• Hands Free Life

  • Nine Habits for Overcoming Distraction, Living Better, and Loving More
  • By: Rachel Macy Stafford
  • Narrated by: Jaimee Draper
  • Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (103 ratings)

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Hands Free Life

By: Rachel Macy Stafford
Narrated by: Jaimee Draper
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We all yearn to look back to find we lived a life of significance. But is it even possible anymore? Considering the amount of distraction and pressure that exists in society today, living a fulfilling life may seem like an unachievable dream. But it is not - not with the nine habits outlined in this book. New York Times best-selling author and widely known blogger Rachel Macy Stafford reveals nine habits that help you focus on investing in the most significant parts of your life. As your hands, heart, and eyes become open, you will experience a new sense of urgency - an urgency to live, love, dream, connect, create, forgive, and flourish despite the distractions of our culture. By following each daily Hands Free Declaration, you will be inspired to adopt mindful daily practices and new thought processes that will help you:

  • Make meaningful, lasting human connections despite the busyness of everyday life.
  • Live in the now despite that inner nudge pushing you out of the moment toward perfection and productivity.
  • Protect your most sacred relationships as well as your values, beliefs, health, and happiness despite the latent dangers of technology and social media.
  • Pursue the passions of your heart without sacrificing your job or your daily responsibilities.
  • Evaluate your daily choices to insure you are investing in a life that matters to you.

With a Hands Free Life perspective, you will have the power to look back and see you didn't just manage life; you actually lived it - and lived it well.

©2015 Rachel Macy Stafford (P)2015 Zondervan

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A tired message in a boring package

First, the narrator of this book is one of the worst I've ever heard. She reads like she's performing in a middle school production of "Annie."

As for the book itself, I was very disappointed. I'm getting really tired of the message of "forget the dishes and just play with your kids!" While there may be some women out there still seeking perfection, I think those choosing this book already have a practical attitude, and we DO play with our kids. But the dishes can't just be ignored, and neither can the other million things required to maintain minimum living standards. What we are looking for are answers for how to make that happen.

Instead, this author offers pretty useless advice about things that can't properly even be called "habits." And all of her advice is supported by nothing more than anecdotes from her own family. They're not even interesting anecdotes.

Honestly, the only good parts of this book were the title and subtitle, which are enticing but deceptive.

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Very disappointing

Awful. It's the author's story of her kids and experiences. Lots of fluff. No concise or helpful information.

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What would have made Hands Free Life better?

I found the narration was too animated for a non-fiction book. Also, there was little real content as far as help.

Has Hands Free Life turned you off from other books in this genre?

No

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Hands Free Life?

There were too many stories about the author and her children.

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Good nuggets

The book was full of good nuggets. Yet overall I found it had a sing song nature to it. Where was the balance? How do you live and teach hands free while also respecting your own needs? I felt the book was lopsided.

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Not much to it

Stop trying to control everything and others. that's the gist of the book. At the same time, she uses anecdotes like letting her daughter do whatever she wants by reframing the traits her teacher didn't like into positive things. It sounds like a complete lack of discipline for the future but I'm probably not the desired audience which is probably geared toward "letting life happen" types rather than "work and create your future."

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cute and endearing

A little Pollyanna but from the heart. She sticks to her promises and is a truth seeker. Her family is blessed by her!!

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Wow! thank you for this blessing of a book!

this book... so easy to digest, easy to listen to and absolutely captivating. many tears fell, many chuckles came from my heart as I listened to this during my morning exercises. Thank you Rachel for your observations and beautifully presented words and thank you Jaimee for your beautiful voice making the package ever sweeter! I recommend this book to any, especially parents who need to be reminded how fleeting time is and how precious their children are.
You make me want to be better at Living, Loving fully and at Being Me...

the world needs you to be yourself... that is the most precious gift God has given to all of us.

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sounds fake

Though I appreciate her emotional attachment to life and her children, I feel the author is redundant in her expression of those emotions. Not only does she emote so much and use the same words, but she is stepping Lee sweet. This would be admirable except that when listening to it on audio it's just more than I can handle.

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Yes , I got a refreshing charge to want to be Hands Free.Thank you.

You can be Hands Free. You will learn happiness is one breath and one step away. Go be Hands Free.
Thank you

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nothing new or startling

I struggled with finishing this. it was repetitive (many ideas we're restated over and over ad nauseum). I gained and nothing new from this book. I got annoyed by the writing style and there was nothing in this book that the average mother wouldn't already know. I wish I had saved my money.

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