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From Sh!tshow to Afterglow: Putting Life Back Together When It All Falls Apart Hardcover – July 21, 2020

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Rebound after loss, grief, and the other cruel crises life throws your way with this irreverent guide -- the perfect anti-self-help book.




Sometimes your foundation crumbles. Sometimes you realize there wasn't a foundation to begin with. Maybe your relationship ended in a breakup or divorce, or you lost your job, or a loved one died. Whatever crisis showed up to screw with you, it brought everything else crashing down, and suddenly life became confusing, disorienting, out of control. A total shit show. You. Need. Help.




Therein lies the problem: Traditional self-help guides just aren't for you. You're an individualist, an iconoclast, a follow-your-own-drumbeat kind of person. The typical sunshine-and-rainbows, "live your best life!" books in the "personal growth" aisle aren't going to speak to your worldview -- you need an embrace-your-weirdness vision for growth and rebuilding.




Enter Ariel Meadow Stallings, who has experienced a few life catastrophes of her own and emerged from them with newfound clarity and strength. In From Sh!tshow to Afterglow, she offers a lifeline of support and outside-the-box thinking for times of crisis and confusion, sharing plenty of tactical tips for getting your shit together. Along the way, she never lets readers forget that sometimes a life has to be taken apart before it can be put back together better than ever.




Without sugar-coating how deeply it sucks to have your world shattered, From Sh!tshow to Afterglow gives readers a reassuring plan to for putting the pieces back together and emerging stronger than ever.
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  4. Publication date
    July 21, 2020
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  6. ISBN-10
    1580059635
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1580059633
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"Look: I'm not saying anything bad will happen to you, but if it does, From Sh!tshow to Afterglow is the only book you'll want to see on the bedside table. Ariel Meadow Stallings is no-bullshit -- and all kinds of funny, frank, and smart. I'm glad this book exists to help readers pick up the pieces"―Sarah Knight, NewYork Times bestselling author of Calm the F*ck Down

"Ariel Meadow Stallings' compassionate insights, wicked sense of humor, and sharp, self-deprecating writing make this book a balm to soothe even the most raging of shitshows. Deftly addressing the mental, physical, and metaphysical impacts of trauma and heartbreak, From Sh!tshow to Afterglow is a raw, honest, and accessible tool for healing in these wildly uncertain times."―Kristen J. Sollée,author of Witches, Sluts, Feminists

"This is the perfect book for anyone who's been metaphorically thrown from the horse of life. With intense honesty and wit, Ariel Meadow Stallings guides us through the darkest shadows of her (and our own) fears while sprinkling in just the right amount of scientific research and practical tips in every chapter."―BusterBenson, author of Why Are We Yelling

"A much needed book for anyone who has ever dealt with loss at any level. Ariel is the friend with the exact advice and reassurance you've been searching for. You'll laugh, cry, and finally feel at peace with life's constant changes that are out of our control."―Samantha Matt, authorof Average is the New Awesome

About the Author

Ariel Meadow Stallings is a Seattle-based publisher, author, media commentator, event producer, and web community mobilizer. Her work has been featured by the New York Times, Today show, and the Guardian. She lives in Seattle.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Seal Press (July 21, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1580059635
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1580059633
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 1.15 x 9.55 inches
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Author of "From Sh!tshow To Afterglow," "PROS BEFORE BROS," and three editions of "Offbeat Bride," Ariel Meadow Stallings is a writer who likes to poke at the soft places of overlap between culture, identity, relationships, and personal development.

Ariel got her start in the mid-'90s editing a rave magazine, graduated the Columbia Publishing Course in 2001, and spent the early '00s as a copywriter for companies like the Seattle Times, Microsoft, and Amazon.

Since 2009, she's focused on her bootstrapped digital media company, the Offbeat Empire LLC. Ariel's work has reached over 55 million people in the last decade through the Offbeat Empire's web and social media properties like offbeatwed.com and offbeathome.com.

Ariel lives in Seattle with her son, and spends her spare time dancing and happy-crying. You can follow her most current writing at arielist.medium.com

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Juusan
5.0 out of 5 stars A map for the bumpy ride to your afterglow
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2020
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I really enjoyed this book. It’s half story/memoir, half self-help guide for when the shiz hits the fan in your life. The self-help stuff was useful, but almost more helpful was the play-by-play of someone else’s life falling apart, which makes you feel like you’re not alone.

Also, the author is hilarious. Even if you’re in the throes of your own catastrophe, you may find yourself laughing despite your misery.
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Aurora Carruthers-Grey
5.0 out of 5 stars Take your time with this AMAZING book
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2021
Normally, I have a library "problem" (3-5 books out at any given time), so I waited for this book, very patiently, to hit the borrowing shelves so I could support my local library. I realized pretty early on that I wanted this book in my hands, permanently, because there was a lot of information to work on. I ordered the book from a local bookstore not long after, and I stopped reading it around the end of December 2020, when I hit part four. The reason I did that was calculated: I took the reflection questions VERY seriously, and I wrote a personal essay based on one aspect of the reflection questions for every chapter. When I hit part four of the book, I knew I'd need that break to reflect and do inner work based on what I'd already been delving into. Sometimes, I've had to take breaks from the writing as well, as other aspects of healing have come up (including IOP, and writing based around that). I don't want to just READ this book, I want to EXPERIENCE it.

It took me around twenty years to come to terms with the fact that I've had a Shitshow, and another ten on top of that to finally be ready to embrace that an Afterglow is possible. I'm taking my time with this book, because healing takes time, too. And trust: that is SO worth your energy.
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EK
5.0 out of 5 stars A self-dev book that makes the hard stuff less hard!
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2020
I am not a self-dev book type of lady. It's just never been my thing. So the fact that I not only enjoyed but actively recommend "From Sh!tshow to Afterglow" speaks to just how powerful this book is.

Ariel gives it to you straight but she never makes you feel bad. If anything, she's right there with you: crying and laughing and putting it all on the line because she believes that you can do it. She believes it because she's done it, too.

Using an excellent blend of personal anecdotes and well-researched facts, Ariel offers a self-dev book that isn't just about slapping on a Band-Aid and moving on. This book is about really looking at what's going on and not shying away from what we see. It sounds scary but somehow, Ariel makes it fun.

One last piece of evidence that this book is worth reading: I got an advance copy and for some reason, the font rendered as minuscule on my Kindle. (You will not have this problem. It had something to do with my formatting.) I could barely read this font, it was so tiny and still, even when my eyeballs screamed for rest and I had my Kindle up to its highest brightness setting just to make out the words, I couldn't put the book down.

It's just that good. I'm glad you found it. Now, enjoy.
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Homeostasis
5.0 out of 5 stars Read, listen, and enjoy. Think of the ways you can create your own rituals!
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2020
I just finished this book and I want to say it is a damn honor to walk along side Ariel on her journey in self healing. Ariel is so smart and thoughtful that it feels like an immense exercise in self care to read this book.

This very thoughtful and vulnerable (in the strong sense of the word) book walks you through the grief of losing a relationship and the world that seems to crumbing in its wake. Ariel walks you through her process of her finding the pure strength and beauty all in those dark moments and finding new beginnings and rituals around a new normal.

Thank you for writing this book, Ariel. You really have inspired me to start making small shifts in my daily life in a more positive way. To everyone else reading this: GO BUY HER BOOK. She is a hardworking and kickass woman that you should also incorporate into you life in this small way.
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Belle
5.0 out of 5 stars Are you suffering?
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2021
Is your relationship falling apart and you are falling apart? Are you suffering a great loss? Do you want help from a kind hearted funny smart friend? Do you want to read a book that’s a fun read and will help you? Elkhart Tolle is a must read but sometimes during a crisis you cant concentrate that hard. This is a nice compromise between numbing out on Nextflix and doing the work. Let Ariel be your guide when you feel like no one understands the devastation you are going though. Just get a copy now and keep it for when you need it.
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Harold Weber
5.0 out of 5 stars Living the Recovery Process
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2020
Ariel Meadow Stallings has created a uniquely wonderful treatise on recovery from traumatic loss mostly from her own experiences, but also with a thoroughly researched, extraordinary wisdom that cannot be found in any other self-help essays on the subject. Each chapter is organized to provide the reader an immediate source of inspiration to aid in the difficult recovery process. Most of all, it is Ms. Stallings incredible presentation on each page that will have you laughing at her extraordinary wit while tearing up along with her over her own heart-wrenching traumas. Having read the book through, I find myself going back again and again for a refresher hit, and just for the fun of rereading her priceless experiences.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A comforting toolbox for any disaster
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2020
I found this book really approachable and useful--the memoir sections are funny, sad, and relatable, and the exercises and self-help sections are practical, unfussy, and quick to implement. Will definitely recommend to anyone going through a personal crisis, and will refer to it the next time my own life inevitably falls apart.
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KT
5.0 out of 5 stars LOVED this book!
Reviewed in Canada on July 23, 2021
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I'm a big Ariel Stallings fan and this book was every bit as fun and quirky as expected. You'll be reading about trauma and neuroscience one second and the next second you laugh so hard you squirt milk out of your nose. A great read for anyone, but especially folks who needs a crash course in self care.
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