In this episode, meet travel writer and poet Gretel Ehrlich, author of Unsolaced and The Solace of Open Spaces, Rabbi Steve Leder, author of The Beauty of What Remains, and mediator Toni Nieuwhof, author of Before You Split. Whether it’s finding solace in nature, beauty in grief, or fresh insight into difficult relationships, each of these authors has written and narrated audiobooks about moving from narrow spots into open, expansive spaces. Listen in to hear what it was like for them to record their audiobooks.
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From the author of the enduring classic The Solace of Open Spaces, Unsolaced is a wondrous meditation on how water, light, wind, mountain, bird, and horse have shaped Gretel Ehrlich’s life and her understanding of a world besieged by a climate crisis.
Also be sure to check out The Solace of Open Spaces, coming soon.
From the author of the bestselling More Beautiful Than Before, The Beauty of What Remains is an inspiring audiobook about loss based on Rabbi Leder’s most popular sermon. Rabbi Leder’s irreverence, vulnerability, and sense of humor fill this heartfelt audiobook with laughter and tears, and the profound truth that in loss we gain more than we ever imagined.
What would it take to leave your unhappiness behind instead of your spouse? In Before You Split, former divorce attorney and mediator Toni Nieuwhof lays out the hidden benefits of staying together in an age when separation and divorce are common.
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