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Winning While Losing: The Upside of Heartbreak
"As of right now, we are no longer married." These were the words I heard from my husband when he came to pick me up at the Ottawa International Airport after a week away. He sat me in a corner and said, "I can't live with you anymore. I took away your house key. I closed our joint accounts. Here is $500 for you to use. You can stay at a friend's house or a hotel, but you are not coming home. You can see the kids tomorrow." While this might sound like a scene from a novel or a movie, this actually happened to Jennifer Green on Valentine's Day in 2015. In less than 5 minutes, she learned that her previous life was over. What followed was an almost two-year journey from betrayal, anger, and despair to peace, inner strength, and a new beginning. While often a painful process, Jennifer now celebrates the growth that allowed her to realize, "I was not falling apart; I was falling in to place." Filled with honesty and insight, Winning While Losing: The Upside of Heartbreak is a must-read book for anyone going through the searing pain of separation, divorce, or betrayal. In it, Jennifer shares her own experiences through blogs she wrote during her journey, her knowledge as a life coach, and tips and exercises to move past the pain into self-appreciation, mindfulness, and gratitude.
138 pages, Hardcover
Published May 29, 2017
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August 20, 2017
This is a beautiful book about conquering your heart for your self again :) How to see light when you are in dark tunnel and how to uplift yourself and to win your life again. Jennifer's journey inspires you on so many levels, as we all have been through our own breakdowns when life seems unjust and everything looks blurry and horrific, how do we overcome our daemons and become hero of our own story. It takes lot of courage to make yourself vulnerable infront of strangers and put your heart out in a book.She has written it with lot of heart and warmth. The book is simple and you feel like she is talking to you, opening her wounds, for you to see that light enters through the cracks. The best thing about the book is it never become preachy. No where in the book she force her learnings on you, instead she just let's you know what helped her and it might help you.I loved reading it.The last line of the book by the author sums up it all "If you lose someone but find yourself, you WIN " Beautiful and true.
August 13, 2017
What do you do when life slap you in the face?
You do what Jennifer Green did as detailed in her book, 'WINNING WHILE LOSING - The Upside of a Heartbreak'. You pull yourself up off the floor, you go into survival mode, you pick up the pieces and keep moving forward with your life.
If you think you are going to read about a poor suffering victim - you are not going to find it in this book. This story is purely about survival, and the things you have to do in your life to maintain your balance, and continue to live a happy, successful life.
This book is written from experience, that deals with very complex human issues. Jennifer has made it a very good read, by making the story move forward with ease. This book is loaded with solid advise for people who are met with big challenges in their lives. Jennifer shows us how she dealt with these issues to overcome the emotional pain and mental suffering, without making herself out to be a victim.
Jennifer Green should be applauded for accepting her part in the failed marriage, without complaining about the things that happened to her, and for not trashing the one person who showed her the worst kind of cruelty. She shows us that it takes a special kind of strength to survive this kind of emotional tragedy - because we don't always choose what happens to us, but, we do choose, what we do about it.
If you need to read a book about deceit and betrayal, and how to deal with it, this is the book for you.
Bravo, Jennifer.
Reviewed by Jack De Oliveira, Aug. 12 - 2017
You do what Jennifer Green did as detailed in her book, 'WINNING WHILE LOSING - The Upside of a Heartbreak'. You pull yourself up off the floor, you go into survival mode, you pick up the pieces and keep moving forward with your life.
If you think you are going to read about a poor suffering victim - you are not going to find it in this book. This story is purely about survival, and the things you have to do in your life to maintain your balance, and continue to live a happy, successful life.
This book is written from experience, that deals with very complex human issues. Jennifer has made it a very good read, by making the story move forward with ease. This book is loaded with solid advise for people who are met with big challenges in their lives. Jennifer shows us how she dealt with these issues to overcome the emotional pain and mental suffering, without making herself out to be a victim.
Jennifer Green should be applauded for accepting her part in the failed marriage, without complaining about the things that happened to her, and for not trashing the one person who showed her the worst kind of cruelty. She shows us that it takes a special kind of strength to survive this kind of emotional tragedy - because we don't always choose what happens to us, but, we do choose, what we do about it.
If you need to read a book about deceit and betrayal, and how to deal with it, this is the book for you.
Bravo, Jennifer.
Reviewed by Jack De Oliveira, Aug. 12 - 2017
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