Emily Ley
Emily Ley is the founder of Simplified®, a brand of planners and organizational tools for busy women, and the creator of The Simplified Podcast. Emily has been featured in Forbes, Glamour, and Good Housekeeping. She has been recognized with numerous awards, including Best New Product at the National Stationery Show, as well as Small Business of the Year, Female Owned Business of the Year, and Entrepreneur of the Year by Studer Community Institute. Emily and her team collaborated with AT-A-GLANCE® to create gift and planning collections carried in Office Depot, Staples, Walmart, and Target. Emily is the author of national bestselling books Grace, Not Perfection: Embracing Simplicity, Celebrating Joy; A Simplified Life: Tactical Tools for Intentional Living; When Less Becomes More: Making Space for Slow, Simple, and Good; and Growing Boldly: Dare to Build a Life You Love. An author, entrepreneur, wife, and mother to three, Emily lives in Pensacola, Florida, with her husband, Bryan, and their son Brady and twins, Tyler and Caroline.
All Books By Emily Ley
A Simplified Life
- By: Emily Ley
- Narrator: Emily Ley
- Length: 3 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: November 21, 2017
- Language: English
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3.92(4233 ratings)
Do you want to simplify the demands on your time, energy, and resources? Do you have complicated responsibilities, overwhelming to-do lists, and endless clutter leaving you feeling overwhelmed? What if you could clear the clutter once and for all? Bestselling author and entrepreneur Emily Ley can help you make space for what matters most.
In A Simplified Life, you’ll find:
- Emily’s realistic strategies, achievable systems, and methods for permanently clearing the clutter, organizing your priorities, and living intentionally
- 10 key focus areas–from your home and meal planning, to style and finances, parenting, faith life, and more
- Tactical tools to help you with your family, increased work demands, and daily household routines
A Simplified Life is for:
- Mothers wanting to create a more intentional lifestyle by reducing clutter
- Anyone struggling with organizing schedules and keeping up with multiple to-do lists
- Mother’s Day, National Best Friend Day, birthdays, and holiday gifts
Organizational planning tools and recipes included in the audiobook companion PDF download.
... Read moreA Standard of Grace
- By: Emily Ley
- Narrator: Emily Ley
- Length: 1 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: June 14, 2022
- Language: English
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4.13(78 ratings)
Are you standing in the middle of opportunity and being overwhelmed when you really need calm? Not sure where to start to simplify and bring grace and peace to your home? Inspired by Grace, Not Perfection and A Simplified Life, bestselling author Emily Ley has created a joy-inspiring guided journal designed to help you nurture your dreams, discover your hopes, and pay attention to those things you hold dearest to your heart.
A Standard of Grace is a guided journal with:
- Quotes to inspire your goals and dreams
- Emily Ley’s powerful advice and wisdom to help simplify your life
- Practical and easy-to-follow journaling prompts with journaling lines to reflect
- Scripture verses that encourage you to reach for the life you want–all while holding to a standard of grace
Both gorgeous and useful, A Standard of Grace will make a lovely gift and keepsake as well as be a powerful tool for both embracing where you are while reaching for your goals and dreams.
... Read moreGrace, Not Perfection
- By: Emily Ley
- Length: 4 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: October 11, 2016
- Language: English
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4.01(4940 ratings)
I will hold myself to a standard of grace, not perfection.
As a busy wife, new mother, business owner, and designer, Emily Ley came to a point when she suddenly realized she couldn’t do it all. She needed to simplify her life, organize her days, and prioritize the priorities. She decided to hold herself to a standard of grace rather than perfection. This mantra led to the creation of her bestselling Simplified Planner®, a favorite among busy women everywhere—from mamas to executives and everywhere in between.
Grace, Not Perfection takes this message from a daily planner to an inspirational book that encourages women to simplify and prioritize. Designed with Emily Ley’s signature aesthetic, this book gives women tangible ways to simplify their lives to give space to what matters most. With a focus on faith, Emily reminds readers that God abundantly pours out grace on us—and that surely we can extend grace to ourselves. 
Have you been told you can have it all, only to end up exhausted and occasionally out of sorts with the people you love? Are you ready for a new way of seeing your time? Learn to live a little more simply. Hold yourself and those you love to a more life-giving standard in Grace Not Perfection,and allow that grace to seep into into your days, your family, and your heart.
Ideas include:
- List Making 101—tips to create effective to-do lists and get through them one step at a time
- Simplify your life by simplifying the three major areas: your space, your time, and your mind
- Strategies to center your day around an intentionally slower rhythm of life
Grace, Not Perfection for Young Readers
- By: Emily Ley
- Narrator: Emily Ley
- Length: 3 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: August 11, 2020
- Language: English
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4.33(43 ratings)
As she grows up in a generation that is busier and more distracted than ever, your tween girl will love the fun vibe and practical ideas in Grace, Not Perfection for Young Readers by bestselling author, creator of the Simplified Planner, and organizational expert Emily Ley.
Today’s fast-paced, technology-driven society affects all ages, but it’s taking its biggest toll on our kids. Does your middle grader feel compelled to participate in a ton of activities, be an excellent student, take a perfect photo for every occasion, and be friends with as many people as possible–only to end up exhausted and anxious? Help her adopt a new, life-giving perspective in Grace, Not Perfection for Young Readers.
With actionable tips and lists, this young readers’ edition of Emily Ley’s popular book reminds you and your daughter that God offers abundant grace every day. Emily’s ideas include how to . . .
- Create significant moments rather than orchestrating a picture-perfect life.
- Pare down activities to what matters most–without FOMO.
- Simplify life by simplifying three major areas: your space, your time, and your mind.
- Create effective to-do lists and get through them one step at a time.
Perfect for back-to-school, Christmas, birthdays, and coming-of-age celebrations, Grace, Not Perfection for Young Readers is completely reimagined for a younger audience but still includes Emily’s signature message. It’s a great audiobook to enjoy with your daughter as you find your own new freedom in the adult edition.
Timely and engaging, Grace, Not Perfection for Young Readers helps tween girls embrace the most important elements of life, trim off the superficial and superfluous, let go of unrealistic standards, and journey toward adulthood with the right outlook and tools to have a simpler, grace-filled, and happy life.
Interactive workbook content to help listeners make changes to their own lives is available in the audiobook companion PDF download.
... Read moreGrace, Not Perfection: Audio Bible Studies
- By: Emily Ley
- Narrator: Emily Ley
- Length: 58 minutes
- Publisher: HarperChristian Resources
- Publish date: April 28, 2020
- Language: English
Learn to let go of your daily toil towards perfection and fall into the lasting freedom of God’s grace.
As a wife, new mother, business owner, and designer, Emily Ley reached a point when she suddenly realized she couldn’t do it all. She needed to simplify her life, organize her days, and prioritize her priorities. She realized that she had been holding herself to a standard of perfection, when what God was really calling her to do was accept the welcoming embrace of his grace.
In this audio Bible study, Emily–author of A Simplified Life–describes the journey that led to her pursuing a life that allowed her to breathe, laugh, and grow. Along the way, she’ll take you through strategies to simplify your lives. Because God so abundantly pours out grace on us, we can surely extend grace to ourselves!
This message is for anyone who has been trying to do it all…only to feel like you’re burning out. Learn to find joy, acceptance, and clarity in the midst of life’s beautiful messes.
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The Audio Bible Study series provides a unique learning experience. Instead of sitting down to watch a video teaching for Bible study, listen to the same quality Bible study content on the go! Whether you listen on your commute, while walking outside, or over a lunch break, you can access high-quality audio Bible studies wherever you are. Get the most out of the teaching by diving into the accompanying study guide (sold separately) to walk through reflection questions and individual Bible study to go deeper.
... Read moreGrowing Boldly
- By: Emily Ley
- Narrator: Emily Ley
- Length: 3 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: March 23, 2021
- Language: English
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4.04(924 ratings)
Includes an audiobook-exclusive bonus chapter, “Building a Life You Love When It Feels Like Everything Is Falling Apart”!
From bestselling author and founder of the Simplified(r) brand of organizational tools for busy women comes Growing Boldly, a how-to book that inspires us to imagine big, plan well, and then gather the equipment and the courage to go out and do.
In Growing Boldly, Emily will help you:
- Believe in who you are and Whose you are . . . and move past the lies and fears holding you back
- Figure out what makes you tick and own it confidently
- Gather all your grit, learned lessons, and tools because it’s all valuable
- Imagine the life you dream of and decide how to make it happen
- Love your people well so that you create a lasting legacy
- Clear the clutter and cultivate clarity so you can do what matters most
- Do the hard work without forgetting to feed your soul
Growing Boldly is:
- A thoughtful gift for a friend or family member
- Perfect for Mother’s Day, birthdays, or holidays
- A let’s-get-rolling encouragement incentive for yourself
Emily Ley has shown us how to give ourselves grace in Grace, Not Perfection, how to simplify our lives in A Simplified Life, and how to replace busyness with true connection in When Less Becomes More. Now for the first time, Emily draws on her own story of creating a highly successful business–and loving the process–as she teaches us how to move forward in our own vocations and serve others at the same time. This is the start of something good. Get ready to build a life you love.
Journaling questions are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.
... Read moreSure as the Sunrise
- By: Emily Ley
- Narrator: Emily Ley
- Length: 3 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: November 01, 2022
- Language: English
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3.71(21 ratings)
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Do your days sometimes feel uncertain and chaotic? Do you wonder if what you’re doing each day matters in the grand scheme of life? Are you seeking calm and peace amid turmoil? In Sure as the Sunrise, bestselling author Emily Ley offers inspiration and reassurance that God’s mercy, delight, and provision are as sure as the sunrise–and ready to greet you each morning with hope and joy.
Reading Sure as the Sunrise is like having coffee with your best friend each morning. With vulnerability and relatability, Emily shares her own stories and struggles, while also giving you permission to stop and check in with yourself–how are you doing, really? Every five days of devotions are separated with additional inspiration or space for personal reflection. If you are the type of person who loves starting your day with a planner or Bible in hand, this is a wonderful tool to add God’s delight to your days. Or, if you need help creating a morning routine to put more calm and joy in your day, this book can help you do it. This devotional is perfect for those:
- Looking for a fresh start
- Struggling through hard times and needing reminders that God has not forgotten you
- Trying to transform your morning routine
- Searching for God in the sacred, ordinary moments of life
- Wanting to start your day with God
- Seeking reminders of God’s perfect consistency, faithfulness, and mercy when the world is uncertain and unpredictable
When everything else in the world feels unsure, ever-changing, Sure as the Sunrise reminds us that God is almighty, forever, and dependable. God shows us that sometimes a fresh start isn’t found in a magnificent transformation, but in focusing our hearts on the signs, the slivers, the surprises and delights right in front of us.
There is magic in the ordinary if we dare to see it and create it.
The Lord’s unfailing love and mercy still continue. Fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise. Lamentations 3:22-23 GNT
... Read moreWhen Less Becomes More
- By: Emily Ley
- Narrator: Emily Ley
- Length: 3 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: November 12, 2019
- Language: English
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4.02(4256 ratings)
Women today are more fatigued, burned out, and overwhelmed than ever. You may feel like your life is frantic–that you’re running on empty. In When Less Becomes More, you’ll learn how to live a life of more in a world that often overwhelms to the point of burnout.
Smartphones constantly ping and alert and demand your attention. And social media can eat up hours of your days with mindless scrolling and tapping while leaving you feeling empty and lonely. Add to that family commitments, work that is accessible around the clock, and overscheduling, and you have a life that can feel out of control.
In When Less Becomes More, Emily Ley, author of the bestselling Grace, Not Perfection and Growing Boldly, takes you on a journey out of that empty place and shows you how to fill your wells with the nourishment that only true connection can provide. She also presents some radical concepts that push against the tethers of modern life, with the promise that more of the good stuff comes when we say yes to less of what keeps us empty:
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Less Noise, More Calm
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Less Fake, More Real
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Less Rush, More Rhythm
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Less Liking, More Loving
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Less Distraction, More Connection
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Less Chasing, More Cherishing
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Less Stuff, More Treasures
Getting to more might require some outside-the-box changes, some unraveling of the patterns you have adopted, and some reworking of the day to day. Build a life based on your core values instead of slipping into a life dictated by society or what’s “normal.” Because you weren’t made for normal. You were made for more–for a life of fullness, dreaming, and lasting joy.
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