Lessons

My Path to a Meaningful Life

By: Gisele Bündchen

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani, Gisele Bündchen

Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

The instant New York Times best seller

Supermodel and philanthropist Gisele Bündchen shares personal stories, insights, and photos to explore lessons that have helped shape her life.

Gisele Bündchen's journey began in southern Brazil, growing up with five sisters, playing volleyball, and rescuing the dogs and cats around her hometown. In fact, she wanted to become either a professional volley player or a veterinarian. But at the age of 14, fate suddenly intervened in the form of a modeling scout, who spotted her in São Paulo. Four years later, Gisele's appearance in Alexander McQueen's memorably rain-soaked London runway show in the spring 1998 launched her spectacular career as a fashion model, and put an end to the "heroin chic" era of fashion. Since then, Gisele has appeared in almost 400 ad campaigns and on over 1200 magazine covers. She has walked in more than 470 fashion shows for the most influential brands in the world. Gisele has become an icon, leaving a lasting mark on the fashion industry.

But until now, few people have gotten to know the real Gisele, a woman whose private life stands in dramatic contrast to her public image. In Lessons, she reveals for the first time who she really is and what she's learned over the past 37 years to help her live a meaningful life - a journey that takes listeners from a childhood spent barefoot in small-town Brazil, to an internationally successful career, motherhood and marriage to quarterback Tom Brady.

A work of great openness and vulnerability, Lessons reveals the inner life of a very public woman.

©2018 Gisele Bündchen (P)2018 Penguin Audio

Very honest, interesting & inspiring

I didn’t expect anything from this book really, just bought it cause I love her personality a lot. And I had a big surprise! It’s such an easy and a beautiful read! This book is a very honest story of a woman and her struggles along the way. It resonated with me on so many levels! I know, some will say “it’s all been said before”, but I also think that a lot depends on HOW it’s said and if the story resonates with you, so it makes you feel #MeToo . Gisele definitely touched my heart. And it was really hard to put it down.

Amazing

I'm so impressed. this book was lesson to me . thank you gisele for sharing your story and showing me you are so much more than a supermodel

Found Peace

from the beginning of the book I felt relaxed because the tone is mellow. I also, felt that the story was genuine. I recommend for whoever is in search for some inspiration.

Very uplifting!

Each chapter deals with a different phase of Gisele’s attempts at improving her life: from nutrition to daily organization and over all happiness! I found the book easy to listen to and very inspiring!!

great inspirational book

loved listening to this book. very inspiring. I am grateful that she took time out in her busy life to write it.

Beautiful book!

Beautiful book. I just finished it and plan to re-listen to it again. So many wonderful lessons from a beautiful soul. Thanks for sharing a little bit of yourself with us Gisele!

A sincere and generous memoir with a purpose

I'm in awe of this book, which wasn't at all what I expected but everything I needed! I'm in awe of Gisele, who seems to have turned an oftentimes cruel and destructive society on its head to find her own power, peace, and inspire others to act in ways that improve our world. There is something about the openness, kindness, and mindfulness of Gisele's writing that welcomes you in - befriends you even. Many beautiful take aways for a lifetime of pondering, growth and change. I have two criticisms, and I'm only voicing them in the hope of more books from Gisele and Audible: 1. after hearing the intro in Gisele's voice, I found ther rest of the book wanting her unique accent and cadence. 2. a good editor was needed to cut repetition.

Overall a useful and important book that I found inspiring and full of light!

Phenomenal book by an Extraordinary Lady!

This book will blow you away, and all of your preconceived thoughts and opinions about this woman. Truly a must read in this time in history when we are on the brink of collapse as kind and loving human beings. Highly recommend!!

A wonderful book

A great book that I found to be developmental and maturative for a young man coming of age such as myself. I found this book to be relatable and generally highly intelligent! I further highly recommend this book.

The best lessons

I always liked Gisele because despite being a model she cared about the environment but didn’t know much about her except her very public life. The book is so beautifully written and so easy to understand. It has helped me so much in my life that after getting a book, I also got an audiobook so I could keep listening to it. I’m so glad I found this book and I recommend it to all my friends too.