{"product_id":"where-have-i-been-all-my-life-how-i-finally-grew-up-after-a-life-of-putting-up-giving-up-shutting-up-2nd-edition-paperback","title":"Where Have I Been All My Life?: How I Finally Grew Up After a Life of Putting Up, Giving Up \u0026 Shutting Up (2nd Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Benson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I became an expert at deception without even knowing it.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLisa grew up as 'Little Miss Perfect, ' a star student - smart and capable. She had big plans for her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy then, by her mid-thirties had she settled for mediocrity? What had robbed her of her dreams? Why was she in a safe and unfulfilling job? Why was she in a toxic relationship with a controlling man she knew she didn't want to end up with?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a shocking wake-up call she finally took action and in the process discovered that she had been existing instead of living for too long. Plunging on an inward journey, she explores her childhood conditioning, intergenerational trauma and limiting beliefs which reveal how much time she squandered putting up, giving up and shutting up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere Have I Been All My Life? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eexplores the ways in which 'good girls' make valuable mistakes on the path to true adulthood, but when we release fear and pain, we become empowered to claim freedom and authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this story of one woman reaching for a life beyond the silencing gates of shame, Lisa becomes unstuck and squeezes more joy and excitement into the last ten years than in her preceding thirty-seven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd who knows what surprises the universe has for her when she stops trying to be the person everyone expects her to be and starts being the person she was born to be?\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49137881579672,"sku":"9781763860414","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/wBZNlBC5dU9781763860414.webp?v=1779349959","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/where-have-i-been-all-my-life-how-i-finally-grew-up-after-a-life-of-putting-up-giving-up-shutting-up-2nd-edition-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}