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Title details for Enough by Shauna M. Ahern - Available

Enough

Notes From a Woman Who Has Finally Found It

by Shauna M. Ahern
Shauna M. Ahern
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Like so many American women, Shauna M. Ahern spent decades feeling not good enough about her body, about money, and about her worth in this culture. For a decade, with the help of her husband, she ran a successful food blog, wrote award-winning cookbooks, and raised two children. In the midst of this, at age forty-eight, she suffered a mini-stroke. Tests revealed she would recover fully, but when her doctor impressed upon her that emotional stress can cause physical damage, she dove deep inside herself to understand and let go of a lifetime of damaging patterns of thought.
With candor and humor, Ahern traces the arc of her life in essays, starting with the feeling of "not good enough" which was sown in a traumatic childhood and dogged her well into adulthood. She writes about finding her rage, which led her to find her enduring motto: enough pretending. And she chronicles how these phases have opened the door to living more joyfully today with mostly enough: friends, family, and her community.
Listeners will be moved by Ahern's brave stories. They will also find themselves in these essays, since we all have to find our own definition of enough.

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  • Release date

    December 12, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781618033604
      • File size: 149647 KB
      • Duration: 05:11:45

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      In a clear, welcoming voice, Shauna Ahern narrates her candid memoir in which she describes how she found her own version of "enough." Ahern was pushed to achieve by her parents, while her mother's abuse and fears kept her isolated. As an adult with celiac disease, Ahern founded the blog "Gluten-Free Girl," through which she and her husband shared slices of their life, along with recipes. The pair wrote cookbooks, founded a business, and raised two children, but the constant striving and pretending grew to be too much for Ahern. After suffering a mini-stroke, she recognized that she needed to identify the parts of her life in which she did not feel "good enough" and let go of them. Listeners who know Ahern through her blog will especially welcome hearing her warm narration of her deeply personal essays. E.E.C. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

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