A Little Starstruck... and the power of not thinking

[cyn2write]

There's still time for you to win the ARC of Starstruck and get your very own Starstruck bookmark!  Just send an email to cyn at cynbalog dot come with your address by January 31. I've already gotten a lot of requests so keep them coming!!

While I was in the process of reminding you about my Starstruck giveaway, I thought I'd share a little bit

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[ext_302998]

Okay wow, now I really really want to win this ARC. I have battled self esteem issues all my life, and it was often about my body. And that includes in high school when I was pretty tiny actually. But as I got older, it also went into how I acted--I was constantly in my head wondering/worrying about other people judging me, and I went through about a year or two that it just escalated and I started over thinking everything, wondering if I should laugh here during a conversation or if I said something stupid, or worrying if I fit in. It was physically exhausting living that way. Luckily I went to a series of conferences that were a spin off from something Dr. phil started. Anyway it was in depth and helped me try different skill sets to think differently, to stop thinking, to change my patterns and to let myself off the hook. THe funny thing is that since then, I've put on weight and should feel worse about myself and while I definitely would like to lose this extra weight, I am finally learning to feel comfortable in my own skin and in this head of mine.

I would adore reading this book and seeing how Dough goes through this process and hopefully ends up on the other end learning to just be, and live in the moment instead of her head. What a wonderfully brave and important topic. Thank you for writing it and for sharing your story today :-)

[cyn2write]

That was totally me, too! Those conferences sound great.... I'm so happy they helped you to see yourself in a better way. And yeah, back then I was so into looking perfect, and now I look far from that, but it matters less. I'm glad you can relate! Hope you like Starstruck.