Slow

Australian author and popular podcaster Brooke McAlary advises listeners on how to slow down to embrace their own best lives. When she finds herself diagnosed with postpartum depression, McAlary's psychiatrist asks her whether she's ever considered "doing less-- slowing down." Narrator Larissa Gallagher's pleasantly Australian voice shares insights from McAlary's long (and ongoing) journey to do just that--create a life with less anxiety and more health, happiness, and peace. Gallagher captures the author's own imperfect efforts to understand why a slower life is a better life. Striking a sympathetic and conversational tone without any preachiness, she's easy on the ears for those contemplating their own too-fast, too-cluttered lives. Listeners will enjoy learning to embrace "wobbly balance"--the realization they can't do it all perfectly--and to harness their own best versions of mindfulness techniques. J.C.G. � AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine