Book Review- Untamed by Glennon Doyle

The book is a rollercoaster of emotions and requires a robust, strong-minded reader-ship. Spiralling my thoughts and feelings from positive to negative…from good to bad… from hope to faith. The book, in short, is all about following intuition, living each emotion (be it sadness or happiness) and being authentic and raw to our inner callings.

This novel (rather an autobiography) told by Glennon Doyle is her life story which tells us learning to be brave — not just in the workplace but as a partner, parent, friend, and woman trying to navigate a world that doesn't always welcome a female perspective. The book is about her family, friends, her struggles and finding herself. 

The book talks about how society defines a woman…how one woman describes another woman...how sometimes our voices are not reached to another ears, and the at last it showcases the urgency to required to know ourselves.

My learnings from the books- more we understand ourselves, we begin to trust ourselves enough to set our boundaries and say NO, we begin to make peace with our bodies and appreciate each wrinkle, honour our anger (by not justifying it but by understanding the root cause and acting empathetically), heartbreaks, doubts (on others as well as on own). This is a read to unleash our most genuine and wildest instincts so that we become women or men who can finally look in mirror and say- There She/He Is.


Quotes from the book-

“This life is mine alone. So I have stopped asking people for directions to places they’ve never been.”

“Be careful with the stories you tell about yourself".”

“The truest, most beautiful life never promises to be an easy one. We need to let go of the lie that it's supposed to be.”

“There is no greater burden on a child than the unlived life of a parent.”

“Being fully human is not about feeling hap; it’s about feeling everything.”