Congratulations to the randomly selected contest winner, Elaine R. She’ll receive a copy of Stop Self-Sabotage by Pat Pearson.
Elaine said,

“My daughter is a young adult and just starting out on her own. I think this would be a really helpful book for her to read.”
If you missed my review, please read it to learn more about this book — and possibly yourself!
Thank you to everyone who entered.
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The Book:
STOP SELF-SABOTAGE! Get Out of Your Own Way to Earn More Money, Improve Your Relationships, and Find the Success You Deserve by Pat Pearson, M.S.S.W. (McGraw-Hill, Dec. 08, 224 pages, $16.95)
The Author:
Pat Pearson is a psychotherapist and motivational speaker who has traveled internationally to share her methods for helping people achieve greater success in their businesses and personal lives.
What’s Inside:
Everyone practices self-sabotage. If you don’t believe that, read this book to see if you really don’t practice one of the methods of sabotage Pearson discusses:
• Resignation Sabotage (Giving up before you begin)
• Denial Sabotage (Unable to acknowledge …read more

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The former writer of Lively Women, Kristen, had a revelation that she does actually have a few more things in common with Bridget Jones than she first thought here.

Sass Pants is Kristen’s new blog that’s sure to give you something to chat about. Plus, I love the logo and colors she chose. Go by and add your thoughts to the discussion of Bridget Jones as an everywoman.
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