By Jamie Maletta
Content warning: references to alcoholism, addiction, and negative body image/eating disorders.
Glennon Doyle is an American author, speaker, and activist, doing incredible work with her all-women run non-profit Together Rising, which has raised more than $16 million for women, children, and families in crisis.
Her memoir Untamed is a self-help meets motivational read that will have you looking inside yourself and questioning your pre-conceived thoughts, beliefs, and actions.
Doyle takes us on a journey through her early life of addiction, bulimia and alcoholism, pregnancy, marriage, and actively attempting to brush her true self—“her Knowing”—under the rug while self-medicating with alcohol and desperately trying to lead a picture-perfect life. The moment she lays eyes on her (now) wife, everything begins to untangle. A switch goes off, and she realizes she can no longer live a life hiding behind a bottle, a facade, and begins digging deep into who she was always meant to be. Glennon is always growing, always evolving, and brings such a human element to her amazing life.
This book will leave you reflecting on your own life—wanting to do better, be better, and to respect your own “Knowing.” I love a good self-help book, and I’m so excited for what Doyle has in store for us next! I completely recommend this book to anyone and everyone who needs or wants a little push, a little nudge, towards a better life, a better future. This book will not disappoint. Five stars.