−50%The Long Habit of Patience: Why the slowest virtue still wins
Margaret Ellery · narrated by Adeline Prescott
2026
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You will settle into Adeline Prescott's measured, unhurried voice as she guides you through the quiet rebellion of slowing down. This is not a lecture on passivity. Margaret Ellery shows you how your body learned to rush, and how to teach it otherwise. You will practice three breaths before answering, discover the waiting that feeds rather than drains you, and learn to do one thing as if it matters. Each chapter moves like a slow walk on a familiar path, with space to notice what you usually miss. The narration feels like conversation with someone who has already found the unmarked trail and walks it with you. Let this be the place where hurry finally loosens its grip.
16 chapters
- 1Where These Came From2m
- 2Chapter 1: The Hurry That Gets Us Nowhere16m
- 3Chapter 2: What Patience Really Is13m
- 4Chapter 3: How the Body Learns to Rush20m
- 5Chapter 4: The Three Breaths Before Answering17m
- 6Chapter 5: Doing One Thing as If It Matters17m
- 7Chapter 6: The Waiting That Feeds You15m
- 8Chapter 7: Walking the Same Path Twice17m
- 9Chapter 8: Saying Less and Meaning It16m
- 10Chapter 9: The Repair Rather Than the Replace20m
- 11Chapter 10: Evening Review Without Judgment12m
- 12Chapter 11: Building Your Own Quiet Order17m
- 13Chapter 12: When to Reach for Help14m
- 14Carrying Them On3m
- 15About the Author1m
- 16The Rest of the Work2m
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