-
Grounded
- A Personal Essay
- Narrated by: Doreen Oliver
- Length: 49 mins
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy for $6.95
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Publisher's Summary
Grounded is a moving personal essay about autism, race, and the sacrifices mothers make to give their children a chance at a good life, by writer and performance artist Doreen Oliver.
In Grounded, we meet Doreen as she’s struggling with the realization that she’s pregnant, weighing her own dreams and professional ambitions against the life she imagines is necessary to nurture and raise children well. Doreen’s mother was a stay-at-home mom who did everything in her power to ensure her daughters had the same opportunities as the white kids in their New Jersey suburb - opportunities she and her 12 siblings could have never afforded when they were young. Years later, the influence of her mom still looming large as her own children grow up, Doreen begins to see her mother’s choices in a different light with new challenges faced in parenting - particularly with Xavier, who is on the autism spectrum.
A remarkable new voice in nonfiction, Doreen Oliver tells this deeply personal story with compassion and unflinching honesty.
Dear Listener,

About the Creator and Performer
What listeners say about Grounded
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Rochelle
- 04-29-21
My heart is full
As I write this, I am still smiling - the kind of smile that I believe is the outcome of a work of art that gives you “all the feels.” Doreen Oliver moves us through her life as a professional and as a parent with a level of intimacy and vibrancy that had me hanging on her every word. Her clarity as a writer and her clear intentions as a reader/performer make this audible experience akin to great theatre or film but with the camera lens in one’s minds eye. And did I mention her humor - which catches us by surprise and is delightful. The themes of daughterhood, motherhood and life’s unexpected challenges are relatable and real. Grounded grounded me in love — in short supply these days — but clearly not in the empathetic and energetic world of this bold painter of word/voice pictures. Highly recommend.
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Kathryn
- 04-29-21
Beautiful
A stunning, captivating, vulnerable personal essay that is at once wholly original and universal. I was pulled in from the first word to the last.
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Marcie
- 05-01-21
Kinda boring
Thank God it was only 41 min or whatever. I like having a distraction other then music sometimes and this was it. I guess if you have a nosey mother & a child with autism you could relate to this book. Sounds like she led a pretty cushie life style, so its like hire a housekeeper and take some of the load off, I bet she spent hours writing this essay and then preforming it, time her mother probably would have said would have been better spent focusing on her family. I guess i just dont like books about complaints and other people's problems. Unless for sure fiction, lol. Kinda over preformed it a bit too. Otherwise a quick car ride distraction and thanks for that.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Donna Symons
- 05-03-21
Love the honesty
I enjoyed the feel of raw emotion in this story.
Without going into painful details of doctors and child study team frustration, she made it clear how stressful the whole procedure can be. Being a mom of a child with special needs turns you into an expert without the clout of a degree. Knowing ( hopefully believing) every choice you make will make a difference. I solute moms who become these experts on how to help their children despite all the “real experts “
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Cecilia Valadez
- 04-30-21
so honest and relatable
I listen to this whole essay on my way home from walking my daughter to school.
As a woman of color who grew up in poverty, this was extremely relatable. It made me think of what my mother would be like if she was still alive.
thank you 💞
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Melissa P. Litwin
- 05-04-21
Moving and Beautiful
Grounded is a relatable and moving essay that comes alive with Ms. Oliver's narration. Themes are both deeply personal and universal to all mothers and daughters.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Jackie
- 05-04-21
WOW
A powerful, thought provoking voice, in writing and sound. I'm sending a copy to all my mothers. "Thank You!"
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Yas
- 05-02-21
Totally enjoyable
This was totally enjoyable stuff. Indeed an essay that read like a tale. The mother's sacrifice is endless & needs a life time of it.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Jonathan
- 04-29-21
Pain and perspective
Miss Doreen’s essay is powerful, both in its word choices and its content. The pain in her perceived failures with a special needs son and feeling misunderstood by a beloved mom were a gut punch. It elegantly connected the difference in the way we respond to issues with the experiences that shape us.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Sammy R
- 05-05-23
Had me crying by the end, loved it
I was beyond moved by this, beyond. Generational healing— using differences so beautifully. 10/10
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Rachel Simpson
- 08-10-22
Wonderfully honest and fast paced read
Loved this essay. It was fast paced and to the point, heartfelt and powerful. I felt the pain of a mum coming to terms with her relationship with her choices, her own mother, and the challenges and joys of raising an autistic child.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Yvonne M
- 05-04-21
Wonderful thought provoking story
This essay is wonderfully told and performed. Doreen shares a personal story of motherhood that many of us can relate to in different ways.
People who viewed this also viewed...
-
The Brightsiders
- By: Jen Wilde
- Narrated by: Katherine Littrell
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A teen rockstar has to navigate family, love, coming out, and life in the spotlight after being labeled the latest celebrity trainwreck in Jen Wilde's quirky and utterly relatable novel. As a rock star drummer in the hit band the Brightsiders, Emmy King's life should be perfect. But there's nothing the paparazzi love more than watching a celebrity crash and burn. When a night of partying lands Emmy in hospital, she's branded the latest tabloid train wreck. Luckily, Emmy has her friends and bandmates, including the super-swoonworthy Alfie, to help her pick up the pieces of her life.
-
-
Not a great start..
- By Patrik on 06-06-21
By: Jen Wilde
-
The World's Strongest Librarian
- A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
- By: Josh Hanagarne
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At first glance, Josh Hanagarne seems an improbable librarian. He stands 6'7", competes in strongman contests, and was diagnosed in high school with Tourette's syndrome. But books are his first love - Josh's earliest memories involve fantastic adventures between the pages of Gulliver’s Travels and a passionate infatuation with Fern from Charlotte’s Web. Everything in Josh’s life - from his Mormon upbringing, to finally finding love, to learning to control his tics through lifting - circles back to a close connection with books.
-
-
Something Different, Something Wonderful
- By Syd Young on 03-09-14
By: Josh Hanagarne
-
The Reason I Jump
- The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
- By: Naoki Higashida
- Narrated by: Tom Picasso
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, The Reason I Jumpis a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Parents and family members who never thought they could get inside the head of their autistic loved one at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and complex life within.
-
-
Insightful but left me skeptical
- By JoAnn on 06-25-14
By: Naoki Higashida
-
Temple Grandin
- How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
- By: Sy Montgomery
- Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. It wasn’t until years later that she was diagnosed with autism, a brain disorder that makes communication difficult. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Her career has revolutionized the livestock industry - each year, half the cattle in the United States are handled in cruelty-free facilities she designed. She is also a passionate advocate for autism, using her experience to prove that people with this disorder can have “normal” lives.
-
-
Insightful and educational
- By tlnpdx on 12-26-13
By: Sy Montgomery
-
My Dyslexia
- By: Philip Schultz
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Despite being a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2008, Philip Schultz could never shake the feeling of being exiled to the “dummy class” in school, where he was largely ignored by his teachers and peers and not expected to succeed. Not until many years later, when his oldest son was diagnosed with dyslexia, did Schultz realize that he suffered from the same condition.
-
-
Outstanding Book
- By Kindle Customer on 03-16-12
By: Philip Schultz
-
Still Distracted After All These Years
- Help and Support for Older Adults with ADHD
- By: Kathleen G. Nadeau PhD
- Narrated by: Susannah Jones, Kathleen G. Nadeau PhD
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
ADHD in adults is one of the most common disorders. Living with ADHD in our later years is hugely influenced by multiple factors: co-occurring issues, such as anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and learning disorders combined with a heightened level of stress, the presence or lack of support from others, and the number of people we are responsible for, can complicate and intensify the effects of ADHD. The good news is that you’ve come to the right place to learn more about how older adults with ADHD can lead calmer, happier, more productive lives.
-
The Brightsiders
- By: Jen Wilde
- Narrated by: Katherine Littrell
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A teen rockstar has to navigate family, love, coming out, and life in the spotlight after being labeled the latest celebrity trainwreck in Jen Wilde's quirky and utterly relatable novel. As a rock star drummer in the hit band the Brightsiders, Emmy King's life should be perfect. But there's nothing the paparazzi love more than watching a celebrity crash and burn. When a night of partying lands Emmy in hospital, she's branded the latest tabloid train wreck. Luckily, Emmy has her friends and bandmates, including the super-swoonworthy Alfie, to help her pick up the pieces of her life.
-
-
Not a great start..
- By Patrik on 06-06-21
By: Jen Wilde
-
The World's Strongest Librarian
- A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family
- By: Josh Hanagarne
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At first glance, Josh Hanagarne seems an improbable librarian. He stands 6'7", competes in strongman contests, and was diagnosed in high school with Tourette's syndrome. But books are his first love - Josh's earliest memories involve fantastic adventures between the pages of Gulliver’s Travels and a passionate infatuation with Fern from Charlotte’s Web. Everything in Josh’s life - from his Mormon upbringing, to finally finding love, to learning to control his tics through lifting - circles back to a close connection with books.
-
-
Something Different, Something Wonderful
- By Syd Young on 03-09-14
By: Josh Hanagarne
-
The Reason I Jump
- The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
- By: Naoki Higashida
- Narrated by: Tom Picasso
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, The Reason I Jumpis a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Parents and family members who never thought they could get inside the head of their autistic loved one at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and complex life within.
-
-
Insightful but left me skeptical
- By JoAnn on 06-25-14
By: Naoki Higashida
-
Temple Grandin
- How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
- By: Sy Montgomery
- Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. It wasn’t until years later that she was diagnosed with autism, a brain disorder that makes communication difficult. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Her career has revolutionized the livestock industry - each year, half the cattle in the United States are handled in cruelty-free facilities she designed. She is also a passionate advocate for autism, using her experience to prove that people with this disorder can have “normal” lives.
-
-
Insightful and educational
- By tlnpdx on 12-26-13
By: Sy Montgomery
-
My Dyslexia
- By: Philip Schultz
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Despite being a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2008, Philip Schultz could never shake the feeling of being exiled to the “dummy class” in school, where he was largely ignored by his teachers and peers and not expected to succeed. Not until many years later, when his oldest son was diagnosed with dyslexia, did Schultz realize that he suffered from the same condition.
-
-
Outstanding Book
- By Kindle Customer on 03-16-12
By: Philip Schultz
-
Still Distracted After All These Years
- Help and Support for Older Adults with ADHD
- By: Kathleen G. Nadeau PhD
- Narrated by: Susannah Jones, Kathleen G. Nadeau PhD
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
ADHD in adults is one of the most common disorders. Living with ADHD in our later years is hugely influenced by multiple factors: co-occurring issues, such as anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and learning disorders combined with a heightened level of stress, the presence or lack of support from others, and the number of people we are responsible for, can complicate and intensify the effects of ADHD. The good news is that you’ve come to the right place to learn more about how older adults with ADHD can lead calmer, happier, more productive lives.
-
Spectrum Women
- Autism and Parenting
- By: Renata Jurkevythz, Maura Campbell, Lisa Morgan, and others
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This audiobook looks at what it feels like to be an autistic parent, offering valuable insights, knowledge and wisdom on parenting autistic and non-autistic children. Three mothers reflect on their experiences of growing up as undiagnosed autistics, venturing into and embracing motherhood, and connecting with their children in a unique and powerful way. Full of wit and warm advice, this audiobook empowers autistic parents and reassures them that autism is a strength in raising their children with love, knowledge and experience.
By: Renata Jurkevythz, and others
-
A Room Called Earth
- A Novel
- By: Madeleine Ryan
- Narrated by: Madeleine Ryan
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
As a full moon rises over Melbourne, Australia, a young woman gets ready for a party. And what appears to be an ordinary night out is—through the prism of her singular perspective—extraordinary. As the evening unfolds, each encounter she has reveals the vast discrepancies between what she is thinking and feeling, and what she is able to say. And there's so much she'd like to say. So when she meets a man and a genuine connection occurs, it's nothing short of a miracle.
-
-
Neurodiversity doesn’t change shallowness if her world
- By gail on 09-12-20
By: Madeleine Ryan
-
Wild Pets
- By: Amber Medland
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Wild Pets follows Iris, Ezra and Nance in the years after university. They fall in and out of bed with each other, reread The Art of War, grieve the closing of Fabric and write book proposals on the history of salt, while submerging their nights in drink and drugs. Confronting adulthood with high wit and low behaviour against contemporary political and social turmoil, these young men and women seem to have everything going for them. So why are they still swimming desperately against the tide?
By: Amber Medland
-
Unseelie
- By: Ivelisse Housman
- Narrated by: Elena Rey
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Iselia “Seelie” Graygrove looks just like her twin, Isolde…but as an autistic changeling left in the human world by the fae as an infant, she has always known she is different. Seelie’s unpredictable magic makes it hard for her to fit in—and draws her and Isolde into the hunt for a fabled treasure. In a heist gone wrong, the sisters make some unexpected allies and find themselves unraveling a mystery that has its roots in the history of humans and fae alike.
-
-
Amazing!!
- By Anonymous User on 01-05-23
By: Ivelisse Housman
-
If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This
- Stories
- By: Robin Black
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins, Kimberly Farr, Ann Marie Lee, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Heralding the arrival of a stunning new voice in American fiction, Robin Black's If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This takes readers into the minds and hearts of people navigating the unsettling transitions that life presents to us all.
By: Robin Black
-
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
- By: Jack Gantos
- Narrated by: Jack Gantos
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Joey Pigza can't sit still. He can't pay attention, he can't follow the rules, and he can't help it - especially when his meds aren't working. Joey's had problems ever since he was born, problems just like his dad and grandma have. And whether he's wreaking havoc on a class trip or swallowing his house key, Joey's problems are getting worse. In fact, his behavior is so off the wall that his teachers are threatening to send him to the special-ed center downtown. Joey knows he's really a good kid, but no matter how hard he tries to do the right thing, something always seems to go wrong.
-
-
Touching and Relevant
- By Melissa on 12-11-17
By: Jack Gantos
-
Best Boy
- A Novel
- By: Eli Gottlieb
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Sent to a "therapeutic community" for autism at the age of 11, Todd Aaron, now in his '50s, is the "old fox" of Payton Living Center. A joyous man who rereads the encyclopedia compulsively, he is unnerved by the sudden arrivals of a menacing new staffer and a disruptive, brain-injured roommate. His equilibrium is further worsened by Martine, a one-eyed new resident who has romantic intentions and convinces him to go off his meds to feel "normal" again.
-
-
Good but with a Couple O' Caveats...
- By Gillian on 04-27-16
By: Eli Gottlieb
-
When We Were Vikings
- By: Andrew David MacDonald
- Narrated by: Phoebe Strole
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A heart-swelling debut for fans of The Silver Linings Playbook and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. When We Were Vikings is an uplifting debut about an unlikely heroine whose journey will leave you wanting to embark on a quest of your own, because after all...we are all legends of our own making.
-
-
Foul language
- By Jo on 06-09-20
-
The Present
- By: Jay Martel
- Narrated by: Fred Berman
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Adam Diehl is an 11-year-old in crisis. He knows his parents are going to split up - today - and he'd do anything in his power to stop them. If only he could turn back time.... As it turns out, he can. What his parents don't know - what his sister and brother would never suspect - is that Adam is a genius, and the computer he stares at all day has opened a gateway to knowledge beyond our comprehension. But not Adam's. Now, he has a plan. He's going to repeat this day over and over until he finds the version of it that ends with his parents staying together.
-
-
Explosive family drama
- By Robin Ruhf on 03-19-21
By: Jay Martel
-
The Power of Different
- The Link Between Disorder and Genius
- By: Gail Saltz
- Narrated by: Gail Saltz
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A powerful and inspiring examination of the connection between the potential for great talent and conditions commonly thought to be "disabilities", revealing how the source of our struggles can be the origin of our greatest strengths. In The Power of Different, psychiatrist and best-selling author Gail Saltz examines the latest scientific discoveries and profiles famous geniuses who have been diagnosed with all manner of brain "problems".
-
-
Dr. Pollyanna
- By NMwritergal on 01-20-18
By: Gail Saltz
-
Reversed
- A Memoir
- By: Lois E. Letchford
- Narrated by: Lois Letchford
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lois Letchford’s dyslexia came to light at the age of 39 when she faced teaching her seven-year-old, nonreading son Nicholas. Examining her reading failure caused her to adapted and change lessons for her son. The results were dramatic. Lois qualified as a reading specialist to use her nontraditional background, multicontinental experience and passion to assist other failing students.
-
-
Lost me over one line
- By Amazon Customer on 12-19-22
-
Force of Beauty
- A Newark Family Memoir
- By: Mikki Taylor, Deborah Riley Draper
- Narrated by: Mikki Taylor
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Force of Beauty, Mikki Taylor, editor-at-large of Essence magazine and longtime activist, introduces us to her gifted grandmother, Bessie, her glamorous mother, Modina, and how Modina’s friendship with the legendary Sarah Vaughan shaped Mikki’s childhood. Taylor’s mini-memoir is a tribute to Newark in the '50s and '60s, of cool jazz clubs and close-knit neighborhoods, a handsome house on Avon Avenue, and one family’s tale of perseverance and ingenuity in a city they all loved.
-
-
Cadence of narrator's voice is odd
- By Sharon S. on 02-25-21
By: Mikki Taylor, and others
Related to this topic
-
Can't Hurt Me
- Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
- By: David Goggins
- Narrated by: David Goggins, Adam Skolnick
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare--poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a US Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force tactical air controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events.
-
-
Not for me
- By kindleuser on 10-05-19
By: David Goggins
-
Never Finished
- Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
- By: David Goggins
- Narrated by: David Goggins, Adam Skolnick, Jacqueline Gardner
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Can’t Hurt Me, David Goggins’ smash hit memoir, demonstrated how much untapped ability we all have but was merely an introduction to the power of the mind. In Never Finished, Goggins takes you inside his Mental Lab, where he developed the philosophy, psychology, and strategies that enabled him to learn that what he thought was his limit was only his beginning and that the quest for greatness is unending.
-
-
He did it again!
- By Christian C. on 12-06-22
By: David Goggins
-
The 6 Habits of Growth
- By: Brendon Burchard
- Narrated by: Brendon Burchard
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The world’s leading high-performance coach and multiple New York Times best-selling author Brendon Burchard delivers the six habits of personal growth that will help you create the life of your dreams. Forged from Brendon Burchard’s personal experiences, data from his GrowthDay app, and his many years as a high-performance coach, The 6 Habits of Growth presents the tools you need to construct the life of your dreams.
-
-
Don’t bother
- By B. Sharpe on 10-30-22
By: Brendon Burchard
-
The Worthy Mind
- Transform Your Mindset. Strengthen Self-Worth.
- By: Meadow DeVor
- Narrated by: Meadow DeVor
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Worthiness isn’t about being a better, smarter, more polished version of yourself. It’s about learning how and why your mind restricts your self-worth—and finding the right tools to break through these barriers so you can experience your unlimited value. In this empowering work, internationally recognized inquiry teacher and personal development coach Meadow DeVor shares life-changing insights that allow you to finally step into your own worthiness.
-
-
thankful
- By Brittani Berge on 12-07-22
By: Meadow DeVor
-
The 5 Second Rule
- Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage
- By: Mel Robbins
- Narrated by: Mel Robbins
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
How to enrich your life and destroy doubt in five seconds. Throughout your life, you've had parents, coaches, teachers, friends, and mentors who have pushed you to be better than your excuses and bigger than your fears. What if the secret to having the confidence and courage to enrich your life and work is simply knowing how to push yourself?
-
-
I turned it off after an hour.
- By Zac on 04-08-17
By: Mel Robbins
-
How to Release Anxiety
- By: Gabrielle Bernstein
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Bernstein
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It’s not just you. Stress levels are at an all-time high—so much so that a recently convened panel of medical experts in the US has recommended that all adults under the age of 65 be screened for anxiety. In How to Release Anxiety, Gabby Bernstein offers simple, actionable steps for feeling better, living with more ease, and showing up for those around us. Gabby’s unusual advice: Rather than manage your anxiety, what if you befriended it? Gabby posits that what we befriend, we can ultimately be at ease with. So she invites us to get curious.
-
-
Not my thing, but one good point
- By Scott on 10-22-22
-
Can't Hurt Me
- Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
- By: David Goggins
- Narrated by: David Goggins, Adam Skolnick
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare--poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a US Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force tactical air controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events.
-
-
Not for me
- By kindleuser on 10-05-19
By: David Goggins
-
Never Finished
- Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
- By: David Goggins
- Narrated by: David Goggins, Adam Skolnick, Jacqueline Gardner
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Can’t Hurt Me, David Goggins’ smash hit memoir, demonstrated how much untapped ability we all have but was merely an introduction to the power of the mind. In Never Finished, Goggins takes you inside his Mental Lab, where he developed the philosophy, psychology, and strategies that enabled him to learn that what he thought was his limit was only his beginning and that the quest for greatness is unending.
-
-
He did it again!
- By Christian C. on 12-06-22
By: David Goggins
-
The 6 Habits of Growth
- By: Brendon Burchard
- Narrated by: Brendon Burchard
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The world’s leading high-performance coach and multiple New York Times best-selling author Brendon Burchard delivers the six habits of personal growth that will help you create the life of your dreams. Forged from Brendon Burchard’s personal experiences, data from his GrowthDay app, and his many years as a high-performance coach, The 6 Habits of Growth presents the tools you need to construct the life of your dreams.
-
-
Don’t bother
- By B. Sharpe on 10-30-22
By: Brendon Burchard
-
The Worthy Mind
- Transform Your Mindset. Strengthen Self-Worth.
- By: Meadow DeVor
- Narrated by: Meadow DeVor
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Worthiness isn’t about being a better, smarter, more polished version of yourself. It’s about learning how and why your mind restricts your self-worth—and finding the right tools to break through these barriers so you can experience your unlimited value. In this empowering work, internationally recognized inquiry teacher and personal development coach Meadow DeVor shares life-changing insights that allow you to finally step into your own worthiness.
-
-
thankful
- By Brittani Berge on 12-07-22
By: Meadow DeVor
-
The 5 Second Rule
- Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage
- By: Mel Robbins
- Narrated by: Mel Robbins
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
How to enrich your life and destroy doubt in five seconds. Throughout your life, you've had parents, coaches, teachers, friends, and mentors who have pushed you to be better than your excuses and bigger than your fears. What if the secret to having the confidence and courage to enrich your life and work is simply knowing how to push yourself?
-
-
I turned it off after an hour.
- By Zac on 04-08-17
By: Mel Robbins
-
How to Release Anxiety
- By: Gabrielle Bernstein
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Bernstein
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It’s not just you. Stress levels are at an all-time high—so much so that a recently convened panel of medical experts in the US has recommended that all adults under the age of 65 be screened for anxiety. In How to Release Anxiety, Gabby Bernstein offers simple, actionable steps for feeling better, living with more ease, and showing up for those around us. Gabby’s unusual advice: Rather than manage your anxiety, what if you befriended it? Gabby posits that what we befriend, we can ultimately be at ease with. So she invites us to get curious.
-
-
Not my thing, but one good point
- By Scott on 10-22-22
-
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
- A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
- By: Lori Gottlieb
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but.
-
-
It was like a hallmark movie being waterboarded into my ears for 15 hours
- By Amazon Customer on 10-01-19
By: Lori Gottlieb
-
I Can't Make This Up
- Life Lessons
- By: Neil Strauss - contributor, Kevin Hart
- Narrated by: Kevin Hart
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Superstar comedian and Hollywood box-office star Kevin Hart turns his immense talent to the written word by writing some words. Some of those words include: the, a, for, above, and even even. Put them together and you have the funniest, most heartfelt, and most inspirational memoir on survival, success, and the importance of believing in yourself since Old Yeller.
-
-
Best Audiobook I Ever Listened To
- By Sam Clear on 07-13-17
By: Neil Strauss - contributor, and others
-
How to Train Your Mind
- Exploring the Productivity Benefits of Meditation
- By: Chris Bailey
- Narrated by: Chris Bailey
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Meditation makes you more productive because it lets you earn back time. For each minute you spend meditating, you'll earn around nine minutes back, as Chris Bailey - author of The Productivity Project and Hyperfocus - will show in this candid and counter-intuitive guide to the productivity benefits of meditation.
-
-
Started Listening By Accident
- By T.D.Willis on 01-17-21
By: Chris Bailey
-
The Miracle Morning
- The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life - Before 8AM
- By: Hal Elrod
- Narrated by: Rob Actis
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
What if you could miraculously wake up tomorrow and any - or every area of your life was transformed? What would be different? Would you be happier? Healthier? More successful? In better shape? Would you have more energy? Less Stress? More Money? Better relationships? Which of your problems would be solved? What if I told you that there is a "not-so-obvious" secret that is guaranteed to transform any - or literally every area of your life, faster than you ever thought possible?
-
-
Great program, AWFUL book
- By Jessica on 05-31-13
By: Hal Elrod