Get Your Life Back

Everyday Practices for a World Gone Mad

By: John Eldredge

Narrated by: John Eldredge

Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's Summary

A refreshingly simple guide to recover your life.

In Get Your Life Back, New York Times best-selling author John Eldredge provides a practical, simple, and refreshing guide to taking your life back.

By practicing a few wonder­fully simple practices - or what John calls “graces” - you can begin to recover your soul, disentangle from the tragedies of this broken world, and discover the restorative power of beauty.

Ask yourself: 

• Are you happy most of the time?
• Do you feel deeply loved?                                            
• Are you excited about your future? 
• How often do you feel lighthearted?

After listening to this book you will:

• Learn how to insert the One Minute Pause into your day
• Begin practicing “benevolent detachment” and truly let it all go
• Offer kindness toward yourself in the choices you make
• Drink in the simple beauty available to you every day
• Take realistic steps to unplug from technology overload

These simple practices and others are ready for the taking. You don’t need to abandon your life to get it back. Begin restoring your life here and now. Your soul will thank you for it.

Includes audiobook-exclusive commentary from John Eldredge after select chapters.

©2020 John Eldredge (P)2020 Thomas Nelson

For Such A Time As This

This book is a gift from God to the hearts of His frenzied children. I felt it before the COVID virus, I had downloaded the pause app and toyed around with slowing down, stepping away from the screen, getting out doors...and then March 2nd happened in Washington State and for the next two weeks, managing a small medical office, my soul got derailed, consumed, frenzied, harried, scared!

A very close friend sent me a podcast where John Eldridge talked with Annie F Downs about the capacity our soul has to carry life at a 3 mile an hour pace, I wasn’t created to carry the weight of all the tragedy of the world!

I KNEW God had just sent me a life line, a prescription as to how to let the peace of God reign in my heart. I have listened to the audio book, I am incrementally adding the soul care ideas John so invitingly informs the reader of. What I appreciate is that the author discovered this way because Jesus revealed it to him personally as a need for himself and the way his soul was doing. JEsus lead John to slow down, step away from the screens and social media mind numbing habits that provide “relief but not restoration”

Do real things, in the real world, with real people and things, get outdoors, garden, take a long walks, NOT HURRYING!! Pause and ask for a greater union with God. My soul has joy when I do this.

I am still working because we are essential, and all the administrative staff is pausing together! When you read the book and download the Pause App you will also experience the reset revive for your soul. We have a lot to give over and my Gods capacity to carry it ALL is getting bigger and bigger.

This book is a kind offering our God has for us in this season of pause, rest and reset. I would recommend this book to everyone desiring the peace of God in their hearts and a deeper intimacy with God.

I am off to garden and start listening through the book again as I would like for God to weave this way into the fabric of how my soul thrives.

Captivating Adventure

Another wonderfully adventurous and captivating script. I’m just 3 chapters in and I’m finding Gods truth and Johns storytelling voice capturing my every thought.
I am a 32 year old man that has been blessed once again with a story and God honoring book of wisdom, truth and guidance that has turning me into a young boy with his ears and heart open to the next adventure. Thank you again good sir! God bless. Bobby, and tell Sam thanks for the movie, my boss loves it! ;)

This is a monumental work

I have already experienced such healing in my soul from what was written here. This is a MUST LISTEN for anyone who has a relationship with Jesus.

Unless religious zealot nonsense.

Thought this was a real book. Answer to everything is Jesus/God. Save your money and pass on this nonsense. Unless you are a religious zealot, particularly a Christian zealot, then this may be just the book for you.

Soul care book 101

This message is for all children of God. What a fantastic blend of encouragement, admonition & joy!

Loved this book

I loved this book and I have been inspired by John Eldredge. I highly recommend this book. I will listen to this book again and again and each time my life will be challenged and enriched through the stories and practical advice and positive action that I will implement in my life.

Great Book for these distracted times

What a timely book from Eldridge regarding technology screen time and content consumption. A good look at how all this content can distract our lives from ourselves and our families from our work and especially from God thank you great job

A rescue!

This is a generous gift of soul care practices at their finest.
I have given this book to friends and family and all have been immensely blessed.

Thank you John and all at wildatheart.org

good read

I'm not a deeply religious person and this book is deeply religious. But John has a way of weaving that into the everyday struggles and distractions. Good book. I hope to apply what I've learned.

Balm for your soul!

I’m so grateful to my friend who recommended this book! I didn’t even realize how desperately I was in need of soul care. Eldridge does such a great job of pointing out the need and showing the solutions. I Love fiction, but primarily read books to help me be better in all aspects of my life but often have a hard time finishing… I didn’t want to put this one down! Do yourself a favor and listen to this book!

Life changing

Such a fantastic book. It’s a powerful book and 100% recommend. The simple practices are refreshing and make for a better life!

refreshment for the soul

really enjoyed this, found many great points to relook at, practices to implement and things to avoid, all so as to be and grow in union with GOD

Just what I needed

Having read one of John’s books many years ago I knew I would benefit from this one. I didn’t expect it to benefit it me so much! Thanks for sharing these wisdom bits with us. I am implementing these one step at a time and I also highly recommend the dvd and study guide!

Inspiring!

I really enjoyed this, it gave me coping strategies and helpful advice, and something has shifted.

I enjoyed the florid language, highly descriptive, he's obviously passionate about nature

Brilliant

Brilliantly said words, as always, and much needed in this world. Thank you John Eldredge!

Helpful

Very insightful and sensitive treatment of the Christian Way - beautifully read and delivered. Thank you.

Get your life back John Eldredge

This beautiful book gives us a rare opportunity to reflect on our lives considering all that we experience, endure & enjoy in each season in this frantic world.In those reflections we are encouraged to pay attention to the state of our soul, our relationship with God, our relationships with family, friends, nature, our mobile phones, social media, internet use & even time itself. John Eldredge gently offers us advice & tools to help us navigate our way back to joy & peace filled living, at a slower pace, giving ourselves opportunities to be kinder to ourselves & others, and most importantly giving ourselves the ability to deepen our walk with God. I wholeheartedly recommend this book.

simple & life changing. 1st book finished in ages

simple & life changing. 1st book I've done start to finished in ages in only a couple of days. even if you're not a Christian there is something special and powerful in there for us all.