89. Audiobooks That Give Us Courage to Speak Our Stories

<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/93645/workyourplanpodcast_graphics_courage_to_speak_our_stories.png" alt="ep 89 workyourplan podcast" width="500" height="500" /></p> <p>I usually share physical books, but I want to recommend some audio books this week. I love listening to books in the author’s voice. There is a true connection that is made when you hear someone’s words in their voice. I think one of the powerful elements of podcasting is you hearing my voice. Our voice tells a story. When you hear someone’s voice, you get a sense of their body language, you see their flaws which is always connecting, you get to absorb more of their personality, their history.</p> <p><strong>//</strong></p> <p>Show Notes</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to Fix a Broken Record by Amena Brown</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fierce, Free and Full of Fire by Jen Hatmaker</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Born a Crime by Trevor Noah</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Dream of You by Jo Saxton</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates</span></p> <p><strong>//</strong></p> <p><strong>July #WorkYourPlan Book Club Selection:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life" by Edith Eger</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Edith Eger is a clinical psychologist and a Holocaust survivor. In the Gift she explains that the worst prison she experienced is not the prison that Nazis put her in but the one she created for herself, the prison within her own mind. She describes the twelve most pervasive imprisoning beliefs she has known—including fear, grief, anger, secrets, stress, guilt, shame, and avoidance—and the tools she has discovered to deal with these universal challenges. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Accompanied by stories from Eger’s own life and the lives of her patients, this book</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">captures the vulnerability