Growing Boldly - Target Exclusive Edition by Emily Ley (Hardcover)

This is a very encouraging read, and beautifully done. Emily knows how to make gorgeous books. I really loved the stories she weaves into the chapters and the used of the BUILD of acronym. If you’re feeling lost or needing some encouragement, this is a great book. We all need these words at different points. I purchased the Target special edition and plan to go through the extra journaling prompts in a few weeks!

Her worst book yet. If you want to hear her brag and give trite expressions in a poorly written manner, then this is the book for you!

Over the past few years, Emily’s books have truly changed my life. I can confidently say, Growing Boldly is not only her best one yet, but it is the best “self development” book I have ever read. Emily’s words will leave you feeling encouraged, inspired, and motivated. Reading this book truly feels like sitting for coffee with a close friend. I know I will be reading this time and time again for the gentle reminders to live my life with confidence and boldness. Thank you so much Emily for this gift to the world, your books are a true treasure!

Emily Ley has done it again! Each of her books is full of beauty, and wisdom, and grace, and Growing Boldly is the perfect next step in her writing journey. It has been such a gift to be part of her launch team for Growing Boldly. There are pieces that will speak to your heart so deeply, you’ll read them over and over again. The interactive opportunities with her thoughtful questions and moments of pause make this more than just a delightful read. It is a life giving exercise. The colors, the quotes, the entire content is a true work of art.

All I can say is WOW. This is such a beautiful read, visually and emotionally. I deeply resonated with so much written in this book that it feels like it was written especially for me. What an inspirational and encouraging read. I know that this will be a book I'll go back to time and time again. I love that Emily walks you through how to grow in boldness and that it's not simply telling the reader to do it. One of my favorite quotes that I will keep close is "let us remember to never get so busy making a living, that we forget to live a life.."

You will be captivated by the narration and storytelling of Emily Ley. She is real, authentic, and someone who you want to invite over for coffee. I challenge you to not cry after reading the first chapter. Such a great book!

This book is absolutely incredible. Emily is such a great author, so inspiring.

This book is everything I needed to read as a working mom with young children at home. Emily always has a way of so eloquently saying what so many of us need to hear and remember. I found myself highlighting, starring, and taking notes from this book constantly. Little tips and reminders I need to place around me every single day. Thank you, Emily, and those who shared their stories with you, for opening your hearts and souls to share such important reminders with so many. ♥️

I just finished the book and it was beautiful both to read and look at. Visually stunning! I felt like Emily Ley was sitting down in my living room talking to me just as a dear friend would with a cup of coffee or tea. "Growing Boldly" is like a roadmap of sorts for living a life with purpose, passion and intention. This book would make a great gift for the women in your life!

There has never been a more perfect time in our lives to work on Growing Boldly. We are all in different stages & seasons of our lives, but Emily uses her own personal reflection and stories of those she’s crossed paths with to help you navigate through the fear, doubt, & uncertainty we each wrestle with daily. You know that inner critic that talks you out of what your heart truly wants? Well Emily has a plan on how you can dig deep & plant yourself where your confidence can flourish. What she reveals is that you aren’t going to find it without being willing to implement some gumption, grit, & grace around the circumstances in our lives. Throughout this book she becomes your biggest fan — ready to help you discover your truest self. Reading this book has been a bright spot in my day and now it can be a part of yours too! Grab a copy!

Emily Ley has allowed a woman in full time ministry for over a decade to sit back and process how she is living her life and ministry God has called her too. To evaluate what is important and what is best for you to be bold to the calling to be the woman that God created you to be. I’ve teared up while reading these pages because I’ve been in search to put what I’ve been feeling for years to words and Emily has done that. Feeling stuck at times, not knowing how to fix it.

I have loved every book that Emily Ley has written but Growing Boldly is seriously something special. I cried multiple times while reading it because it truly touched something within me that I hadn't even known I felt, starting with the quote "It's entirely possible to bloom in the driest of seasons, to flourish when life feels as if it's falling apart." Going into my last few classes of nursing school, the reminder that there is a time to rest but also a time to work hard and hustle was incredibly motivating to me to keep pushing in this season and allow myself to truly rest as I transition into life beyond school. I also haven't been able to stop thinking about how to see true beauty in my life as it is, and to recognize the ways that God has brought me to this current place in life and given me the tools to thrive right where I'm at. This book was simultaneously challenging and restorative in the best ways. I am so grateful to Emily for writing Growing Boldly and I know I will come back to it time and time again.

Emily talks about creating a life you love based on honoring the gifts God has given you, your experiences, and your passions. We are all created differently and this book will help you figure out where your passions lie, what makes you most individually you, and using that in the best way. LOVE IT.

Not sure how it's possible, but each of Emily's books gets better than the last! This book was an easy read and the stories shared really make you realize no one is alone on their journey. No matter your stage of life, this book is for you!

Growing Boldly Dare to Build the Life You Love is the nudge that we need to help point us in the right direction from a year that shook the nation and made many of us pause, reflect, and pay attention. Its a book about much-needed hope. One of the most touching accounts to me personally in this book reminds us that even in our darkest moments when we cant see in her words “Beauty can be found in the cracks and crevices of hard stuff we experience.” God wastes nothing. Whether you are recovering from a pandemic or still in the darkest moments of your life, the words written shared on these pages will help you examine who you are, where you are right now, and who you want to be. If you are feeling stuck and alone in a deep dark valley of hopelessness, feeling you are a failure and just plain exhausted, I encourage you or the ones you know in this season to read this book. Emily reminds us in the book that clutter is the enemy of clarity. So how do we grow boldly when we cant take another step? Emily breaks it down from how a seed can eventually grow into an incredible flower no matter the storms that come along. In this book, youll encounter true accounts from those who grew in these storms. These accounts will inspire and help you break through the chains that are holding you down and holding you back and to stand strong on your story. Emily writes Consider that the most beautiful flowers grow from the tiniest of seeds. Whether were starting a new career, healing from depression, or facing health scares, we need to have what Emily calls Grit to keep going and growing boldly. The book states aptly that “You're not helpless or hopeless, youre not too old, too young, too inexperienced or the sum of your doubts. You're not your childhood”. The struggle is where you've made strong. We must cultivate what is necessary within us to utilize our talents and dig out fears to expose them and build our life as boldly as we can. In such a turbulent time, its crystal clear that we only get one shot at this life. No matter where youre at, it is YOU that gets to choose where to go from here. Growing Boldly, the title and idea that this book revolves around begs us to understand that we must make our life count. What will you do with yours?

Whew! Emily Ley has done it again! During a time when we need hope, courage, and inspirational words to boldly be the women that God created us to be, Emily Ley provides tactical tools, reflections, and the words we need to hear. A wonderful book for every woman, despite age or season of life, a must read if you want to grow and love the life you live.

Reading “Growing Boldly” is like having an encouraging conversation with your close friend. Emily Ley pushes you to really take a close look, dive deep, discover your passions and grow into who you want to be. Using the BUILD acronym, Emily encourages her readers to reflect on their past (the good and the hard times), figure out where you want to go in the future and make your road map… all while serving with kindness and keeping your legacy in mind. Not only does Emily tell her own story, she also includes inspirational stories from friends who grew through their personal storms. She concludes each chapter with a benediction and thought-provoking reflection questions (extra journaling available through the Target exclusive). “We each bring something unique and different to the world. The secret to being successful (and, if you ask me, happy) is figuring out who you are and embracing it.” -Emily Ley

In the promotions prior to the public book release, Emily had an FAQ about Growing Boldy and one of them was “is this a book about business?” The answer, NO! It’s a book about YOU! And you need it, your heart needs it and your future self needs it. As a long time follower, I was curious about what else could Emily could possibly share with the world since she had already had such a profound impact on our lives, how we live and our hearts with her other books. Growing Boldly is unique and “quirky” (a very frequently used adjective from the book). It fills the heart with purpose and hope through deep self-reflection and truth seeking. She encourages and walks readers step by step through making choices today that direct one towards the heart’s calling tomorrow. A quick but meaningful read, read now!

I finished Emily Ley’s “Growing Boldly” last night and am thunderstruck. Having followed Emily for years I can say her transformation to be unapologetically and “effortlessly herself” is authentic and pours out into her words. As a woman of faith she’s rooted her connection to God and Jesus Christ as the driver of her strength, BUT this book is not only for those that subscribe to the same views. She’s framing her life in concepts and terminology that fits within her personal paradigm, and invites us to do the same within our own belief systems. She is inspiring us, daring us, to build a life we love by sharing her own experience under the premise of if she can do it so can we. Emily shares with us her wins and how they sparked the fire within her soul to keep moving forward. And then she allows space for us to reflect on our own lives, what we want deep at our core, and what that finished product will look like once we are done. I loved when she said at the end that she hopes “I am absolutely used up at the end of my days – having given every ounce of love until I had to more to give, having pursued every curiosity big and small, frivolous or meaningful, and having fully blossomed and poured every ounce of Emily out onto the world so other flowers can come up behind me.” I think that is all any of us want. This book also serves as a time capsule for the Pandemic experience. 2020 took so much from us but also gave us so much if we are willing to consider the other side. Emily addresses this head on in a way that will make you consider your own experience and what has changed for the good in your life. Because from every tragedy, every hardship, there is hope, there is opportunity for you to rise above and grow, boldly. This book is beautiful and a quick read if you are looking for something uplifting to motivate you. She says herself this book is not a “boss babe” hustle till it hurts type of book. I don’t consider it a step by step guide to take the easy path to passion either. But rather, I see this book as a map; plotting where you are going, and where you are coming from; let’s figure out how YOU get where you need to be.

Emily has a way to write what your heart needs to hear. Growing Boldly is a read that will help you reflect on YOU and how you are growing and changing and making sure it’s for the better. The stories from her various friends are amazing and my heart goes out to each of them. Growing Boldly through hard times in life is so hard but so worth the work. This book will be gifted to the amazing women in my life, thank you Emily!