From Sh*tshow to Afterglow
Putting Life Back Together When It All Falls Apart
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Ariel Meadow Stallings
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Rebound after loss, grief, and the other cruel crises life throws your way with this irreverent guide - the perfect anti-self-help book.
Sometimes your foundation crumbles. Sometimes you realize there wasn't a foundation to begin with. Maybe your relationship ended in a breakup or divorce, or you lost your job, or a loved one died. Whatever crisis showed up to screw with you, it brought everything else crashing down, and suddenly life became confusing, disorienting, out of control. A total shit show. You. Need. Help.
Therein lies the problem: Traditional self-help guides just aren't for you. You're an individualist, an iconoclast, a follow-your-own-drumbeat kind of person. The typical sunshine-and-rainbows, "live your best life!" books in the "personal growth" aisle aren't going to speak to your worldview - you need an embrace-your-weirdness vision for growth and rebuilding.
Enter Ariel Meadow Stallings, who has experienced a few life catastrophes of her own and emerged from them with newfound clarity and strength. In From Sh!tshow to Afterglow, she offers a lifeline of support and outside-the-box thinking for times of crisis and confusion, sharing plenty of tactical tips for getting your shit together. Along the way, she never lets listeners forget that sometimes a life has to be taken apart before it can be put back together better than ever.
Without sugar-coating how deeply it sucks to have your world shattered, From Sh!tshow to Afterglow gives listeners a reassuring plan to for putting the pieces back together and emerging stronger than ever.
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"Look: I'm not saying anything bad will happen to you, but if it does, From Sh!tshow to Afterglow is the only book you'll want to see on the bedside table. Ariel Meadow Stallings is no-bullshit - and all kinds of funny, frank, and smart. I'm glad this book exists to help readers pick up the pieces" (Sarah Knight, New York Times best-selling author of Calm the F*ck Down)
"This is the perfect book for anyone who's been metaphorically thrown from the horse of life. With intense honesty and wit, Ariel Meadow Stallings guides us through the darkest shadows of her (and our own) fears while sprinkling in just the right amount of scientific research and practical tips in every chapter." (Buster Benson, author of Why Are We Yelling)
"Ariel Meadow Stallings' compassionate insights, wicked sense of humor, and sharp, self-deprecating writing make this book a balm to soothe even the most raging of shitshows. Deftly addressing the mental, physical, and metaphysical impacts of trauma and heartbreak, From Sh!tshow to Afterglow is a raw, honest, and accessible tool for healing in these wildly uncertain times." (Kristen J. Sollée, author of Witches, Sluts, Feminists)
"A much needed book for anyone who has ever dealt with loss at any level. Ariel is the friend with the exact advice and reassurance you've been searching for. You'll laugh, cry, and finally feel at peace with life's constant changes that are out of our control." (Samantha Matt, author of Average is the New Awesome)
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Stay Woke
- A Meditation Guide for the Rest of Us
- By: Justin Michael Williams
- Narrated by: Justin Michael Williams
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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We are modern people in a high-tech world. We have first world problems and long to-do lists. And if you grew up in struggle - overcoming homophobia, sexism, trauma, shame, depression, poverty, toxic masculinity, racism, or social injustice - you need a different type of meditation...one that doesn't pretend the struggle doesn't exist. Now, Justin introduces Freedom Meditation - an approach that addresses disillusionment, social justice, and shame; strengthens intuition; cuts through self-doubt; and empowers you to make better decisions.
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Gem
- By LM on 04-21-20
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Sit Down to Rise Up
- By: Shelly Tygielski
- Narrated by: Shelly Tygielski
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
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The practice of mindfulness is most often touted for its profound mind, body, and spirit benefits. Shelly Tygielski here shows that mindfulness can also be a powerful tool for spurring transformative collective action. In a winning combination of memoir, manifesto, and how-to, Tygielski shares her evolution from a Jerusalem-born child of traditional Sephardic Orthodox parents to a middle-class American suburban youth who questioned her faith to a young executive in corporate America.
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Relevant and Motivating
- By Shelly G on 07-01-22
By: Shelly Tygielski
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How to Be Sad
- Everything I’ve Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad
- By: Helen Russell
- Narrated by: Helen Russell
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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Helen Russell has researched sadness from the inside out for her entire life. Her earliest memory is of the day her sister died. Her parents divorced soon after, and her mother didn’t receive the help she needed to grieve. Coping with her own emotional turmoil — including struggles with body image and infertility — she’s endured professional and personal setbacks as well as relationships that have imploded in truly spectacular ways. Even the things that brought her the greatest joy — like eventually becoming a parent — are fraught with challenges.
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More an self biography
- By Jaime Murillo on 04-27-24
By: Helen Russell
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Your Spacious Self
- Clear the Clutter and Discover Who You Are
- By: Stephanie Bennett Vogt MA
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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Behind our stress, clutter, and confusion is an infinitely spacious place one might call stillness or joy. This is our natural state of being, but we usually don’t experience it, because we are caught in a web of material possessions, desires, and fears. Our clutter often becomes another member of the family that we feed, house, and lug around. In Your Spacious Self, author and professional space clearing expert Stephanie Bennett Vogt shows us that it’s not our stuff but the holding on to it that creates a force field of stuck-ness that clouds our perceptions and paralyzes our lives.
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it is a self healing book
- By True Friend on 05-29-14
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Hungry for Happiness, Revised and Updated
- Stop Emotional Eating & Start Loving Yourself
- By: Samantha Skelly
- Narrated by: Samantha Skelly
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
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Break free of the binge-eating cycle and heal your relationship with your body by tapping into your intuition through meditation, breathwork, and journaling.
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A journey of self worth
- By Jes_074 on 07-12-24
By: Samantha Skelly
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A Little Peace of Mind
- Freedom from Anxiety, Panic Attacks and Stress
- By: Nicola Bird
- Narrated by: Nicola Bird
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
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For more than 20 years, Nicola Bird experienced anxiety and panic attacks, sometimes so severely she couldn't leave the house. She tried everything, including medication, psychiatric counselling, yoga, and NLP. Then she stumbled upon a completely different way of understanding the human mind that changed her relationship with anxiety forever. In A Little Peace of Mind, Nicola opens up about her own experiences and shares simple ideas to help you realize your own innate mental health and well-being.
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Best book on this topic available!
- By D. McCarthy on 10-10-19
By: Nicola Bird
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If the Buddha Got Stuck
- A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path
- By: Charlotte Kasl
- Narrated by: Renée Raudman
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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Charlotte Kasl's perennial favorites If the Buddha Dated and If the Buddha Married have inspired readers with their empowering blend of spiritual and psychological insights. Her third "If the Buddha" book, If the Buddha Got Stuck, is a wise yet lighthearted book that will speak to anyone who's ever experienced being stuck in life and wanted to break free.
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i like the author's blend of spirituality
- By dayle on 01-09-12
By: Charlotte Kasl
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Rhythms of Renewal
- Trading Stress and Anxiety for a Life of Peace and Purpose
- By: Rebekah Lyons
- Narrated by: Rebekah Lyons
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
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Rhythms of Renewal is your guide to daily rescue and a way forward into the peace your soul longs for. As a society, we are in the throes of a collective panic attack. Anxiety and loneliness are on the rise, with 77% of our population experiencing physical symptoms of stress on a regular basis. We feel pressure chasing careers, security, and keeping up. We worry about health, politics, and many other complexities we can't control. Eventually, we find our minds spinning, trying to cope or manage a low hum of anxiety, unlike ever before.
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Great writer but should stick to fiction
- By Jana Leig Fiedler on 11-06-19
By: Rebekah Lyons
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-09-21
A must read!
I love this book so much! So entertaining and funny while at the same time providing such helpful insights to moving through a breakdown. I got so much out of this book and really enjoyed it. Highly recommend!
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- Belle
- 12-10-20
So good!
Awww I just finished listening and I am so touched and inspired. Ariels writing is so magical. She literally got me through my own shit show as I followed along her journey on Instagram. You are even luckier because you have the opportunity to read this book as you go though yours.
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- Jenna Valovic
- 08-09-20
Self help served with a side of sass
I can't even remember the last time I wrote a book review, so you know the fact that I'm doing this means this memoir/self help tome had a pretty profound impact on my life! This book is a delicious mix of Pema Chodron-on-a-Harley spirituality and sass, bestie in your pocket real talk and wisdom, and cozy "you are held and loved by the universe and it's ok to feel all the feels" comfort.
Released in a moment when we are all going through our collective shitshow (hi, COVID-I see you), narrator and creatrix Ariel Meadow Stallings takes us on a journey through one of the hardest years of her life as her marriage of 18 years dissolves and she confronts limiting beliefs, trauma, worthiness, and a whole plethora of other outstandingly hard to tackle topics head on. Despite the heaviness of these topics, the author somehow manages to make us laugh, snark, and take ourselves just a little bit less seriously in the process-thereby making for a super enjoyable read. This book reminded me of a mix between Glennon Doyle's Untamed and {insert your favorite personal development book here}, and I found myself savoring it chapter by chapter because I didn't want it to end.
Other added bonuses-my chief complaint with audio books is often the narrator, but I found myself thinking that whoever she was, she had absolutely nailed the comedic timing and most dramatic moments of the book. When I went to check out the heck she was, I was surprised (and also not surprised at all) to see that it was narrated by the author herself.
Overall, you cannot go wrong in buying this book-no matter where you are in your life, there is something in here for everyone.-promise! Best book I've read in a long time :)
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- AKA Ben's mom
- 09-13-20
Honest talk for the modern gal
Ariel says it EXACTLY as it is. When your Shitshow gets real, or you need to recover from a Shitshow hangover, she is your gal.
Read by Ariel which brings the extra touch to really feeling and digging deep when dealing with life's curveball, earthquake and tornado all wrapped up in the Shitshow.
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