Glennon Doyle

Glennon Doyle found herself when she stopped resisting doing what she really wanted. When she traded martyrdom for modelling, people-pleasing for pleasing herself, and shame for acceptance. And in Untamed, she makes it clear that we can all do it, too.

I loved the chapters on feminism and motherhood most of all, and I very much appreciated the reminder that we've all been given ONE life to live. We owe it to ourselves to honour our deep desires, our inner wisdom, and our intuition to make the most of our short time on this Earth. We'd all have better lives, happier children, and more wonderfully fulfilling experiences on this planet if we followed our untamed Knowing rather than conforming to the expectations of society at every phase of our journey.… (more)

Content-wise, it is often smug and self-congratulatory. She seems to think she’s discovered that feminism is about men too, and that sports can be good for girls. I want to yell at her to go read some books and learn about what you’re writing about before thinking you’re breaking new ground. And also she is not the first or last woman to divorce a husband so she can marry a woman. The only reason it's noteworthy is that she marketed herself the way she did in her fist two books. If you keep putting yourself forth as an expert, then you’re more likely to be questioned when you don’t follow your own expertise. I know she says in this book that all he beliefs are written in sand and she is always changing and that’s the point, but if so, why are we reading it? And also, that’s a lot of sand writing.… (more)