This was a great motivational read! The author shares several difficult moments throughout her life and lessons she learned from them. This is a good read for mindset and growth oriented readers. If you are working on self development, this is a good one to ad to the roster. It offers great reflection and insight.

No One Can Stop Me But Me is a real-life rags-to-riches story that shows anything is possible if we just believe in ourselves.

As a teenager, businesswoman Jennifer Hernandez fell into a life of rebellion—drugs, sex, gangs, fights, school dropouts, pregnancy, and stints in and out of psych hospitals.

How did she turn this around, becoming an iconic mortgage loan officer and sought-after life coach? In No One Can Stop Me But Me, Jennifer takes us on an unforgettable journey, from childhood trauma and reckless adolescence to breaking through barriers she could never have dreamed of.

The Chicago-born girl seemed to be living a perfect life as the daughter of balloon vendors with a traveling carnival. Jennifer spent her days whirling on carnival rides with her brother until her parents’ sudden divorce. Feeling alone and having no one to talk to, Jennifer began looking for love in all the wrong places and her life started spiraling out of control. Yet through this dark and troubling time, Jennifer was saved by motherhood and managed to pull herself together and find a way out.

She is now in the top 1% of real estate lenders in the country, proof that desperation is the mother of invention, that your inner strength and focus is the true secret to success. You are the only one limiting yourself. When you stop holding yourself back, you can truly become the best version of yourself—the person you were meant to be.


Very inspirational. I enjoyed this book very much. Will recommend to others.

As a teenager, Jennifer Hernandez fell into a life of rebellion—drugs, sex, gangs, fights, school dropouts, pregnancy, and stints in and out of psych hospitals. Jennifer takes readers on an unforgettable journey, from childhood trauma and reckless adolescence to breaking through barriers. Jennifer's family life was shattered by her parents’ sudden divorce when she was about 4 years old. Soon after the divorce, her mother began a new relationship with a man who was unstable, abusive and had signs of mental illness. After moving in with her dad full time in her early teens, she realized that he knew how to be a fun dad, but not necessarily a supportive parental figure. Feeling alone and having no one to talk to, Jennifer began looking for love in all the wrong places and her life started spiraling out of control. Yet through this dark and troubling time, Jennifer was saved by motherhood and managed to pull herself together and find a way out.

My thoughts:
Despite sharing the many traumatic and difficult experiences she had in her teen years, Jennifer's writing is fairly light, always coming back to what she learned from the experience and how she has made sense of these experiences now that she can look back at them as an adult. I think her writing style choices were purposeful in that she wanted this story to be motivational and empowering, that being said, I would have liked to see a little bit more depth and emotion. I also found it a bit confusing at times mainly related to some chronological errors and some limited descriptions. It is a very interesting story, but I think some sections could have been expanded on to help the reader follow along.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for giving me the chance to read and review this book!