Proof of Life

Let Go, Let Love, and Stop Looking for Permission to Live Your Life

De: Jennifer Pastiloff

Narrado por: Jennifer Pastiloff

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

An urgent rallying cry to stop holding back and start living life on your terms.

Jen Pastiloff convinced herself My life is fine and fine’s enough, until the whisper that something was missing turned full-on scream.

This is Pastiloff’s account of how she reclaimed her voice and desire by radically changing her life. She did this despite believing that change equaled death ever since her beloved father died when she was eight. (Much to her shock, change did not equal death.) She shows us it is never too late to begin again, or to let go of stories like: I don’t deserve this; I don’t get to be happy; no one will love me; I’m too old, to name a few.

Through this book, you’ll quiet your Inner Asshole, participate in the cathartic process of Shame Loss, ignore the Imaginary Time Gods, use creativity as a portal into healing and connection, and become your own permission slip. Complete with takeaways in Jen’s signature style, creativity prompts, and poetry, Proof of Life is funny, inspiring, and full of love. This book is a reminder that your birthright is not stress or shame and that you don’t have to show proof that you are worthy or deserving. You are your own proof of life.

©2025 Jennifer Pastiloff (P)2025 Penguin Audio

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“Jennifer Pastiloff’s writing never fails to amaze me, with its depth of honesty and wisdom, and that great sense of humor. I’m a huge fan.”—Anne Lamott

“This book is medicine and magic. I read Proof of Life at a heartbreaking time, and it left me better than it found me. Jennifer Pastiloff has a gift for saying exactly what we need to hear in exactly the way we need to hear it. Proof of Life is compassionate, deeply funny, and full of wisdom.”—Maggie Smith, New York Times bestselling author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful

“Proof of Life is the book I wish I’d had when I was younger. A beautiful reminder that shame isn’t our burden to carry, that our story is ours, and that no one ELSE, no matter what, gets to write that story. Through humor and tears, Pastiloff will inspire you to become your own permission slip, as you reclaim any parts of yourself you may have lost along the way.”—Monica Lewinsky

Best self help memoir for our times, period.

This is the most real, most important memoir and self help memoir I've ever read/listened to. I don't say that lightly. I have dozens of memoirs I adore. But Jennifer Pastiloff is the Truth, a voice and profound author for right now. Having dealt with losing her hearing as a young woman and leaving a career as a waitress to become a yoga teacher and leading sold out completely unique workshops around the world (and offering scholarships to those in need) Jen overcame her self doubts and led workshops in ShameLoss and coined the term I Got You, a clarion call for unconditional support to others. Beauty Hunting was another of her brilliant brain child's. My God. So highly recommended and especially for anyone who wants to banish their Inner Asshole. I love this book and everything about it. A natural born storyteller and truth sayer and a luminous poet and painter, she is a balm for our age. Get it. Do it right now. It will change you. (Narration is fantastic as well.)

Pure soul & truth

First, I love Jen! And her words open my heart deeper! She lives it fully and meet us where we are at! This book has inspired me to write my own! This book gives you a way to be with it all! This book has blessed my life! And so has the author! I got you, babe!🎀

Couldn't finish it

Loved her first book but couldn't get into this one. It reads like a series of journal entries, stream of consciousness. Felt scattered and difficult to follow.