I Forgot to Tell You My Story about Meeting Dr. Laura!

Many of you probably first heard about me and my book by listening to the Dr. Laura Radio Show. Every week she highlights a book that she thinks is GREAT as her Book of the Week. Mine was highlighted on January 4th (Oh, Blessed Day). If you missed it, you can listen here: http://stopovereatingtips.com/drlaurawav.wav

Anyway, I completely forgot to share my story about how I met her. I was listening to her show as I frequently do and she was talking about coming to the grand opening of Nordstrom's at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. I live a few miles away and thought, yess!! She was there to promote her Glop and Glam hair styling product line that she owns as a partner with her hair stylist.

I figured there would be a long line and it would be hard to see her. But I gave it a shot anyway. I only had a 30 minute window because I was on my way to a funeral, but I swung by. Luckily, it had just opened and there was only a small cluster of people around her and it took less than five minutes until I could introduce myself.

I wanted to thank her for using my book on her show. So many people would not have found out about it if it weren't for her and her producers. It caused a HUGE increase in sales and was my basically my big break. So I thanked her and told her about the lady who bought my book and lost 50 pounds by implementing its strategies. She replied, "You and I make a great team!" She was very nice and very approachable and I got this picture of us together.

Just wanted to share my fun story. Go Dr. Laura!

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Have a fabulous day!

Your Feelings Aren't That Important

I was listening to Dr. Laura on the radio telling one of her callers to stop paying so much attention to how she was feeling because feelings are irrational. She told the caller to use her brain and think instead of dwelling on her emotions that were keeping her stuck.

Voila! That's exactly the point I make over and over in my book. Your feelings will betray you.

Let's look at a specific example. Think of the last time you overate due to emotions. What was the emotion behind it? Was your thinking rational? Did it lead you to take action that resulted in satisfaction or regret?

It's not easy to break this cycle of putting too much stock in your emotions. The other day I was practicing shifting my attention from my emotions to my logic. It was tough! I was feeling sorry for myself because of a situation outside of my control and it was putting me in a bad mood. I told myself, "This feeling doesn't matter. It's just a temporary fleeting thing. I can focus on changing my thinking and I will feel better."

It took some struggling before I was able to successfully shift my focus from my "poor me!" emotions to rational logic that the negative situation was temporary and I could feel okay in spite of it. But it was worth it because I was able to put control back into my hands and feel empowered.

So it takes work, as all good things do. So to be perfectly honest, it's not a too-good-to-be-true fix. Nothing really is (so don't believe it if it claims to be). Nothing in my book Stop Overeating Today! pretends to be. That is something people appreciate. One reader today told me, "Stop Overeating Today! gives you hope, but it's not too-good-to-be-true. It's realistic and encouraging." The same is true for this exercise. When you practice thinking yourself out of a bad mood instead of dwelling in your feelings, you will get better and better at it. The good news? You won't be stuck in negative emotions without an alternative.

So next time you are feeling too much and it's getting you down or urging you to overeat, put on your thinking cap instead.

My Blingvelope to Dr. Laura

Ever since I've been working on my book Stop Overeating Today! 33 Tips That Will Change Your Life, it's been my dream to have it featured as a Book of the Week on the Dr. Laura show. It would be a great honor and, more importantly, it would be able to reach a lot of people who struggle with overeating and are anxious to find resources that can help them regain control in their lives.

Recently my mom was listening to the Dr. Laura show and heard Dr. Laura say that they get sooo many books sent to them that sometimes they can't even open them all. So she recommended to everyone out there who wanted to send her their book, to make it gimmicky. Gimmicky, I thought. I can do that!

So, I know from my 17 years of listening to her show that Dr. Laura's favorite color is pink. I googled to find a hot pink bubble envelope I could send my book in. Nothing available, unless I wanted to buy 250 of them. Since I don't know what I'd do with 249 other hot pick bubble mailers, I decided to make my own.

I borrowed crafty supplies from a crafty friend of mine and got to work using pink sparkles, glue, and pink, purple, and silver sequins. I used the sequins to make the Dr. Laura logo, which is her signature and the glitter covers an entire side of the envelope. You like?

I figured, I'm only going to get one shot at this. I want my envelope to be noticed and opened.

To make it even more memorable, I inserted a cover letter that I wrote, commenting on how my book mentions two themes she discusses on her show: revenge and grit. I even got permission from the Dr. Laura legal team to use her quote on grit. So, I pointed that out in my cover letter and told her she could find the quote in my book next to the green flag. And I used one of those sticker flags to direct her there..

So, that's my plan. What do you think? I'll be sending it off in the mail tomorrow. Is it gimmicky enough and eye-catching enough?