Untamed

By: Glennon Doyle

Narrated by: Glennon Doyle

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD! “Packed with incredible insight about what it means to be a woman today.”—Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club Pick)

In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist, speaker, bestselling author, and “patron saint of female empowerment” (People) explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet others’ expectations and start trusting the voice deep within us.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine • The Washington Post • Cosmopolitan • Marie Claire • Bloomberg • Parade • “Untamed will liberate women—emotionally, spiritually, and physically. It is phenomenal.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of City of Girls and Eat Pray Love

This is how you find yourself.

There is a voice of longing inside each woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees, and friends. We hope all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives and wonder: Wasn’t it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to be grateful, hiding our discontent—even from ourselves.

For many years, Glennon Doyle denied her own discontent. Then, while speaking at a conference, she looked at a woman across the room and fell instantly in love. Three words flooded her mind: There She Is. At first, Glennon assumed these words came to her from on high. But she soon realized they had come to her from within. This was her own voice—the one she had buried beneath decades of numbing addictions, cultural conditioning, and institutional allegiances. This was the voice of the girl she had been before the world told her who to be. Glennon decided to quit abandoning herself and to instead abandon the world’s expectations of her. She quit being good so she could be free. She quit pleasing and started living.

Soulful and uproarious, forceful and tender, Untamed is both an intimate memoir and a galvanizing wake-up call. It is the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live. It is the story of navigating divorce, forming a new blended family, and discovering that the brokenness or wholeness of a family depends not on its structure but on each member’s ability to bring her full self to the table. And it is the story of how each of us can begin to trust ourselves enough to set boundaries, make peace with our bodies, honor our anger and heartbreak, and unleash our truest, wildest instincts so that we become women who can finally look at ourselves and say: There She Is.

Untamed shows us how to be brave. As Glennon insists: The braver we are, the luckier we get.

©2020 Glennon Doyle (P)2020 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

“Some books shake you by the shoulder while others steal your heart. In Untamed, Glennon does both at the exact same time.”—Brené Brown

“This memoir is so packed with incredible insight about what it means to be a woman today, what it means to be ‘good,’ and what women will do in order to be loved. I swear I highlighted something in EVERY chapter.”—Reese Witherspoon

“Doyle might just be the patron saint of female empowerment. . . . Here she inspires other women to listen to their intuition and break free of what cages them. . . . Her memoir has a message as clear as a ‘go’ signal: Find and honor your truest self.”—People

Beautiful story of truth and love

I couldn’t stop listening to Glennon’s story, I was even late to work two times while I was sitting in my car, on the edge of my seat, listening to the beautiful story of Glennon’s oath to funding her true untamed self. Recommend to everyone!

Life changing.

I needed to hear something true during quarantine and this came at exactly the right moment. Can't recommend highly enough!

A wild woman

I’ve been in the process of deconstructing my entire life since 2015. The process has been incredible, brutal, beautiful, etc etc etc etc. I listened to the introduction and stopped and sent the book to every human I know. We are seeing an awakening and a spiritual shift. (The boomers either get on board or bye Felicia.) What Glennon talks about takes major courage, her bravery inspires me to continue to face my shadow self and nurture my innerlittle girl and create boundaries for humans who are not in the arena.
Thank you thank you thank you.

Just, life freaking changing

I literally had to pause several times-mouth open, goosebumps-to let it sink, rewind and listen again. The amount of truth in this book is miraculously beautiful. It’s like Glennon opened her literal heart and let us read it. I love you, SO MUCH.
I lost sleep because I simply couldn’t stop listening.
I just wished there was a Spanish version; my mom and sister NEED to read this, so bad, I’m willing to translated myself if I had to!
Thank you, Glennon.

A MUST READ!!

i loved it so much I bought the book too! Everyone should read this book!

Life altered.

I never review books but this one is more than just a book. It’s my bible. Thank you G.

This is an incredible book.

Although I may agree with some of the negative critiques, that this book is disorganized and all over the place, it does feel that way at times but it didn't stop me from greatly enjoying the book. I cried and laughed through its entirety and I just book the hardcover version to keep reviewing parts that I love.

Must read

so much goodness packed on to the pages of this book! I am sharing with all my girlfriends- made me laugh, feel empowered, and dropped truth bombs that changed the way I viewed the world. Awesome!

A work in progress

I have listened to almost 200 books on Audible since I joined .at the end of 2017, and I’ve only written one other review. Untamed touch me in places that I didn’t even know I had. I had to keep rewinding because I didn’t want to miss a word. The book has something for every women that is unhappy with life.. The part about trying to find out who you are and sitting in the closet and for 10 minutes which helped her get closer to God is something I’m going to start ASAP. To summarize it’s like Glennon Doyle wrote this book for me and I love it.

You need this book in your life!

Untamed pulled me apart and put me back together piece by piece. There’s no self help book I’ve enjoyed more. Glennon Doyle’s incite into to the hard things in life is so valuable and a gift to anyone who reads/listens to this book.