Untamed - Glennon Doyle | Non Fiction Memoirs

Untamed - Glennon Doyle | Non Fiction Memoirs Description

Society teaches women to please others before they can recognise who they truly are. Who were you before the world told you who you were? Were you a hellion who enjoyed collecting bugs, making mischief and playing in mud? Were you artistic and brave, letting your heart and emotions bleed and swirl onto paper like ink dropped in water? Whoever you were before the world told you to simply be “good”, do you still connect with that same person?

Untamed is a freeing and uplifting read, written by Glennon Doyle. It is part intimate and tender memoir, part rousing and inspiring wake-up call. It explores shaking off the world's expectations and the joy and peace to be discovered when we, instead, dare to listen to and trust in the voice deep inside us. Shake off the expectations placed upon you to be a good partner, daughter, mother, employee or friend, hoping that striving to be good will make you feel alive. If you have ever looked at your life and wondered if it was supposed to be better, before quickly swallowing your discontent and telling yourself to be grateful, this book will help to open your eyes to the possibility of more. 

No more denying yourself happiness. No more bowing to impossible standards forced upon you. No more showing our daughters, sisters and future generations that this is all women are meant to be. Instead, inspire them to be brave by being brave yourself. As Doyle insists “The braver we are, the luckier we get.” 

Manufacturer's Description:

Who were you before the world told you who to be? When women learn to please they forget who they are. Part inspiration, part memoir Untamed explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world, and instead dare to listen to and trust in the voice deep inside us. From the beloved New York Times bestselling author, speaker and activist Glennon Doyle. 'Some books shake you by the shoulders while others steal your heart. In Untamed, Glennon does both at the exact same time- Wake up. I love you.' - Brene Brown, PhD, author of the NYT #1 bestseller Dare to Lead There is a voice of longing inside each woman. We strive so mightily to be good- good partners, daughters, mothers, employees and friends. We hope all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed and underwhelmed. We look at our lives and wonder- Wasn't it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to be grateful, hiding our discontent - even from ourselves. For many years, Glennon Doyle denied her own discontent. Then, while speaking at a conference, she looked at a woman across the room and fell instantly in love. Three words flooded her mind- There She Is. At first, Glennon assumed these words came to her from on high. But she soon realised they had come to her from within. This was her own voice - the one she had buried beneath decades of numbing addictions, cultural conditioning and institutional allegiances. This was the voice of the girl she had been before the world told her who to be. Glennon decided to stop abandoning herself and to instead abandon the world's expectations of her. She stopped being good so she could be free. She stopped pleasing and started living. Soulful and uproarious, forceful and tender, Untamed is both an intimate memoir and a galvanising wake-up call. It is the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live. It is also the story of how each of us can begin to trust ourselves enough to set boundaries, make peace with our bodies, honour our anger and heartbreak, and unleash our truest, wildest instincts. Untamed shows us how to be brave. And, as Glennon insists, 'The braver we are, the luckier we get.'