Jennifer Bardot

Jennifer Bardot is a St. Louis–area author, publisher, and founder of the GRIT Community, an initiative built around the acronym G.R.I.T.: Growth, Resilience, Intention, and Tenacity. Reporting about her work describes her as an entrepreneur and community leader focused on women’s empowerment and leadership, and notes that she uses the GRIT framework across her publishing and speaking work.

Bardot is credited with authoring Living Well with GRIT and with building a GRIT anthology series that includes multiple internationally bestselling titles. Sources also identify her as the compiler or publisher of other GRIT books, including Owning Your G.R.I.T. and related anthologies.