I think she has a camera peering into my mind! The book was amusing and heartbreaking, sometimes in the same sentence but I could not put it down. It had me crying with sadness and crying with happiness, so I suggest anyone of a similar age keeps the tissues handy!

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Amanda’s ambition is to create stories that keep people from turning off the bedside lamp at night, that ensure you walk every step with her great characters, and tales that fill your head so you can’t possibly read another book until the memory fades… The only thing that I disagreed with is where Amanda refers to her readers as strangers. However to her millions of fans around the world, we all already feel that Amanda is a friend. She and her husband always take the time to reply to her fans in her own down to earth fashion, and I challenge anyone to finish this book and not want to count Amanda as a friend. This book I found to be a bit like that, it is a bit drama queen like in parts but she did bring many current topics to light which for most is a good thing. But it is very depressing and sometimes I felt like she could only see the bad things in life and not the good which I find sad. There is always good things in life.

It is definitely a heartfelt, sad at times, happy at times, challenging, story that shows resilience and courage. Straight-talking independent women who shoot straight from the lip and keep the stories coming, the kind of sparkly, charismatic women who, if you met at a dinner party you would be enthralled, chin in hands as they deliver one funny, entertaining tale after the other. I guess the first question to ask is, what kind of woman am I? Well, you know those women who saunter into a room, immaculately coiffed and primped from head to toe? Partnerships with numerous women-led organizations in the United States to eradicate sexual abuse and homeless. She makes very valid points about how we view other people by their looks, celebrity status, monetary value etc and then makes you think hard about how much we really don't know about a person from the brief glimpses we get from newspapers, social media posts, television appearances etc.