Emily Ley

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.

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A Simplified Life
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A Simplified Life
  • By: Emily Ley
  • Narrator: Emily Ley
  • Length: 3 hours 4 minutes
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson
  • Publish date: November 21, 2017
  • Language: English
  • (4233 ratings)
(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?... Read more
A Standard of Grace
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A Standard of Grace
  • By: Emily Ley
  • Narrator: Emily Ley
  • Length: 1 hours 16 minutes
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson
  • Publish date: June 14, 2022
  • Language: English
  • (78 ratings)
(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... Read more
Grace, Not Perfection
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Grace, Not Perfection
  • By: Emily Ley
  • Length: 4 hours 36 minutes
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson
  • Publish date: October 11, 2016
  • Language: English
  • (4940 ratings)
(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... Read more
Grace, Not Perfection for Young Readers
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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
  • (43 ratings)
(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... Read more
Grace, Not Perfection: Audio Bible Studies
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Grace, 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.... Read more
Growing Boldly
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Growing Boldly
  • By: Emily Ley
  • Narrator: Emily Ley
  • Length: 3 hours 58 minutes
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson
  • Publish date: March 23, 2021
  • Language: English
  • (924 ratings)
(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... Read more
Sure as the Sunrise
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Sure as the Sunrise
  • By: Emily Ley
  • Narrator: Emily Ley
  • Length: 3 hours 32 minutes
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson
  • Publish date: November 01, 2022
  • Language: English
  • (21 ratings)
(21 ratings)
Read by the author. 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... Read more
When Less Becomes More
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When Less Becomes More
  • By: Emily Ley
  • Narrator: Emily Ley
  • Length: 3 hours 27 minutes
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson
  • Publish date: November 12, 2019
  • Language: English
  • (4256 ratings)
(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... Read more

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Supremacy of God in Preaching According to Warren Wiersbe, The Supremacy of God in Preaching “‘calls us back to a biblical standard for preaching, a standard exemplified by many of the pulpit giants of the past, especially Jonathan Edwards and Charles Spurgeon.” This newly revised edition is an essential guide for preachers who want to stir the embers of revival. Piper focuses his study on the example of Jonathan ... Read Book
A Spinster at the Highland Court After four broken betrothals, Elizabeth Fraser believes her father’s political ambitions will keep her from ever finding a husband. Content to be considered on the shelf, Elizabeth would rather be left in peace as one of the queen’s ladies in waiting than engage in flirtations that lead nowhere. She never expected one chance encounter months ago would alter the future she had accepted. Will ... Read Book
Ann Veronica Passionate, headstrong, and fiercely independent, twenty-one-year-old Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to live her life to the fullest. When her autocratic father attempts to curb her academic ambitions and social experiences, she escapes her stodgy, conventional world and sets out alone to make a fresh start in London. There, enrolled as a student of biology, she discovers a flourishing ... Read Book
The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons Ever since The Burglar on the Prowl climbed the bestseller lists in 2004, fans have been clamoring for a new book featuring the lighthearted and lightfingered Bernie Rhodenbarr. Now everybody’s favorite burglar returns in an eleventh adventure that finds him and his lesbian sidekick Carolyn Kaiser breaking into houses, apartments, and even a museum, in a madcap adventure replete with American ... Read Book
To Keep You Safe When ex-soldier-turned-teacher Jenni Wales sees fifteen-year-old Destiny’s black eye, she’s concerned. Destiny isn’t your average student: she’s smart, genius IQ smart, and she’s in care. But concern turns to fear when Jenni witnesses an attempt to abduct Destiny from school. With social services and the police not taking the threat seriously, Jenni does the only thing she can think of ... Read Book
Of Bears and Ballots The writer whom the Los Angeles Times calls “part Annie Dillard, part Anne Lamott,” now brings her quirky and compassionate take on holding local office. Following the 2016 election, writer Heather Lende was one of the thousands of women inspired to take a more active role in politics. Though her entire campaign for assembly member in Haines, Alaska, cost less than $1,000, she won!But tiny, ... Read Book
Baby’s Got Bite Some consequences bite . . . big time.Bennett Langdon has a firm no-relationships policy. Still, it doesn’t stop her from hooking up with a super-sexy bad boy at her best friend’s wedding. After all, it’s only one night-what harm could it do? Ten weeks later, a pregnant Bennett has her answer . . .Linc Monahan can’t believe it. This wasn’t supposed to happen. He’s a werewolf, and ... Read Book
Anti-Diet Reclaim your time, money, health, and happiness from our toxic diet culture with groundbreaking strategies from a registered dietitian, journalist, and host of the Food Psych podcast. 68 percent of Americans have dieted at some point in their lives. But upwards of 90% of people who intentionally lose weight gain it back within five years. And as many as 66% of people who embark on weight-loss ... Read Book
More News from Lake Wobegon A thematic collection of Lake Wobegon monologues, Love includes “Truckstop,” “Uncle Al’s Gift,” “Rotten Apples,” and “The Wise Men.” Read Book
Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy Meet the World’s Funniest Kindergartner—Junie B. Jones! What’s the bestest job ever? A beauty shop guy, that’s what! With over 50 million books in print, Barbara Park’s New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing—and reading—for over 20 years! In the 11th Junie B. Jones book, Junie B. wants to be a ... Read Book
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