{"id":4708,"date":"2020-07-13T13:11:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T20:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyndicombs.com\/coaching\/?p=4708"},"modified":"2022-08-10T13:47:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T20:47:11","slug":"blow-jobs-touch-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyndicombs.com\/coaching\/2020\/07\/13\/blow-jobs-touch-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Blow Jobs &#038; Touch Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Glennon Doyle\u2019s Untamed (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/untamedbook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Glennon Doyle\u2019s <\/strong><\/a><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Glennon Doyle\u2019s Untamed (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/untamedbook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Untamed<\/strong><\/a><\/em><strong> is soul-opening.&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is raw, powerful, inspirational Truth.&nbsp; Glennon conceals nothing.&nbsp; She strips her soul bare and lies it before her reader with great reverence and without apology.&nbsp; Her prose is poetry.&nbsp; Her strength incredible.&nbsp; Her impact indelible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every morning I read something uplifting with my coffee before I begin my meditations.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a chapter titled <em>blow jobs<\/em>, Glennon reveals her truth to her therapist in the hopes of gaining support or insight.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Every woman who has ever had her deep Knowing discounted by an authority figure knows how eviscerating that feels.&nbsp; 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.&nbsp; She exquisitely explains how to be our own touch tree, perpetually returning to our own Knowing to keep us from getting too far gone.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cause fuck that!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cyndicombs.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/untamed-glennon-doyle-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4714\" width=\"217\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cyndicombs.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/untamed-glennon-doyle-small.jpg 331w, https:\/\/cyndicombs.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/untamed-glennon-doyle-small-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Glennon knows she\u2019s a goddamn cheetah. <em>Untamed<\/em> is her brilliant, beautiful memoir reminding the rest of us we\u2019re goddamn cheetahs too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before I even finished the book, <br>I ordered a copy for my daughter.&nbsp; <br>A few chapters later I ordered one <br>for my sister as well.&nbsp; Now I have purchased the audiobook version <br>and I listen to Glennon read it to me on my morning walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book feeds my soul.&nbsp; <br>It opens me more to my own Knowing.&nbsp; It reminds me how to reclaim my own power.&nbsp; It shows me that reclaiming my power is possible, because we can do hard things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grow On!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out <em><a href=\"https:\/\/untamedbook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Untamed (opens in a new tab)\">Untamed<\/a><\/em> at your library, or <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"purchase here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1984801252\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1\ufeff\" target=\"_blank\">purchase here<\/a> on Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glennon Doyle\u2019s Untamed is soul-opening.&nbsp; It is raw, powerful, inspirational Truth.&nbsp; Glennon conceals nothing.&nbsp; She strips her soul bare and lies it before her reader with great reverence and without apology.&nbsp; Her prose is poetry.&nbsp; Her strength incredible.&nbsp; Her impact indelible. 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