‘The Hills’ Alum Jen Bunney Announces ‘Powerful’ New Book: I ‘Put Myself on the Page’
usmagazine.comThe rest is written! Jen Bunney stepped away from the spotlight after appearing on The Hills, but she’s ready for a comeback — and Us Weekly can exclusively reveal her latest project.The former reality star, 37, is set to release a new book — Don’t Tell Me What to Do: The Secret Guide to Unlocking Your Power, Potential, and Purpose — on April 3.
While the book includes plenty of recollections about Bunney’s time on reality TV, it’s also a self-help guide for readers hoping to learn how to channel their own power.“I express myself best through my writing, and this book has finally allowed me to put myself on the page,” the Laguna Beach alum — who nows goes by her married name, Jennifer Dunphy — exclusively told Us. “When I started writing this book, I couldn’t stop.
I had so many emotions, thoughts and messages that had been bottled up for over a decade. The process was both uncomfortable and liberating.”Though MTV fans may best remember Bunney as one of Lauren Conrad‘s frenemies, the California native has undergone major changes since she was hanging out in Beverly Hills.
After earning a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master’s degree in public health from the University of California, Berkeley, Bunney now works as the chief population health officer at one of the largest healthcare organizations in her home state.The University of Southern California alum is also a mom of two, having welcomed sons Holden, 3, and Shepley, 2, with husband Taylor Dunphy, whom she wed in 2014.
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