Soulful Simplicity: How Living with Less Can Lead to So Much More

Lovely guide book to a more gracious life. Her suggestions make so much sense. Once you settle on a why, the motivation follows.

I enjoyed reading this book. I like the author's writing style. She certainly provides plenty of food for thought about simplifying my life, and releasing clutter.

Soulful Simplicity will help you transform your life. No single book has ever impacted my life the way Soulful Simplicity has. Courtney Carver goes well beyond the basics of minimalism in creating a simple life.She delves into the much harder aspects such as how we really want to spend our time, boundaries, how to know what we need, how to listen to your body, and how to heal.Soulful Simplicity taught me how to know what my body and mind are trying to tell me, how to establish boundaries with both myself & the world around me, and helped me to rethink how I wanted to live my life. I've made lasting positive changes in my life thanks to her book.Courtney Carver explains her story and how she changed her life and how we can change ours. Her story is filled with heart and compassion for her readers as she has been there and gone through simplifying her life and making meaningful changes. She uses simplifying her life in terms of how changing our relationship to stuff as a springboard for dealing with the much harder issues.The book gives inspiration for determining what the concept of enough means to you both in terms of physical possessions as well as how we view ourselves in terms of being at peace that we are enough and don't need to try to keep doing more and buying more.Soulful Simplicity is my most recommended book and the one I have gifted to help others. If you read one personal development book in your life let this be it!

Courtney writes from a place of deep authenticity that is a breath of fresh air in a sea of other books of similar genre that I find to be curated prescriptive perspectives drenched in buzz words. Courtney is offering something different here. She’s delivered a memoir that is vulnerable and giving. It’s categorized as self-help/personal growth because she tells freely about her healing journey and work towards her own best life. She doesn’t preach or espouse any expertise. She comes from a place of such transparent imperfection as to challenge some of the deepest orthodoxies or unspoken rules of the pop minimalism movement. She invites us to be curious about how we can live better and be better. I sat down on the morning of a day off and intended to read for an hour before turning to other “to-dos”. I turned my alarm off after 45 minutes and read Soulful Simplicity cover to cover. I felt full of inspiration and moved deeply from connection she created in this lovely book-like a morning spent with a good friend. There are certainly some parts of Courtney’s experience that don’t align perfectly with my vision for my best life, such as spirituality. Though her engaging honesty creates space for me to wonder how to best shape those parts of my own life. I’ve already seen changes in my life from inspiration from my time with her book (lingering, enhanced morning practice, habit stacking, canceling unnecessary “commitments”, prioritizing resting, validation for exploring curiosity, and listening to my heart). Because nothing is perfect my one guttural critique is her use of the word “crazy” in a suggestion to ask ourselves “wouldn’t it be crazy if...” so to imagine audacious changes for ourselves. I love the suggestion of this exercise, and I’m putting it to practice. I understand what she means though I wish she’d of chosen different language, such as “wouldn’t it be extraordinary” or “marvelous” or “wild”. Mental illness and “craziness” are stigmatized and language matters. I’ve asked my local independent bookstore to carry Souful Simplicity, and ordered two copies for gifts. If there’s any part of you calling you towards this book, then there’s something in here for you.

I have read several minimalist books over the last year by the current popular leading minimalists and have found value from each one as each presents a different perspective. What I appreciated about Courtney’s book is she didn’t force you to simply eliminate stuff but to evaluate all areas of stress in your life and slowly tackle each area. I loved that a chapter was dedicated to honoring the Sabbath since this generally isn’t valued in today’s society – even those with a Christian worldview seem to take this command less seriously. This chapter alone is worth the entire read. I also appreciated the honesty and vulnerability Courtney expressed about her life events. What made me question the book was the heavy emphasis on “putting your hand on your heart”. While I do believe in listening to and heeding one’s conscience, the Bible tells us that the human heart is bent towards evil from childhood. Therefore, if my heart is bent towards evil, why would I want to trust it? Instead of asking my heart what it feels I should be directing those questions and uncertainties to God and seeking Him in those things. It seems Courtney values religion in the religious sense but hasn’t found her relationship with Jesus yet. Once she accepts Jesus into her “heart” and is spiritually transformed by Him she will truly shine in these other areas.

I have been very interested in minimalism for a number of years and have read a lot of Courtney Carvers blogs and others on the same subject , these people have a lot courage to write about a subject which many would laugh at . I urge people to read Courtney's book along with her blogs it will open your eyes .

The book is so good. The author takes you through practical steps as well as sharing their own experiences. Brilliant read and can be a light bulb in dim to dark times.

I loved this book and the openness of Courtney’s journey and story. Courtney shares her soul in her journey to Soulful Simplicity which is appreciated throughout. Inspirational true story with lots of take always.

I love this book for its practicality and its honesty. I’m a bit tired of gurus who have it all figured out - Courtney is very open about being on her own imperfect journey and gracious enough to encourage the reader to accompany her.

The parcel was emptyThe parcel envelope was completely empty 😥😂 I have read the book in the past and I loved it so much . This one was for my friend.Whether it has been some delivery issues idk… but I don’t have the wanted book