Love Warrior: A Memoir

I started following Glennon`s writings through Facebook and quickly started to fall in love with this amazingly wonderfull, nakedly real, relatable, loving and wise woman. This book of her life enabled me to see how that wisdom came to be. After over five decades of living, I've come to the point of re-examining my programming and some of my deepest beliefs. I've learned that some of these deepest beliefs I have relied on my whole life have been untrue. That's a very disconcerting time in a person's life (also oddly exciting as I begin to learn that there is more and better out there). I've been on this journey of spiritual rediscovery for about a year now and though I can say I am learning, I know I'm not done yet. Just the day before I started reading this book, I had been praying again for further guidance , and greater truth. I'd actually forgotten that I ordered the ebook until it appeared in my Kindle. I have other books I've wanted to read and even one I was in the middle of, but I felt impressed to read this one now. It was my "next right thing to do," as Glennon says. The whole story is good, and her writing, as usual, is beautiful and insightful, but the most impactful chapters for me were the ones near the end that contained her epiphanies. They had me choking back tears the whole time. Her spiritual epiphanies were exactly the answers that I have been seeking and that have actually already been delivered to me in various ways as I try to internalize them. She is another angel in my path. She has fought and worked hard for the clarity she now has - the "Love Warrior" title is perfect. She has turned, again and again to her deepest and truest source for direction, and has taught me how to do that better as well. Glennon is one of those women on my short list of people I'd love to be best friends and have long talks with. This book is the next best thing.

This book was on my list before Oprah picked it, and I wasn't surprised when she did. It's a very brave and pretty amazing memoir, and O and G make a great team. I relate to sooo much in this book, as a woman, a mom, a wife, a FEELER. There were whole paragraphs and pages that I’ve essentially written elsewhere myself, sometimes literally word for word, like batting thoughts away like Whack-a Mole. I rarely read books more than once, even when I want to. It’s just so hard when I’ll already never be able to read all the books I want to once. But I can see myself re-reading parts of this one again, such as trying to reconcile the different ways a husband and wife want to know and be known, and how demolishing it can feel to attempt to share trauma. I don’t think I’ll ever feel like I don’t fall short on the latter, and Glennon nails it: “When a friend asks, ‘What happened?’ I want to pick up a crystal vase and smash it into the ground. That’s what happened, I’d say. The few times I try to tell the shattering as a story, I regret it. Spoken words make what happened to us to tidy, too palatable, too ordinary. I can’t describe the ferocity of the fear and rage inside me with words tame enough for the light of day. When I finish the telling, I want thunder to roll and mouths to drop open. But most often, the listener makes the pain harder for me by trying to make it easier for her.” The pain of suffering alone is great, but not as great as someone not “getting it” and substituting endless platitudes for hearing and witnessing. That is exactly why I retreated to my cave during my trauma, and it’s why I would do it again, with the exception of the support community I’ve found. There are things in the book I don’t relate to, too. I have never been at war with my body (that is not something many women say), in fact, I feel completely in touch with it, I know it, and I love it, even when sometimes I could like it a little more. And while I love all the ‘truth,’ and ‘strip down and get real,’ and ‘fight for real love’ spirit of the book, I tend to take a more crude approach to that spirit, which involves a lot more four-letter-words and a lot fewer “holding space” and “light” (though Glennon does drop her share of F-bombs, which I definitely appreciate). I am much more pounding-out-miles-and-stuff-in-my-running-shoes than breathe-from-your-belly-classes and connecting-with-the-God-in-me-in-hot-yoga. For now, I just don’t have the patience or make up for those things. (And forget the religion, I don’t have that at all.) But I love that too, that it’s not one size fits all, that it is—and has to be—whatever size fits each of us. That’s the beautiful bottom line of Love Warrior, and Glennon Doyle Melton: It’s all okay. We’re all okay. Better than okay. Love ourselves, love each other. Love that message! What else I love: Glennon lives in Florida, we are both readers and writers, we both have young kids; I know that somehow, some time, our paths will cross. And we will hug the hug of sister Warriors. I’m looking forward to that. And her next book!

I would LOVE to give this book 5 stars instead of 4, but this book was POORLY made. I ordered this book and The Alchemist at the same time, and both books came with terrible uneven, jagged-edged pages. I should have requested a refund, but I kept both books as "not the best, but still good" and the term "brutiful" came to mind -- so I accepted my poorly crafted books as a sign that you truly cannot judge something by it's appearance and should, instead, focus on the content. Glennon does it again with "Love Warrior." I love how her words are so incredibly real, raw, honest, and relatable. For me, reading "Love Warrior" was a lot like reading an email or a text from a friend. You will experience a rollercoaster of emotions while reading this book. You will see yourself in some aspect of this book. You will find yourself saying,"Oh wow. I could have written this. This is my story as well." (*Maybe not EVERY part of it, but parts of it.) You will find yourself texting or chatting with your girlfriends about this book and what you've taken from it. You may find yourself with a pencil, pen, and/or a highlighter going thru this book and marking pertinent pages. It's not bragging when I say that I was able to read this book in one day -- it's just THAT GOOD. If you've ever been in high school, if you've ever been in college, if you've ever been in a relationship, if you've ever been cheated on or lied to, if you've ever resorted to unhealthy decisions in order to deal (or not deal) with life and life events, if you've ever hit rock bottom -- you're not alone, and you owe yourself this book, and you deserve love.

So I just finished Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton ... Where to begin. This is one of the most powerful books I've read because it is so honest. Although our stories are different there is also so much I can relate too, and so much wisdom I feel I've got from it. I basically need to give this book to all my girlfriends and I know every single one of them would get something out of it. This is a message of a woman bravely finding her authentic self, letting the pain of life become the soil in which she can bloom. LOVED it!

The book 'Love Warrior' by Glennon Doyle Melton is more than just a memoir of a woman, mother of three, cheated by her husband. It is so much more! It is above all a book about relationships, about the love and pain of life - everyday day life. The author describes her adolescence years and her early addictions to food (bulimia), alcohol, drugs and sex in a incredibly honest, straightforward way. Her healing started with the pregnancy of her first child, and continued with finding out about the unfaithfulness of her husband. The book draws the reader in with the insights the author gets from not running from pain and also not numbing her pain, but surrender to it. I strongly believe that every reader will find a piece of herself in the story of the book. The writing style of the book is fresh and utterly honest. An easy, enjoyable read, but nevertheless a book full of wisdom and great power, encouragement, and inspiration.

Muy buen libro . Me encanta la manera tan natural de escribir una historia tan difícil . Cómo la vida misma llena de lecciones caídas y aprendizaje .

A corageous testimony about the beginning of a woman's rebirth. You don't have to agree with everything she says but by reading it you'll surely start to review lots of things that need reviewing in your life.

This book is a must read for every individual who wants to explore their relationships with others and with their selves. It’s an even more essential read for women. There is such a lot of truth, bluntly, beautifully told that it will undoubtedly be add great value to your mindset and hence your life.