Natalie Bassingthwaighte has already inspired girls all over Australia with her career as frontwoman of the Rogue Traders, numerous acting roles, and a hosting gig on So You Think You Can Dance. Now she’s hoping to encourage even more to achieve their full potential with the release of her first book, Sistahood: A Journal of Self Discovery.
Nat has worked with her sister Nicky Moore for several years on the project. They wanted to create more positive role models for girls than clotheshorse party girls like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.
The book encourages girls to recognise their strengths and weaknesses, identify what inspires them, and achieve their dreams with chapters like “Celebrate Difference,” “Jumping Life’s Hurdles,” and “Believe in Yourself.”
This could be just the start of the Sistahood story. Nat is hoping to launch a clothing line and magazine inspired by the self help book.
“We feel it’s just a really great message,” Nat told The Sunday Telegraph. “I can see clothing, stationery, everything – and creative things for girls as well, maybe more books; things that have a positive message or that are made in a way that we are helping the underprivileged.”
She may be gorgeous and talented, but even Nat admits her self-esteem has taken a battering in the past.
“I am pretty comfortable with who I am but I do get insecure and if I read something bad about myself it does affect you,” she said. “I actually had to go to this book when I felt down.”
Sistahood: A Journal of Self Discovery will be launched on Wednesday. Nat will also appear at ABC shops around Sydney next week to sign copies of the book. Check her site for all the times and dates. Sales from the book help the SISTER2sister charity, which supports disadvantaged young girls.
It seems younger and younger girls are battling low self-esteem, so it’s awesome to see one of our coolest Aussie chicks doing something about it!
Image source: Natalie Bassingthwaighte website
