Giving Up Giving Up

By: Abigail Gazda

Narrated by: Abigail Gazda

Giving Up Giving Up is a self-help audiobook in the form of a memoir by Abigail Gazda.

The uniqueness of this audiobook is in its ontological foundation. Gazda is an ontological life coach. The work she does with clients and groups is to have them take a much closer look at who they are being, rather than what they are doing, in life. In Giving Up Giving Up, Gazda takes listeners through her transformation, through never being allowed to quit, to quitting everything, to quitting conceptually, to acceptance.

There are four quadrants in this audiobook:

• Toughing stuff out in childhood.
• Early 20s being a big "screw off" to authority.
• Ontological transformation: quitting people pleasing, quitting others expectations.
• Accepting humanity, greatness, purpose, and creating a full life.

In this audiobook, Gazda gives the listener an opportunity to "look in the mirror", evaluate who they are, what they are, and what they hope to accomplish in life. This gives listeners the awareness and guidance to break through personal barriers in order to achieve ultimate life goals.

©2017 Abigail Gazda (P)2018 Abigail Gazda

Not Very Enlightening

I got this story via audiobook boom and this is my voluntary review. I don't know what I was expecting from this book but it did not enlighten me at all. I understand it is a memoir but I was expecting something different. The questions at the end of each chapter did not require much deep thinking. I guess I was just not prepared for this type of memoir. The narration was good and I was able to listen to the entire book in one sitting.

Great read

Giving Up Giving Up: The Memoir of a Quitter by Abigail Gazda was a great read. This was a great self help book that is written as a memoir. This was a great read to help you achieve your greatness. I loved reading this book and can't wait to read more by Abigail Gazda.

Love this book!

Yes, the author rating her own book! May it inspire and excite you to live out loud!

More Memoir Than Self Help But What’s Wrong With T

The actual title of this book is “Giving Up Giving Up: The Memoir of A Quitter” and I think that subtitle is extremely important. The author is a trained ontological life coach (I had to Google that one; “relating to the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being”) but that’s not where the power of this book comes from. Learning from mistakes in life and realizing who you are (or aren’t in the author’s case) is where the value lies in this book. “Giving Up Giving Up: The Memoir of A Quitter” is a practical guide to looking in the mirror, defining what you see, deciding what changes are needed and then doing something about it.

Are the lessons here applicable to any stage of life? Maybe not. Certainly every college graduate should be handed a diploma and a copy of this book at commencement. Having recently retired am I in the same position to restructure my life in the same manner as the author? Probably not. I’d love to sell everything and set up shop in Glasgow but there are others who depend on me so my “people pleasing” has financial strings attached that would unduly harm others. Could I follow some? Sure. Are there those who could and should take this book to heart and follow its suggestions? Absolutely.

Two more things: I love the title. It took me a while but I finally got it. And I am also a big fan of author’s reading their own work and in this case there was this feeling that I was a therapist listening in as my patient journeyed on a path of self-discovery. Thanks for letting me eavesdrop.

Listen to this book and its message and quit being a quitter.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

a lot better then i thought it would be

Just the absolute best story. Everything I like to listen about and more. Such a great story I will listen again and again. A keeper!!