Enough
Enough
Jana writes just as she speaks: with honesty, conviction and humour, making her path to self acceptance relatable for all of us.
‘It took oodles of self-reflection before I came to realise my quirks developed into my resilience, my emotion gave me my empathy and my drama fuelled my passion. Too often I tried to fit in, when I was born to stand out.’
Throughout this book, Jana shares her life with you: the good, the bad and the ugly. Her stories of sport, medicine, divorce, loss, solo parenting – and media shenanigans – are told without embellishment or excuses. On her own admission: ‘I often learned the hard way, battled against my will, rumbled with my demons, fought with self-acceptance, and boxed with negative inner chatter. I have always been too honest, shared too much and talked too fast.’ But over the years, she’s made peace with those demons, owning her flaws and choosing how to use her failures to become a stronger person – to the point where she now considers that the greatest success in life is believing in yourself. Jana’s life lessons are inspirational, not because of her achievements – stellar though they are – but because of her willingness to share with readers how to stare down your own doubts and fears and believe in yourself and your dreams. This book is for anyone who has ever felt that they are not enough.
Just Another Hurdle
Just Another Hurdle
The revealing autobiography of one of Australia's most successful athletes.
Jana Pittman has represented her country at three Olympic Games, and is the first Australian woman to compete in both a summer and winter Olympics. A two-time World Champion and four-time Commonwealth Champion in the 400m hurdles, she is recognised as one of Australia’s greatest female athletes. But there’s so much more to Jana than her sporting achievements. Hers is a life fully lived.
Now, for the first time, Jana tells her own story. With honesty, humour and warmth, she frankly details all the missteps, successes and disasters on her fascinating journey from a shy, studious girl to a star on the world stage stunned by the intense media spotlight that comes with sporting triumph, and her new life as a mother of three and doctor in training. Jana’s career is an inspiration to aspiring athletes, but her ability to pick herself up after setbacks that would have crushed most of us and her sheer determination to seize life with both hands serve as a lesson to us all that we can overcome whatever hurdles life puts in our way.
Just Another Hurdle allows us to get to know the extraordinary woman behind the media headlines.