What happens when women stop fighting to meet every expectation put on us by the world? What happens when we dare to stop for a moment and listen to the voice that speaks from within, what does she say to you? Deep down, you know she’s there.
She knows our emotions, sees our intuition, fuels our imagination and drives our courage to be our fullest, truest selves. Glennon Doyle, the author of Untamed, dives into the story of who she is and how we can fully reconnect with her again.
Savanna Douglas
When I’m feeling low, I find myself reflecting on past moments where I’ve felt fiercely myself. Moments where I’ve made decisions independent from expectations around me which have left me feeling powerful and confident in my abilities. It’s a sort of power that resonates from the deepest part of you. There she is.
The Untamed Queen knows when I make choices only to meet the world’s expectations instead of my own dreams. She makes herself known in moments where I catch myself doing what makes me feel ‘not quite like myself’ anymore.
But how do you start to listen to her? My first step was reading Glennon Doyle’s new novel, Untamed. Part life story and part galvanising wake-up call, this tender, uproarious book completely ripped me from the submissive hue I was living under and brought me right up to the face of my biggest problem: I don’t live for myself.
Just like Glennon, many of us are captured by ideas of how our lives should go, those ideas are usually dominated by some sort of patriarchy or external agenda.
Why do we stay and suffer, when the door’s unlocked? Why do we tell ourselves, ‘in a different life’ as if we currently have more than just this one? Why say “no thanks” to a full meal, when you know you could eat?
‘We forget how to know, when we learn how to please. That’s why we live hungry.’
Untamed is about setting yourself free. About reclaiming the part of yourself who knows what she wants and what she will do next. As you immerse yourself in Glennon’s journey to reclaiming herself, you invoke that same part of you. Like a magical door that leads to exploring our deepest selves, this book poses all the questions that provoke honest and powerful self discovery.
Savanna Douglas
By addressing the expectations set on us by this patriarchal existence in our society, we start to uncover what lies beyond. The power that forges every woman that can never be buried or forgotten.
This 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 the story of navigating divorce, forming a new family and discovering that the brokenness or wholeness of a family depends on each member’s ability to bring her full self to the table, not on structure.
Ending with a quote from the book, Glennon says:
“The most revolutionary thing a woman can do: the next right thing, one thing at a time, without asking permission or offering explanation.”
Savanna Douglas
If you want to be on the path to reclaiming yourself, this book will offer invaluable wisdom along your journey to becoming free. Its bright, beautiful appearance will make you want to pick it up and read it, especially when life feels like it lacks colour. This will steal you away, from cover to the last page!
Buy a digital version of the Untamed by Glennon Doyle online, or spoil yourself with a physical copy.
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