Self help books, specifically Untamed by Glennon Doyle

[OrangeBlossomsinthesun]

Hi,

I've done a fair amount of CBT to do with having a horrible mother that I have been NC with for 6 years now. I've seen some really good reviews of Untamed by Glennon Doyle and wondered if anyone had read it and what they thought of it? I'm interested in stuff like that.

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No, I haven’t read it but just read about it in the Times today. Interested too, I put in a Mumsnet search and came up with your post.

I read a preview though and wondered, on the basis of this, if it was all about letting out your inner cheetah, and prejudice lead me to go on to wonder if this has not already been tried by many women, with mixed results, from the 1960s and before. So, I’d love to know what others who have read it all think about it.

I've read it. It's a big pile of crap. It's like a set of smug blog posts about being a rich white Christian American woman, that have been collated into a book.

Really? OK haha I will give it a swerve then. It's quite funny as someone I vaguely know, who is a massive twat, has raved about this Doyle woman, so that fits. 😂🤣😂

I noticed this book and wondered if it was worth a listen (on audible). Reviews seem good. I'm interested in books that encourage me to be a bit braver.

Just push myself out of my comfort zone from time to time. Would this be a good book?

Brene Brown's braving the wilderness is about putting yourself out there, wherever and whatever 'there' is, I just have the feeling I'm not doing it! But I got a bit sick of brene browne.

@BobbinThreadbare123

I've read it. It's a big pile of crap. It's like a set of smug blog posts about being a rich white Christian American woman, that have been collated into a book.

Thanks.

I read it and I thought it was an quite inspiring and very thought provoking book. It made quite a difference to how I feel about myself and the choices I've made.

However, I wouldn't follow her as a source of wisdom or advice as I fear she's quite unstable. She fell in love with her wife more or less at first sight and she describes their relationship and life together in such an intense and ridiculously over the top way as if she's 'arrived' at the perfect relationship and made the perfect family together. If I was her friend I'd be worried about her. Such fairy tale intensity is not conducive to long term inner peace or stability.

In terms of inspiring books I find Brene Brown much more truthful and realistic about the realities of life, relationships and families without being pessimistic.

Thanks @evahoffman, I would give it a detached listen after your review!

I may add brene brown's Braving The Wilderness to my list.

Yes, thank you @EvaHoffman for your measured review.

Reading Glennon Doyle is a bit like being with a fabulous but bonkers friend whereas Brene Brown is like a wise big sister.

I used to be snooty about self help books but now I read them as biographies of the writer (and I love biographies) rather than tomes of truth and if there's some bits of wisdom that I can relate to on the way it's a bonus. A self help book is never going to change your life whatever the reviews say, but it's reassuring to read about other people's struggles and realise you're not alone.

Yes, i like them in the same way, something here or there resonates.

I like Catherine Gray's The unexpected joy of the ordinary. A lot of it were conclusions id already come to, but still, she writes it well.

Any other books in this genre that you like @EvaHoffman ?

I've read it and some parts resonated with me, but it's not a book I'd read again ... and if truth be told, despite having only read it a few weeks ago, not much "stuck".