Enough

Notes from a Woman Who Has Finally Found It

De: Shauna M. Ahern

Narrado por: Shauna M. Ahern

Like so many American women, Shauna M. Ahern spent decades feeling not good enough about her body, about money, and about her worth in this culture. For a decade, with the help of her husband, she ran a successful food blog, wrote award-winning cookbooks, and raised two children. In the midst of this, at age 48, she suffered a mini-stroke. Tests revealed she would recover fully, but when her doctor impressed upon her that emotional stress can cause physical damage, she dove deep inside herself to understand and let go of a lifetime of damaging patterns of thought.

With candor and humor, Ahern traces the arc of her life in essays, starting with the feeling of "not good enough" which was sown in a traumatic childhood and dogged her well into adulthood. She writes about finding her rage, which led her to find her enduring motto: enough pretending. And she chronicles how these phases have opened the door to living more joyfully today with mostly enough: friends, family, and her community.

Listeners will be moved by Ahern's brave stories. They will also find themselves in these essays, since we all have to find our own definition of enough.

©2019 Shauna M. Ahern (P)2019 Tantor

Surprising turns

Enjoyed Shauna's journey and honesty. Makes one consider consider what's enough in their own world. Thought provoking.

I can’t thank you enough

Reclaiming my life & womanhood is a difficult daily journey after it was taken from me by physical and S abuse as a small child & into adulthood— I’m so grateful that you shared your stories so generously with us and that, because you reached out, I was able to listen to your essays at a time when I so needed them. Thank you for the reminder that I’ve always been enough & that it is truly possible to heal.

So far best book of 2020

I am so grateful that the author chose to wrote this book and share so much about her Journey to becoming a confident powerful phenomenal woman. I'm so grateful my daughter will grow up with authors like this to learn from to admire to reference when times are tough. Her honesty her humility her caring way of explaining deeply tender moments in her life had me rewinding and replaying over and over again.

Excellent

I listened to it till I cleaned my house. Loved every second. Thank you, Shauna M. Ahern. I hope one day I can give you a big hug 🤗

Not enough. I wanted more.

Lovely writing about overcoming a painful childhood to finding contentment and satisfaction in life. I loved it and was sad when i reached the end. I wanted more.