Did you see? My new book Embrace Your Almost is officially out in the world, and I can't believe it's available to you.

Anywhere Books are sold, you can grab it from Amazon or Target or Barnes and Noble or Books and Millions.

There's some special editions out there too. Target has an exclusive edition, Barnes and Noble and Books and Millions both have signed editions.

And you can also get it at local independent bookstores. Anywhere Books are sold, you should be able to find it.

So if you are walking through a season of Unmet Expectations or Disappointment or Broken Dreams or Waiting or Uncertainty, this book will bless your life.

If you are not in one of those seasons, but you're just not entirely sure what's next for you, this book will bless your life.

And if you have a loved one or a friend or a sister who's walking through a season like that, who's dealing with Unmet Expectations or Broken Dreams or Uncertainty or Waiting, this book will be such a great gift for her or something to pass on to her.

So if that sounds like something you need or something a loved one in your life needs, grab a copy.

Grab a copy from Amazon, grab a copy from Barnes and Noble, from Target, from Anywhere Books or Sold.

I cannot wait to hear what you think and I cannot wait to not only get this message in your hands, but also for you to pass on this message and share it because I believe it's more than a message, it's a movement.

So as you listen, as you go about your day, I would love for you to put it in order, grab a copy and start reading as soon as it arrives at your door.

Okay, question for you. Have you ever had a dream come true, turn into a nightmare loop or in other words, something that you really wanted or desired or that even seemed to be working out really well, suddenly went really wrong, really fast.

And maybe it continued to go wrong just as it seemed like you were getting back up. Maybe this was a relationship that seemed like it was the right thing. It seemed like the happily ever after he seemed like Prince Charming before you knew it.

He cheated on you. And just when you resolve that, it happened again. And now you feel like you're caught in this nightmare loop of being broken, broken hearted or betrayed or both.

Or maybe it was a job that you thought was your dream job that you were so thrilled to finally get. And then once you got into it and started working, you found that it was a really toxic work environment and you keep having these run ins with leadership that just completely discourage you or break your heart or just make you feel like less than or awful and completely uncertain of where to go from here.

Or maybe as in my experience, you found out you were expecting and your dream of having a family was becoming a reality. And then all of a sudden you were thrown this curve ball of loss unexpected horrific tragic loss.

And then maybe you even about what you were expecting again and just when it seemed like everything was working out and going according to plan, you got hit again with another loss or maybe it's something else in your life. Maybe it's not horrific and tragic and awful and full of grief.

And it's just something that was supposed to be good that was supposed to be beautiful that was at one point a huge dream come true. And then before you knew it's something changed and it kind of started to become a nightmare and it started to feel like maybe a little bit of a nightmare you couldn't wake up from.

And in the end of the week, it was not anywhere near meeting your expectations of what you thought this would be if any of this resonates with you this episode is for you. I just really think this is an important conversation because I think so often we focus on the dream coming true and not necessarily the reality of what that can actually turn into and the follow up after the dream comes true.

And the dream job really the dream job is the dream boat guy who you thought was your heavily happily happily happily ever after really your prince charming is he really your soulmate. Are you really going to be able to build your family are you really going to be able to heal maybe you made some huge progress in your wellness or your healing journey and you thought for sure you've now you know by now you've cleared your skin or you've healed your chronic illness and then all of a sudden out of the blue comes back with a vengeance and it's even harder to heal this time.

It seemed like a dream come true it seemed like you finally were on the up and then before you knew it something set you back again and it made the journey even harder all of this is stuff that just feels so discouraging because it's like it's hard to even get excited when it seems like maybe this is the guy maybe this is when I'll finally have a family maybe I've really healed it this time maybe this is finally the right job for me because our past experience often informs our future expectations.

So if something that seemed like a dream come true suddenly went completely sideways or turned into a nightmare or nightmare loop that just went wrong over and over again it's hard to feel any kind of excitement or joy or hope when we step into another dream come true or seems like maybe we meet another guy who seems better this time but it's really hard to trust that or when we get bring it again and it's really hard to trust that this is really a good thing because it really broke our hearts before or when we get another job opportunity.

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