My New Memoir, AWAKE, and Vulnerability Hangovers

About this sermon

Well, here we are. Yesterday, I showed you the cover and title of my new book—AWAKE: A Memoir—and then promptly spiraled into a full-blown vulnerability hangover. I mean, I laid in bed with the lights off while my girlfriends talked me off the ledge. Why? Because this book is...a lot. It’s punchy, honest, and full of truths I can’t believe I admitted to you. But your response yesterday reminded me: We’re in this together. So, let me tell you more about AWAKE, what it means, and why I’m simultaneously terrified and thrilled for you to read it. AWAKE is, at its core, a coming-of-middle-age story. Sure, it dives into the breakdown of my marriage and the messy, beautiful rebuilding process. But it also unpacks the faith systems that crumbled like a house of cards and the rigid, exhausting roles so many of us were taught to perform. This book explores: The big, inevitable changes of midlife—our bodies, relationships, and beliefs The impact of systems that are designed to keep us disoriented and off-kilter The hope that comes when we finally break free and say: Wait, what if there's another way? It’s not a how-to guide or a list of answers. I’m not handing you a prescription for reinvention here. Instead, it’s a collection of tiny, real-time vignettes — from my childhood memories to moments as a pastor's wife and spiritual leader — woven together to make sense of the life I once thought was unshakable...until it wasn’t. Learn more and pre-order: https://jenhatmaker.com/awake-book/ #awakebook #jenhatmaker #awaketogether #midliferenaissance