Audiobooks by Shauna Niequist

Celebrate Every Day: Seeing the Extraordinary in the Ordinary

Life is hard, and it can be easy to lose sight of what matters the most. We celebrate big wins and milestones, but what about the miracle of ordinary everyday life? What about the in-between that we take for granted and don't think is worthy of a highlight reel? Even though each of us experiences life differently, our longings for love and connection is the same. New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist reminds you in Celebrate Every Day the importance of slowing down and appreciating the ordinary things you're taking for granted and missing as you're planning for the milestone. Each daily entry includes two reflection prompts. Celebrate Every Day: - gives readers 60 days of celebration and insight on how ordinary life is worth relishing. - focuses on overcoming busyness and insecurities, and building authenticity and friendships. - offers 120 reflection prompts, so you can dig deep and discover what you're missing. If you're exhausted with trying to be perfect, if you're tired of being disappointed, if you're done planning for the epic ending, this DayReader is for you.

Shauna Niequist (Author), Kate Marcin, TBD (Narrator)

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I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Audio Bible Studies: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old

What If You're Not a Failure? What If You're Not Falling Behind? What If You're Learning? "Every single thing that used to work has stopped working, all at the same time." Award-winning author Shauna Niequist's mom wrote down this phrase in her mid-forties and shared it with Shauna in her mid-forties. It was exactly the way Shauna was feeling at the time. Many of the beliefs and practices that had been useful in her life no longer worked. After trying-and failing-to move forward using the same old tools, she realized she required new ones: courage, curiosity, and self-compassion. Throughout the five sessions of her I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet series, Shauna talks about unlearning what is no longer helpful, embracing curiosity, and making peace with the unexpected twists and turns of life. She shares candidly about the challenges and blessings she has experienced and invites participants to explore what happens when we release our expectations for how we thought life would look and open ourselves up to the freedom and peace that come from choosing to be a beginner again. Whatever you're trying to navigate, Shauna's honest reflections offer hope for healing and encouragement to begin again. Discover that life is more about questions than answers, more about forgiveness than force, more about tenderness than trying hard. Sessions and run times include: - When Change Comes (And It Always Does) (19:30) - Tender Toward Ourselves (20:30) - Questions, Questions (24:00) - Learning to be Brave (19:00) - Coming Home (15:30) The Audio Bible Studies series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, this audio Bible study includes high-quality, live audio sessions from the author that cover important Bible-based topics. These sessions will reflect the ambiance of the unique recording locations, immersing the listener into the teaching. While not required for the audio experience, these studies are designed to partner with the coordinating study guide, sold separately.

Shauna Niequist (Author), Shauna Niequist (Narrator)

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Present Over Perfect: Audio Bible Studies: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of

Which are you...striving for perfect, or settled and present? You can't be both. We're all pushing for something, for the life we think we want. We strive and strain and orchestrate and negotiate, in hopes of stitching together an existence that satisfies, but in the end, all that forced movement, all that contrived exertion, leaves us writhing in pain, in agony, right inside the reality we ourselves created. The pain shows up in addiction. Or in a string of failed relationships. It shows up in overeating, overdrinking, overspending, overfunctioning, over-everything. In Present Over Perfect, Shauna Niequist invites us to consider the landscape of our life, and what it might look like to leave behind the pressure to be perfect and begin the life-changing practice of simply being present. In this six-week study, you will answer some vital questions: - Have you become someone you wouldn't want to be around? - Are you longing for connection but settling for busy? - What sacrifices are you making in order to play the role you find yourself playing? - What "no" do you have to say when you say yes? Is this a wise thing to say no to? - What has your need for speed cost you along the way? - What attitudes, expectations, neuroses, habits, and obligations would you have to upend in order to care more purposefully for your soul? Present Over Perfect is a hand reaching out, pulling you free from the constant pressure to perform faster, push harder, and produce more, all while maintaining an exhausting image of perfection. Discover an entirely new way to live…soaked in grace, rest, silence, simplicity, prayer, and connection with the people that matter most. Sessions include: - Pain Points (23:00) - The Roles We Play (20:00) - Yes, and No (21:00) - Unflashy, Unspectacular, Good (22:00) - Living the Love (21:00) Coordinating study guide available separately. The Audio Bible Studies series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, this audio Bible study includes high-quality, live audio sessions from the author that cover important Bible-based topics. These sessions will reflect the ambiance of the unique recording locations, immersing the listener into the teaching. While not required for the audio experience, these studies are designed to partner with the coordinating study guide, sold separately.

Shauna Niequist (Author), Shauna Niequist (Narrator)

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I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working

Read by the author with an audio-exclusive interview of Shauna about her family's move to New York. When everything we've been clinging to falls apart, how do we know what to keep and what to let go of? I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet, now a New York Times bestseller, is a clear-eyed look at where we go from here--and how we can transform our lives along the way. Just after her fortieth birthday, author Shauna Niequist found herself in a season of chaos, change, and loss unlike anything she'd ever faced. She discovered that many of the beliefs and practices that she usually turned to were no longer serving her. After trying--and failing--to pull herself back up using the same old strategies and systems, she realized she required new ones: courage, curiosity, and compassion. She discovered the way through was more about questions than answers, more about forgiveness than force, more about tenderness than trying hard. In I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet, Niequist chronicles her journey--from her life-changing move from the Midwest to Manhattan to the power of unlearning what is no longer helpful and accepting the unknowns that come with midlife, heartbreak, and chronic pain. With her characteristic candor and grace, Niequist writes about her experience learning how to: - Discover new ways of living when the old ways stop working - Embrace the challenges and delights of releasing our expectations for how we thought our lives would look - Trust God's goodness in a deeper, more profound way Follow Niequist as she endeavors to understand grief, to reshape her faith, and to practice courage when it feels impossible. Praise for I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: 'Gentle. Loving. This tender book asks us to listen to our pain, lean into our discomfort, and trust that we can be lifted back on our feet by God and each other.' --Kate C. Bowler, New York Times bestselling author of No Cure for Being Human 'This book is a masterpiece. It is a journey and an invitation and a joy and a heartbreak and all the things you need to read to be reminded that hope can still be found.' --Annie F. Downs, New York Times bestselling author of That Sounds Fun

Shauna Niequist (Author), Shauna Niequist (Narrator)

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A Present Over Perfect Guided Journal: Journey to a Simpler, More Soulful Life

Read by the author. Are you more burned-out than energized? Do you too often start the day with a deep weariness? Find your own present over perfect in this exquisite guided journal from New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist. In the mess and the mundane, how do you begin to find space in your life, open your heart to the people who matter most, and receive the soulful way of living that is calling your name? Let Shauna Niequist take you on a guided journey to embracing peace in a chaotic world. The Present Over Perfect Guided Journal offers: Thought-provoking quotes from Shauna to inspire you Guided writing prompts and interactive activities Journaling space to write your thoughts and deepen your reading experience Beautiful textured cover with foil and two-color interior 'My prayer,' says Shauna, 'is that this book will be a thousand invitations, springing up from every page, calling you to leave behind the heavy weight of comparison, competition, and exhaustion, and to recraft a life marked by meaning, connection, and unconditional love.' This guided journal will be a favorite on your bedside table or at the beach, and it also makes a perfect gift for: Birthdays Christmas Mother's Day Anyone searching for peace in their life Sink deep into wonder, rest, and stillness in this interactive invitation to weave the truths of Present Over Perfect into your life.

Shauna Niequist (Author), Shauna Niequist (Narrator)

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Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living

Present Over Perfect is writer Shauna Niequist's motto for how to live a rich, engaged, and loving life in the midst of what often feels terribly messy and imperfect. In vulnerable, honest stories and beautifully written short essays Shauna offers an invitation to a new way of living---full of grace, space, and connection.

Shauna Niequist (Author), Shauna Niequist (Narrator)

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Savor: Living Abundantly Where You Are, As You Are

Sink deep into the everyday goodness of God and savor every moment! In this daily devotional, Shauna Niequist becomes a friend across the pages, sharing her heart with yours, keeping you company, and inviting you into the abundant life God offers. And there are recipes, too, because spiritual living happens not just when we read and pray, but also when we gather with family and friends over dinners and breakfasts and late-night snacks. These recipes are Shauna's staples, and each one should be enjoyed around a table with people you love. So read and learn and pray and cook and share. Remember to savor each day, whatever it holds: work and play, coffee and kids, meals and prayers and the good stuff and the hard stuff. Life is all about relationships, and your daily relationship with God is worth savoring in every moment.

Shauna Niequist (Author), Shauna Niequist (Narrator)

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Bread and Wine

Bread andamp; Wine is a collection of essays about family relationships, friendships, and the meals that bring us together. Written by well-loved writer and blogger, Shauna Niequist, this mix of Girl Meets God and the Food Network is a funny, honest, and vulnerable spiritual memoir. Bread andamp; Wine is a celebration of food shared and life around the table, and it reminds us of the joy we find in connection and relationship. It's about the ways that God teaches and nourishes us as we nourish the people around us. It's about hunger, both physical and otherwise, and the connections between the two. Recipes are included for the dishes you can almost taste as you read about them. From Butternut Squash Risotto to Apple Crisp with Vanilla Ice Cream and Salted Caramel Sauce, you will be able to recreate the comforting and satisfying meals that come to life in Bread andamp; Wine.

Shauna Niequist (Author), Shauna Niequist, Zondervan Publishing (Narrator)

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Bittersweet

The idea of bittersweet is changing the way I live, unraveling and re-weaving the way I understand life. Bittersweet is the idea that in all things there is both something broken and something beautiful, that there is a moment of lightness on even the darkest of nights, a shadow of hope in every heartbreak, and that rejoicing is no less rich even when it contains a splinter of sadness. 'It's the practice of believing that we really do need both the bitter and the sweet, and that a life of nothing but sweetness rots both your teeth and your soul. Bitter is what makes us strong, what forces us to push through, what helps us earn the lines on our faces and the calluses on our hands. Sweet is nice enough, but bittersweet is beautiful, nuanced, full of depth and complexity. Bittersweet is courageous, gutsy, audacious, earthy. 'This is what I've come to believe about change: it's good, in the way that childbirth is good, and heartbreak is good, and failure is good. By that I mean that it's incredibly painful, exponentially more so if you fight it, and also that it has the potential to open you up, to open life up, to deliver you right into the palm of God's hand, which is where you wanted to be all long, except that you were too busy pushing and pulling your life into exactly what you thought it should be. 'I've learned the hard way that change is one of God's greatest gifts, and most useful tools. Change can push us, pull us, rebuke and remake us. It can show us who we've become, in the worst ways, and also in the best ways. I've learned that it's not something to run away from, as though we could, and that in many cases, change is a function of God's graciousness, not life's cruelty.' Niequist, a keen observer of life with a lyrical voice, writes with the characteristic warmth and honesty of a dear friend: always engaging, sometimes challenging, but always with a kind heart. You will find Bittersweet savory reading, indeed. 'This is the work I'm doing now, and the work I invite you into: when life is sweet, say thank you, and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you, and grow.

Shauna Niequist (Author), Shauna Niequist (Narrator)

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Cold Tangerines

Cold Tangerines is a collection of stories that celebrate the extraordinary moments hidden in our everyday lives. It is about God, and about life, and about the thousands of daily ways in which an awareness of God changes and infuses everything. It is about spiritual life, and about all the things that we have called nonspiritual life that might be spiritual after all. It is the snapshots of a young woman making peace with herself and her life, and trying to craft a life that captures the energy and exuberance we long for in the midst of the fear and regret and envy we all carry with us. It is both a voice of challenge and song of comfort, calling us upward to the best possible life, and giving us room to breathe, to rest, to break down and break through. Cold Tangerines offers bright and varied glimpses of hope and redemption, in and among the heartbreak And boredom and broken glass.

Shauna Niequist (Author), Shauna Niequist (Narrator)

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