The UnderValued Self ~Book Giveaway~

Giveaway now Closed. Congrats to Kelsey,Janna,
Lisanne624,Couponmom and Deborah.
Everyone has self-esteem issues, one way or another. It's cliche, but you can be the most beautiful woman in a magazine and you'd still have insecurities. You can be the most brilliant scientist on the planet and have issues relating to self-esteem. There appears to be no limit to our capacity to undervalue ourselves, and while in most cases, a good pep talk can boost our morale, there are people whose issues run deeper than that.

This book takes a step towards understanding self-esteem and how we can take control of it.
Restore Your Love/Power Balance, Transform the Inner Voice That Holds You Back, and Find Your True Self-Worth

Elaine Aron follows up her bestsellers on the highly sensitive person with a groundbreaking new book on the undervalued self. She explains that self-esteem results from having a healthy balance of love and power in our lives. Readers will learn to incorporate love into situations that seem to require power and deal with power struggles that mask themselves as issues of love. From the bedroom to the boardroom, her strategies will enable us to escape feelings of shame, defeat, and depression; dissolve relationship hostility; and become our best selves.
About Author:
Elaine Aron, Ph.D., is recognized internationally as one of the leading scientists studying the psychology of love and close relationships. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Time Magazine, and National Geographic, and she has appeared on national morning shows on many networks. She is the author of The Highly Sensitive Person, The Highly Sensitive Person in Love, and The Highly Sensitive Child. She divides her time between New York and San Francisco

You can buy this book here
Or You can Win it!! Hatchette Book Group has generously offered Five copies of The UnderValued Self to Five of my lucky readers.

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This giveaway is open to US and Canada residents only and can not be shipped to PO Boxes. Please leave a seperate comment for each entry.(Please make sure if you are anonymous you leave your email address with your comments.)
This giveaway will end on April 20th at 11:59 pm Est. The winners will be notified and have 48 hours to respond to my email or another winner will be choosen.

Mamavation Monday

Yeah!!! The Finalists have been chosen and we can learn more about them tonight on the Mamavation TV show. Congrats Ladies... Let the Voting begin...

Yeah!!! Colleen has made the finals!!! As Colleen's sister and Biggest Cheerleader(I count as biggest because I'm Bigger than her 5 yo) I am so Happy for her. But.. She needs votes to win and there's only two spots. Please help me support her and Vote for @colleen_mouse. She is a great sister, friend and a wonderful Mom to two special needs children. Colleen has already lost about 50 pounds over the last year by eating healthy and exercising. She still needs to lose more weight, her goal is to lose 45lbs more. She is very serious and dedicated to eating healthy and getting fit. The reason behind this is her children. Especially her eight year old disabled daughter. My precious neice has Mitochondrial Disorder which has caused Kennedy to have serious medical needs and has left her disabled. Colleen needs to be fit and healthy to lift and care for Kennedy.
Please Vote for @colleen_mouse daily from today until April 12th on Mamavation.com . You can vote on every computer you have, please encourage your friends and family to vote too. This only takes a few seconds and will change the lives of many.

V-O-T-E... F-O-R ... C-O-L-L-E-E-N!!!!

My Challenges and Goals are to lose 5 to 10 pounds before Summer and to look more fit and toned. I'm doing the EA Sports Active More Workouts Six Week Challenge right now to get in shape. If I don't do this workout, my sister Colleen will be calling me and kicking my butt in gear. We are doing this together which helps make each of us more accountable. I need to do my workouts and eat healthy. My biggest challenge is to cut out the Soda. I drink Diet Soda but I know it's still not good for me. So, I will try to drink more water this week, eat healthy, avoid eating Easter candy and exercise.

Happy Easter

Wishing You All a Happy Easter!!!

The Flowering Cross Book Review

The Flowering Cross
Author: Beth Ryan

Book Description
A modern-day story of how Christ’s resurrection is still changing lives.

Six-year-old Katie’s next-door neighbor Papa Jack has the most beautiful flowers in town. He seems like a mean man to most, but Katie has a special place in his heart. Every Easter Sunday she stops by to get her flowers for the Flowering of the Cross at church. Only this year, Papa Jack decides to come along, and Katie helps him discover the real meaning of the Cross.

Designed to place God's truths in the heart of children, The Flowering Cross, has Faith ImprintTM suggestions thoughout that will help parents share God's Word with their young one.

Also included are instructions for making a Flowering Cross.

My Thoughts:
This is a great Easter story. This is a beautiful story for young children. I read the Flowering Cross by Beth Ryan to my fourth grade religion class. I think they really enjoyed the bright colorful pictures and the story. This story shares how a young girl shows kindness and love to a mean old neighbor. Through her kindness, friendship and love this man finds Christ. The Flowering Cross is a special way to Thank Christ on Easter. What I really liked is the Faith Imprints. These are located at the bottom of several pages and ask a question and have scripture verses. These are for discussion to reflect what the bible says and made reading this to my religion class helpful and easy to share the topic covered in this book. This story is one that I would love to share every year at Easter. There are directions in the back of this book to make a wooden table-sized flowering cross of your very own. This would make a great gift to give along with this book for Easter.

*Disclosure: I received this book for free from Book Sneeze for review purposes. This is my honest thoughts and opinion.*

Friday Follow- Good Friday

Happy Friday!! We are being blessed with beautiful weather here. It's going to be 80 today and tomorrow and 70 on Easter. This is quite a Treat!!! We are going to be outside enjoying the weather. Have a great weekend. Happy Easter.




Today's Good Friday... The kids asked me: Why is it called "Good Friday" if today was the day Jesus died ?..
(Hey- I'm glad they knew what Good Friday was)
If you are a Christian then you know the answer: We call this day "good" on which Christ died because by His death He showed His great love for man, and purchased for him every blessing.

Happy Birthday Poppie!!!

No Fooling.... Today's Poppie's Birthday..Happy Birthday Poppie. We Love and Miss You. Have a Great Day! Wish we were there to celebrate with you.



This is a great picture of Poppie and Connor.

Winner Announcement

Drum Roll Please....

The Winners of the Book: How To Never Look Fat Again are.... Jessica, Sandy and Hotsnotty.

Congrats...An email has been sent.

Thank You to All that entered. Please Stop back -I will be having more giveaways coming soon.