Slow

Live Life Simply
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Slow by Brooke McAlary unfolds the author's journey towards a simpler, more intentional life. Frustrated with the busyness that dominated her days, McAlary shares her personal transformation and practical insights on embracing a minimalist lifestyle. Through candid anecdotes and reflections, she encourages readers to slow down and find more fulfilment in their everyday lives.
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This book may appeal to you if you're seeking inspiration to simplify your life and embrace a slower, more intentional pace. It's an engaging memoir that shares personal insights and practical advice on how to disconnect from the chaos of modern living and rediscover the joy of mindful living. Through relatable anecdotes, the author explores the profound benefits of stepping back from the hustle and bustle to create a more meaningful life.

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Slow

From the creator of the award-winning Slow Home podcast comes Slow the perfect companion on the long road to living a simpler and more fulfilled life.

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Dear Mr & Mrs Jones, I am writing to inform you of my withdrawal from the race to keep up with you . . .

Once upon a time, Brooke McAlary thought she was close to having it all. Married to a wonderful man, mother to a lively young daughter, and pregnant for a second time, she'd acquired all the things she'd once thought important - holidays, cars, a renovated home. Yet despite this, she found herself utterly despondent.

Realising that they wanted a simpler, more fulfilling existence, Brooke and her family gradually created their own way of living, with an emphasis on depth, connection and experiences.

In Slow, Brooke gently encourages you to find pleasure and value in a simpler life, sharing the practical tips and rituals that have helped her on her own journey, from decluttering to de-owning, messiness to mindfulness, from asking why to asking where to now?

Part memoir, part practical companion, Slow provides a fascinating insight into the benefits of slowing down. It will inspire you to forget about the Joneses and create a life filled with the things that really matter to you . . . slowly, of course.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760296919

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 August 2017

Country: Australia

Imprint: Allen & Unwin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 720g

Pages: 264

About the Author

Brooke McAlary is passionate about slow living. She has experienced the transformative power of simplifying, paying attention and living a mindful, intentional life, and as the host and creator of the award-winning Slow Home Podcast (downloaded more than 2 million times) she encourages thousands of people every day to live a simpler, slower life.

But it wasn't always like that. Six years ago Brooke was completely overwhelmed. She had two young children, a husband who worked long hours, a business, a home filled to the brim with all the trappings of a 'successful life' and a severe case of post-natal depression.

Everything changed when she began decluttering. What began as an effort to remove some of the excess, slowly evolved into a complete transformation. Gone is the overwhelm, the clutter, the excess, the busy-ness, replaced by a simpler, more meaningful, more connected life.

Now she and her husband are self-employed and enjoy a life centred on the important things - which, it turns out, aren't really things at all.

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