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Author<\/h2>\nLaurie Frankel<\/p>\n
Author, short-story writer and humorist, Laurie Frankel, knows pain is the root of all comedy and is thrilled her life is so damn funny. Her books include \u201cI Wore a Thong for This?!\u201d and \u201cThere\u2019s a Pattern Here & It Ain\u2019t Glen Plaid\u201d about which Kirkus Reviews has this to say: \u201c…laugh-out-loud funny…great practical suggestions…A quirky, earnest guide to regaining self-esteem for the modern woman.\u201d Frankel\u2019s literary work has appeared in Shenandoah, The Literary Review, and The Pedestal Magazine to name a few journals. This former east coast gal, now residing on Planet OC, can be found saving the human race one love question at a time. Join the fun and visit her at email her at LauriesLoveLogic.<\/p>\n
\u201c…laugh-out-loud funny…great practical suggestions…A quirky, earnest guide to regaining self-esteem for the modern woman.\u201d \u2014 Kirkus Reviews<\/p>\n
It’s not news many women lack healthy self esteem but most books’ approach to the topic are about as uplifting as a funeral dirge. \u201cThere\u2019s a Pattern Here & It AIn\u2019t Glen Plaid\u201d uses entertaining stories, analogies and useful tips to help readers identify a pattern of bad relationships and plan exit strategies before switching focus to boosting self-esteem and improving life.<\/p>\n
Many women grow up looking for their security and sense of well being outside themselves, typically in a love relationship with a man. Man comes, self esteem comes\u2014these women are walking on sunshine. Man goes, literally or figuratively, self esteem goes\u2014these women are walking where the sun don\u2019t shine. Because a strong sense of self is never internalized, this cycle of searching for and losing the man who can supposedly ground them, is endless. My book helps women break the cycle.<\/p>\n
Read this book if:<\/p>\n
-You or a \u201cfriend\u201d (wink) are in a crappy relationship,<\/p>\n
-You just got out of a crappy relationship,<\/p>\n
-For reasons unrelated to anyone\/thing in particular, you just feel crappy about yourself.<\/p>\n
I include the last line above because it refers to a relationship as well\u2014the one you have with yourself\u2014which, depending how it\u2019s going, can be directly responsible for items one and two. Rest assured, as long as there\u2019s something lousy going on, you\u2019ve come to the right place.<\/p>\n
Just so we\u2019re clear: What is a crappy relationship exactly?<\/p>\n
Quite plainly, are you happy? Not jump-around-like-a-lobotomized-idiot happy but generally content with the state of your union? Do you feel respected, supported and loved? Great, stop reading and proceed into the sunset. If, on the other hand, you feel neither respected, supported nor loved then you, my dear, are part of The Club. Read on.<\/p>\n
NOTE: If your mate beats you, your children or the dog, that\u2019s an abusive relationship\u2014get out now, seriously. Search the internet for a social service agency near you (key words: \u201cwomen\u2019s shelter\u201d and your city).<\/p>\n
And if you\u2019re still not crystal clear, for the purposes of this book an unacceptable relationship is one in which you are:<\/p>\n
-Denigrated and\/or<\/p>\n
-Treated disrespectfully and\/or
\n-Talked to disparagingly and\/or<\/p>\n
-Cheated on and\/or<\/p>\n
-Completely and utterly dependent like an iron-deficient woman in a Jane Austen novel, as in if you had a fainting couch you would go faint on it. Right. Now.<\/p>\n
This book is not about saving rocky relationships. Say, for whatever reasons, the two of you make each other\u2019s existence a living hell, but it\u2019s an equal partnership, a 50\/50 joint venture. That\u2019s nice, but save it for Masochists Anonymous, because I\u2019m not interested. In fact, I\u2019m not the least bit interested in the other person in your relationship. I am only interested in you and your relationship with yourself.<\/p>\n
Relationship with yourself. Wha? Huh? Sounds a bit new agey, doesn\u2019t it? You\u2019re bracing for the patchouli, right? Well, don\u2019t. Instead, think of it like this: Pretend you are on a boat at sea. All the people in your life are on separate boats out at sea with you. Everyone\u2019s having a great time riding the waves, enjoying the ocean air. Life is good except you\u2019ve allowed one of the other boats to keep your anchor, (the thing that allows you to be grounded, get it?)\u2014great idea as long as the weather cooperates and everyone is on the same course, but what happens when a squall comes up, out of nowhere, as squalls do? You need to drop anchor to ride out the storm but, oops, your anchor is on another boat and that boat is incommunicado. There you are, tossed at sea, headed God knows where, pissed off at the boat that has the anchor. But you gave that boat your anchor. What were you thinking?<\/p>\n
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