Using the hard-won lessons of her own life, Melissa Ambrosini is here to help you think about the outmoded values and mistaken beliefs you may have inherited from your parents — and cast them off. There is, she says, a better way.
It’s often said that the job of each generation is to challenge the ways of the previous and the current millennial generation is certainly taking that idea and running with it. As a generation that has been handed a world of technology, social media, environmental devastation and an uncertain future, you can’t blame them for wanting a new way. It’s a pretty overwhelming world they are inheriting. And, as one of Australia’s leading authors and rising millennial voices, Melissa Ambrosini is the epitome of this voice.
At first glance, Ambrosini’s message could be dismissed as just more “self-love” talk — perhaps just another self-improvement message from a beautiful young girl. Add to that, as a former Moulin Rouge dancer, model and actor, she certainly knows how to command a huge following on her various social media platforms.
But take a closer look and there is a lot more to this two-time bestselling author. She has a serious message for her young followers to question the beliefs and values that have been passed down to them and a serious calling to do more in the world. And, at a time when the tide on speaking up, empowerment and making a difference is really turning, her timing couldn’t be better. She knows the young men and women of her generation want to know how to do things differently — and better — than their parents and she is courageously calling on them to step up and step into a new definition of happiness.
Rock bottom at 24
Most of us are handed our work ethic and belief systems way before we realise what’s happening. Without question, we accumulate values and thoughts passed down from generations before us. And we often carry those beliefs into our adult life and beyond.
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