It's More Fun to Believe

Finding God When Faith Gets Complicated

By: Julie Taylor

Narrated by: Julie Taylor

One woman’s spiritual odyssey from belief to unbelief to understanding how belief invites us to learn how to sit in uncertainty and face our doubts.

In this candid, refreshingly honest exploration of faith and grief, Julie Taylor takes us on her transformative journey of walking away from belief—and choosing to come back on her own terms.

With a blend of science and storytelling, Taylor reveals how our beliefs act as the ultimate gatekeepers of our brains, determining how we process every single stimulus. Through both heartbreak and hope, she shows how these gatekeepers shape not just our thoughts, but our experience of reality itself.

From cynical skeptic to reluctant believer, Taylor’s spiritual ping-pong match will resonate with anyone who’s ever thought:

• “I don’t fit in this faith box anymore.”
• “How do I find hope when everything feels hopeless?”
• “Can I believe without dismissing all my doubts?”
• “Is it possible to find peace even when nothing is okay?”

With humor, science, and surprising vulnerability, Taylor navigates both faith transitions and grief with uncommon wisdom, showing us that our beliefs can be our greatest source of strength when facing life’s most painful challenges.

Whether you’re firmly planted in faith, happily doing your own thing, or somewhere in the messy middle, this book offers refreshing permission to examine where you are and where you want to be. Like Julie, maybe you’ll discover that making room for questions is actually your secret superpower!

©2026 Julie Taylor (P)2026 Shadow Mountain Publishing

Crying on my walk rn

What a treat to hear so many thoughts/beliefs/feelings I’ve had articulated so clearly! I love Julie’s perspectives on faith, Jesus, trials, grief, and how human nature can sometimes get in the way of the good stuff. I related to many of her stories and thoughts and found new perspectives along the way. Thanks for writing & publishing your words!

Love her perspective

I started following Julie a while ago after I went to an invent she spoke at. I’ve been very impressed by her perspective on faith and her experience she shares. Her POV has been very healing to something I can’t my finger on yet. I loved it and would recommend.

Raw and relatable. Essential reading!

After following Julie online for several years, I feel like I can say that this book is so authentically Julie. She has an incredible way of putting to words how I’ve felt about faith and belief for a long time now. Belief is a choice and a process and it makes your life better NOW. I love the hope she conveys, even through incredible hardship. Thank you for sharing your story. Simon Forever.

A warm perspective on faith

I did not expect to identify so strongly with Julie’s experiences but man did this book shake me (in the best day). Someone else voicing what it feels like to quantify your worth by all the things you are accomplishing felt so validating

Her ability to hold nuance with religion and talk about having faith without pushing a certain view or rhetoric was so so comforting and warm

Will be listening to this again and again

An incredible book.

Julie is a phenomenal writer. It was a pleasure to finally hear her story, she’s real and inspiring and someone to truly admire.