How to want more without feeling guilty for new moms: honest answers for Paradise

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The bravest sentence a settled person in Paradise can say isn't 'I want more.' It's 'I still do.'

And this is Paradise: a West community where comfort is well-earned — and where a comfortable routine can quietly become the whole story And it's why this page refuses to talk to you like a stock photo.

🎧 A note for Paradise readers (voiced excerpt)

“There is a fine line between gratefulness and complacency. One brings peace. The other slowly convinces you to settle.” — There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency

The signs that land hardest in Paradise

You describe your life with gratitude and your days with a sigh — and both are true.
You've gotten very good at maintaining things, and you can't remember the last thing you built.
The idea of wanting more feels almost embarrassing, like admitting the life you have isn't enough.

One week of 'grateful and hungry'

Each morning: one sentence of thanks. Each evening: one sentence of evidence you moved toward more.
By day seven you'll feel the line between gratefulness and complacency in your body — that's what There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency trains you to see.

You don't need a crisis to deserve a change. That's a myth the uncomfortable invented about the settled.

Why it doesn't feel like self-help

The tone is the selling point: honest about hard things, allergic to hustle-culture clichés, and quietly funny in a way that keeps the pages turning. Lindsey Nasser writes like someone who has lived the exact tension this page describes.

The Paradise FAQ

Do I need to be unhappy to get something from it? No — it's written for people who like their lives and suspect there's more. Gratitude is the starting point, not the problem.

Is this aimed at women? It's written with a broad, warm voice that lands strongly with women 30-60 — book-club favorite territory — and plenty of husbands keep borrowing it.

Start with the free sample

Read the opening chapter on Amazon — no purchase needed. The Kindle edition is $0.99, and it's free with Kindle Unlimited.

There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency — book cover Kindle — $0.99 Paperback — $14.99

Read it on Kindle Unlimited for free · paperback ships Prime · Questions for clubs on the main site.