I came across your book by chance at the library in xxx,  My trailer is near there and I went to the library that day last September looking for videos to borrow.  Instead what I found in a display of books they were featuring was your book. The title jumped out at me.  I know with every ounce of my being I was meant to find your book. I have read motivational books before but was never able to finish them because they just did not speak to me.  I would think, well that’s fine and dandy for the author but that’ll never work for me. Until I read Take Control of Your Life. It was as if you wrote that book just for me. So many things became clear as I read those pages.  I wasn’t even halfway through the book when I went online to order my own copy. I have since read it twice and always have it close by. 

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Just a bit of background on me.  I was severely bullied as a child.  I had very few friends and was mostly very lonely.  As I got older and into high school, I was still very much picked on.  I did have a few friends, mostly from out of town. I also grew up in a very negative home environment.  My mother, God loves her, and I know she was only doing her best was very overpowering and bossy. I could not talk to her or explain how I was feeling.  My father drank a lot and has a very violent temper and is always angry and negative. He treated my mother horribly their entire marriage. As I got older I became more and more like him, full of hate and anger, and yes a very bad temper. 

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When I came across your book last September I was nearly 54 years old and in a pretty bad way in my head.  My mother passed away in November of 2012 quite suddenly from bone cancer. I believe she had known of her illness and just did not tell us.  I became very close to my mother as I got older. She was my rock, my sounding board, and my mentor. Her loss hit me pretty hard. And although I have two lovely daughters of my own and a wonderful grandson, I literally started planning my own death.  That was early on in 2013. I somehow managed to continue on with my life but wasn’t really living. 

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Fast forward to last September when I found your book, I had once more been seriously contemplating ending things.  I had grown to hate myself for being me because no one else likes me so why should I. Everything I ever dreamed about for my life never happened and at that time I’d felt that I hand just had enough.  I figured my daughters would be better off without me anyway since I have nothing to leave them when I go. 

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Finding your book that day has forever changed my life!  Your book literally saved my life!! You taught me how to turn those negative thoughts into positive ones!  You taught me that I am worthwhile and that I am not ugly. You made me realize that my life can still be good and I can still dream big and achieve it by turning my thoughts around to positive ones.  I can’t begin to tell you how directly that book spoke to me. I also can’t thank you enough for writing it in such a way that is easy for someone like me who was so negative to understand just HOW to turn things around.  I work hard at keeping my “attic” clear of negative thoughts and when I find them seeping in I take out my broom and sweep them out and make sure the positive thoughts start speaking loudly to me so I can hear all the wonderful things they have to say.  I never knew I could choose my mood. You taught me that. I now choose to be happy. I no longer care as much about what people think of me. I smile more and tend to give people the benefit of the doubt more often. I have worked hard on my anger issues and I feel I have it pretty much in control.  I will not let it control me any longer. I now look hard at what triggers my anger when it rears its ugly head and choose to attach better thoughts. It is working for me.

Theresa B. (Mother of 2 Teenagers)