Let’s be honest, the life you lead isn’t what you’ve always dreamt. And maybe the person you’ve become isn’t who you’ve always imagined. Sure, you can clean it up. You can work longer, love harder, and eat better. You can scrub the surface of your life until it gleams, and still never address the fact that somehow, you lost sight of who you really are and what you’re living for.

Is this the life you were meant to live?

As the child of Nigerian immigrants in the UK, author and speaker Jo Saxton knows firsthand how quickly the world can cause us to doubt our dreams and question who we are. She understands how easily we can exchange our true child-of-God selves for an identity built on lies, guilt, and brokenness.

In this powerful book, Jo examines biblical figures and shares her personal story as she invites you to turn to the One who knows you intimately and loves you deeply. He sees all you’ve struggled to hide. He hears the voice inside you that others have silenced. He knows the potential and purpose that no one valued. He longs to redeem the story of your life and set you on the path to reclaim The Dream of You. Are you ready?

Women have always been central to the life of the church. From the early hours of the first Easter, when women were charged to announce the resurrection of Jesus, to the state of the contemporary church, where women outnumber men in pews and positions of service.

But as central as women have been, they’ve also found themselves regularly marginalized — and not only in the church, but in the neighborhoods, cities, and societies they inhabit. Sometimes, they’ve had to endure the well-intended biases or benign neglect of the leaders of their communities; sometimes, they’ve been sidelined by their own crises of confidence. Sometimes, they’ve had to contend with both at once.

Women who doubt their influence, who struggle to accept their distinct strengths and talents for what they are — gifts given through them to the world — suffer for it. The church, and really all of society, suffers with them. In More Than Enchanting, Jo Saxton invites women to discover (or rediscover) the gifts and talents God has vested in us, and more importantly, the calling God has placed on each of us to seek first the kingdom of God where we are.

NOTE: More Than Enchanting is the title of the U.S. version of this book. You can find this book under the title Influential on Amazon UK.

Jo Saxton is an author, speaker, podcast host, and leadership coach. She has dedicated her career to growing leadership teams around the world and empowering women to find their purpose in their personal lives and in leadership.

Born in London to parents who immigrated from Nigeria, Jo credits her family’s unrelenting work ethic to the bold, tenacious approach she takes to sharing her wisdom on identity, influence, and living an authentic life. She is characterized by her effervescent honesty and warm approachability, leaving audiences with practical next steps in areas that are usually a bit ambiguous.