The Way of Integrity

Finding the Path to Your True Self (Oprah's Book Club)

By: Martha Beck

Narrated by: Martha Beck, Maria Shriver

Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's summary

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“A roadmap on the journey to truth and authenticity… [The Way of Integrity] is filled with aha moments and practical exercises that can guide us as we seek enlightenment.”–Oprah Winfrey

Bestselling author, life coach, and sociologist Martha Beck explains why “integrity”—needed now more than ever in these tumultuous times—is the key to a meaningful and joyful life

AN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER

As Martha Beck says in her book, “Integrity is the cure for psychological suffering. Period.”

In The Way of Integrity, Beck presents a four-stage process that anyone can use to find integrity, and with it, a sense of purpose, emotional healing, and a life free of mental suffering. Much of what plagues us—people pleasing, staying in stale relationships, negative habits—all point to what happens when we are out of touch with what truly makes us feel whole.

Inspired by The Divine Comedy, Beck uses Dante’s classic hero’s journey as a framework to break down the process of attaining personal integrity into small, manageable steps. She shows how to read our internal signals that lead us towards our true path, and to recognize what we actually yearn for versus what our culture sells us.

With techniques tested on hundreds of her clients, Beck brings her expertise as a social scientist, life coach and human being to help readers to uncover what integrity looks like in their own lives. She takes us on a spiritual adventure that not only will change the direction of our lives, but also bring us to a place of genuine happiness.

©2021 Martha Beck (P)2021 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“Martha Beck is always full of insights. This book didn't disappoint! Beck identifies the ways culture works against integrity and touches on Dante's Inferno, includes quizzes, and rethinks suffering.” (Good Morning America)

“The Way of Integrity is about the redemptive power of discovering, speaking and living the truth about who you are.... The book vibrates with magic, intelligence, and love. It brims with humor, spirituality, fascinating science, and even Dante’s Divine Comedy. This radiant book will not only change your life, but perhaps even save it.” (Elizabeth Gilbert, number one New York Times best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love)

"Martha Beck’s genius is that her writing is equal parts comforting and challenging. A teacher, a mother, a sage, she holds our hand as she leads us back home to ourselves.” (Glennon Doyle, number one New York Times best-selling author of Untamed)

Will listen to again!

Really beautiful book that just confirms the teachings of so many others that try to guide us towards enlightenment. Grateful to Martha for sharing her story, and her inspiring words.

Disregard Naysayers

Thd complaints about vocal quality come from veteran audiobook snobs. Ms Beck’s soul shines through, perhaps brighter than it gas ever shined. I will be relistening many times to fully absorb her life lessons, worldview, and mantras.

Recommend!

Clear, Concise, and a reference to return to later. Martha Beck does a great job with this book and the many parallels it brings home.

better than expected

It was standing long in my wish list because I didn't think I would benefit from any self help book, since they are all the same, I'm not a fan of the genre. But I started reading it because of a good sample, her narration intrigued me. And I'm glad I did. I like the parallel with Dante's Divine Comedy, and the personal stories. I don't think it's a recipe how to become happy in a day. While other self help books promise "just give me 10 dollars, and you will be better as soon as you apply an impossible principle to your life", this one acknowledges that it's a long journey. Feels very real in general. And I can sense the writer's honesty and authority from the text as well as her voice.

I don't agree with every single detail in this book of course. such as "matter is energy until we measure it", it's not how particle-matter duality works. Also I think there is no healing method that fits everyone, but in total it was worth the time spent.

Martha Shows the Way

I have followed Martha Beck for many years, first reading her hilarious yet profoundly helpful self-help articles in the O Magazine & then reading her many books. I was able to attend one of her early workshops too. She and her advice has stood the test of time, is indeed timeless.
This book is the answer to so much of what the world needs right now. May it’s truth resonate with yours.

Life Changing

This is one of the most profound, life changing books I’ve had the pleasure of hearing. Martha Beck delivers the messages so clearly and is very engaging. Highly recommend!

Must read!!

Loved this book so much that I plan to reread it! Martha shares a brilliant approach to living life with integrity and how by doing so you can truly set yourself free. There were many instances throughout her story that I wished I could thank her right then and there—her vulnerability is unmatched and her message is one that we all need to hear. Thank you, Ms. Beck!!!

Fantastic book

I haven’t tried any of the techniques in this book yet but I will, I just read through it the first time the second time I plan on taking notes and applying the information learned....In my life I always think my highest thoughts

Amazing, inspiring, and hopeful. 5 stars!

This book really spoke to me and I will definitely be listening to it again. I've already recommended it to several people. Thank you Martha for encouraging us to be true to ourselves and to live in integrity each and every day.

Profoundly important

This is a must read. The most important thing I have done for myself in the past week is to make time for this book.
I started listening expecting a good psychological breakthrough of human nature and abilities, - which I would happily listen to and would probably finish the book in a month. Instead, this was a powerful, consciousness-shattering layout of the world and purpose and I got to the end of the book in 4 days. You will walk away a better person after listening to this. Even if you already are quite irresistibly amazing :)