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

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

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  • Create Date:2022-04-01 11:21:53
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  • Author:Shauna Niequist
  • ISBN:1713669617
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Summary

A clear-eyed look at what happens when everything we've been clinging to falls apart--what we keep, what we let go, and how we're transformed along the way。

Just after her fortieth birthday, New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist found herself in a season of chaos, change, and loss unlike anything she'd ever experienced。 She discovered that many of the beliefs and practices that had been useful up to that point no longer worked。 After trying--and failing--to pull herself back up using the same old tools, she realized she required new ones: courage, curiosity, compassion, and self-compassion。 She discovered the way through was more about questions than answers, more about forgiveness than force, more about tenderness than trying hard。

I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet is a journey of both unlearning what is no longer helpful, embracing curiosity, and accepting the unknowns of midlife, heartbreak, and chronic pain。 Niequist writes with characteristic candor and grace about the challenges and delights of a move from the Midwest to Manhattan, and also the challenges and delights of releasing our expectations for how we thought our lives would look。

Follow Niequist on her journey to understand grief, to reshape her faith, to practice courage when all she wanted to do was hide。 This is a book about learning how to live in a new city, learning how to get back up, and learning how to trust God's goodness in a deeper way。

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Reviews

Kathryn

Her best yet。

MacKenzie

This book impacted me in a so much deeper way than I anticipated。 The familiarity of the ache that Shauna endures through all these pages of a life upended and slowly rebuilt resonated more with my own life than anything I’ve read in a long time。 It was gut wrenching and inspiring and hopeful。 And all the wonderful tidbits of life in Manhattan made me want to move there more than I ever have in my life- and I’ve always wanted to move there。 This is a book I will keep and read 10 more times。

Nicole

Three years ago, after some difficult life events, Shauna & her family moved from the suburbs of Chicago to Manhattan。 They realized quickly that NYC is much different from the midwestern life they were used to & adopted the mantra “I guess I haven’t learned that yet” when encountering new & different ways to live & show up。 This book is very much memoir in bitesized pieces。👍🏻: The way Shauna writes brings the most beautiful imagery。 I love how her chapters are short (this 270 page book has 50 c Three years ago, after some difficult life events, Shauna & her family moved from the suburbs of Chicago to Manhattan。 They realized quickly that NYC is much different from the midwestern life they were used to & adopted the mantra “I guess I haven’t learned that yet” when encountering new & different ways to live & show up。 This book is very much memoir in bitesized pieces。👍🏻: The way Shauna writes brings the most beautiful imagery。 I love how her chapters are short (this 270 page book has 50 chapters), but somehow have so much depth & make you think & appreciate the beauty around you even more。 I also want to adopt this mantra myself, because it’s so much more gentle than the normal response of, “I should have known that…”👎🏻: This could be because it was the advanced reader copy & hadn’t been copy edited yet, but some ends of chapters felt very abrupt & disjointed。I would recommend this book to anyone who…is looking for a book that brings peace, gentle encouragement, & feels like sitting down for coffee on a front poor for deep chats with a good friend。 。。。more

emily anne gray

BOOK RELEASE DATE: 4/12/22。this book of short essays was a fairly quick read。 niequist discusses the trials of her life that started around the time she turned 40 and the lessons she learned from those hard times。 this doesn’t read as a how to fix your problems or a self-help book but more of an encouragement to those in the trenches of life。 there were chapters i felt absolutely seen, to the point of tears。 there were chapters, especially on parenthood, that i appreciated for what they were and BOOK RELEASE DATE: 4/12/22。this book of short essays was a fairly quick read。 niequist discusses the trials of her life that started around the time she turned 40 and the lessons she learned from those hard times。 this doesn’t read as a how to fix your problems or a self-help book but more of an encouragement to those in the trenches of life。 there were chapters i felt absolutely seen, to the point of tears。 there were chapters, especially on parenthood, that i appreciated for what they were and moved on。 readers, if you have had to cut ties with your church, you may find some treasures in this book。 if you have struggled with your faith, your political affiliation, your aging/changing body, or the evolution of relationships, you may also feel seen in these essays。 i often feel bogged down with the large volume of information that i don’t know, and niequist taught me that it’s okay that i haven’t learned all of that yet。 。。。more

Rabicigim

I get to read this book for job-related purposes。 Well, that much of an obsession over religion and relating everything -EVERYTHING- on Christianity won’t help in the long run。 It sure won’t when reaching out to readers from diverse backgrounds and belief systems。 Reads like an ode to Jesus and the church rather than a self reflective tool。