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41 reviews for:
Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise a Little Hell
Karen Walrond
4.1 AVERAGE
41 reviews for:
Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise a Little Hell
Karen Walrond
4.1 AVERAGE
Lovely and accessible, a great look at the beauty that can be found as we get older.
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
I wanted to cheer at something on nearly every page! Loved this one for embracing fun and creativity and the life expanding from within me.
“Aging is living, living is aging.” A practical, uplifting read about making the most of the latter half of our living - left me feeling hopeful and motivated!
4-1/2 stars rounded up. Sometimes the perfect book comes along at just the right time in your life. This is that book for me. I'm a middle aged person who is still trying to carve a meaningful life out of the hand I've been dealt by a disabling health condition. I'm finally feeling some acceptance of my situation and my limitations, but too many of the messages we get about being in your late forties or older are incredibly negative and defeating. I'm weary of feeling like all the chances to create meaning in my life (not counting my lovely family) are far behind me. I badly want to embrace the opportunities still available to me, and this book is providing the perfect roadmap for doing so. I heavily flagged many passages so that I can return to them as I work through the exercises and to motivate me to keep moving toward the changes I want in my life. I truly can't recommend this highly enough!
I NEEDED this book. I’ve been in a quagmire, facing the later half of life and a deep dissatisfaction with what feels like my existence. Karen has the wonderful ability to share lessons she learned through her interviews of many positive, creative, and radical souls. And, she provides a guide of how to take action. Thank you, Karen!!
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
If extra linear is your thing when it comes to personal growth efforts then this book will work for you. Personally, messy and full of heart works better for me. Karen Walrond spends a lot of the time telling you what she has learned from others. Her life lessons as she learns to live more vibrantly while eschewing our cultures messages around aging are very neatly organized, one chaining into the other, no internal wrestling necessary. It’s “nice”information, but nothing that captured me.
While much of this book resonated and felt like reminders of what I already know, I did enjoy the author's writing and stories. I really apprecaite the thought provoking questions and activities at the end that I look forward to engaging in. Fun read with my bookclub.
This read a lot like a biography. The author touches on the expectation of beauty and agism when it comes to women especially, and how a lot of a woman's worth seems to be tied directly to her age. I really did enjoy this short read.