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Set Free

A Life-Changing Journey from Banking to Buddhism in Bhutan

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Set Free

By: Emma Slade
Narrated by: Emma Slade
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About this listen

Emma Slade was a high-flying debt analyst for a large investment bank when she was taken hostage in a hotel room on a business trip to Jakarta. She thought she was lucky to come out of it unscathed, but over the ensuing weeks and months, as the financial markets crashed, Emma became her own distressed asset as the trauma following the event took hold.

Realising her view on life had profoundly changed, she embarked upon a journey, discovering the healing power of yoga and, in Bhutan, opening her eyes to a kinder, more peaceful way of living.

From fast-paced city life to the stillness of Bhutan's Himalayan mountains, Set Free is the inspiring true story of Emma's astonishing life lived to extremes and all that that entails: work, travel, spirituality, Buddhism, relationships, and the underlying question of what makes a meaningful life.

©2017 Emma Slade (P)2017 Audible, Ltd Travel Writing & Commentary Physical Exercise Yoga Banking

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This book is an inspiration. The story is engaging and fascinating. It was a true honour to hear Emma Slades story.

Wonderful!

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Such an intensely personal and open account of the life of one person trying to make sense of it all through Buddhism. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and helping me to understand that reality is what you make it, and things that from one place might seem improbable or impossible are in fact, not only possible but beneficial and desirable when viewed through the lens of kindness.

Inspirational

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I just picked up this book from the Yeti podcast
I liked her attention to detail
So much I took the title and bought it following the flow
I’ve just finished this amazing lesson in life with the last quarter making me cry and laugh
Yes everyone buy this book it’s for a great cause snd it’s all given to charity xxx

I am going to meet Emma

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A beautiful book. So well narrated by emma. I’d recommend this to all. Thank you

Beautiful

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I do not believe I have ever listened to a more inspiring reader. I cannot wait to find out about Emma and her wonderful work ❣️

Beyond inspiring.

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