Glennon Doyle’s Untamed is soul-opening.
It is raw, powerful, inspirational Truth. Glennon conceals nothing. She strips her soul bare and lies it before her reader with great reverence and without apology. Her prose is poetry. Her strength incredible. Her impact indelible.
Every morning I read something uplifting with my coffee before I begin my meditations. Glennon has been my coffee companion for over a month now as I dole out the chapters like fine chocolates to be savored slowly and treasured, rather than gobbled all at once. These are stories we all recognize of deeply human, vulnerable moments of family, love, addiction, triumph, bravery, fear of doing hard things and learning that we can do them anyway.
In a chapter titled blow jobs, Glennon reveals her truth to her therapist in the hopes of gaining support or insight. The therapist tells her not to listen to her heart, to give up on her dream, to live a small, conventional life, and stay in a loveless marriage. Every woman who has ever had her deep Knowing discounted by an authority figure knows how eviscerating that feels. Many in that position have returned obediently to cages too small for our Knowing and our dreams, to lead ill-fitting lives based on the beliefs of others.
Thankfully for us, not only did Glennon listen to her Knowing, she lay her soul bare for the rest of us, and used it to build a road map of metaphor and love. She exquisitely explains how to be our own touch tree, perpetually returning to our own Knowing to keep us from getting too far gone. She reminds us to untame ourselves, despite the determination of our culture to tame us into neat little cages and tiny lives that please THEM.
Cause fuck that!
Glennon knows she’s a goddamn cheetah. Untamed is her brilliant, beautiful memoir reminding the rest of us we’re goddamn cheetahs too.
Before I even finished the book,
I ordered a copy for my daughter.
A few chapters later I ordered one
for my sister as well. Now I have purchased the audiobook version
and I listen to Glennon read it to me on my morning walk.
This book feeds my soul.
It opens me more to my own Knowing. It reminds me how to reclaim my own power. It shows me that reclaiming my power is possible, because we can do hard things.
Grow On!
Check out Untamed at your library, or purchase here on Amazon.