{"id":12679,"date":"2020-01-15T18:17:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T23:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=12679"},"modified":"2020-01-15T18:17:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T23:17:11","slug":"book-review-girl-stop-apologizing-a-shame-free-plan-for-embracing-and-achieving-your-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=12679","title":{"rendered":"Book Review | Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.test\/content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Girl-Stop-Apologizing-Book-root-9781400209606_9781400209606_01.jpg_Source_Image-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Girl-Stop-Apologizing-Book-root-9781400209606_9781400209606_01.jpg_Source_Image-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Girl-Stop-Apologizing-Book-root-9781400209606_9781400209606_01.jpg_Source_Image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Girl-Stop-Apologizing-Book-root-9781400209606_9781400209606_01.jpg_Source_Image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Girl-Stop-Apologizing-Book-root-9781400209606_9781400209606_01.jpg_Source_Image-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Girl-Stop-Apologizing-Book-root-9781400209606_9781400209606_01.jpg_Source_Image-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Girl-Stop-Apologizing-Book-root-9781400209606_9781400209606_01.jpg_Source_Image-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Girl-Stop-Apologizing-Book-root-9781400209606_9781400209606_01.jpg_Source_Image.jpg 1470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Girl-Stop-Apologizing-Shame-Free-Embracing-ebook\/dp\/B07DT7VJ8T\/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=rachel+hollis&amp;qid=1579130175&amp;sr=8-5\">Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals<\/a><\/em> by Rachel Hollis was a great read for my morning exercise bike riding.  Hollis is great at pumping people up and keeping them focused on the task at hand.  She is an encourager and it comes from a place of gratitude of how she has grown and what she has experienced.  She also made me laugh out loud at the number of ridiculous things that I apologize for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a great quick read.  I highlighted a few things and posted those notes below&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bren\u00e9 Brown says, \u201cShame is a focus on self, guilt is a focus on behavior.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;. Guilt: I\u2019m sorry. I made a mistake. Shame: I\u2019m sorry. I am a mistake.\u201dLocation: 646<\/li><li>A goal is a dream with its work boots on.&nbsp;Location: 714<\/li><li>\u201cIf you want something you\u2019ve never had, you have to do something you\u2019ve never done.\u201d&nbsp;Location: 778<\/li><li>If I want to achieve any new thing in my life, the question is never, Can I do it? The question is always, What am I willing to give up in order to get it?&nbsp;Location: 796<\/li><li>When everything is important, nothing is important.&nbsp;Location: 1,814<\/li><li>Your home is a reflection of what\u2019s going on inside your head and your heart. If life feels out of control, start taking control with your immediate environment.&nbsp;Location: 2,260<\/li><li>It\u2019s time to stop apologizing for who you are. It\u2019s time to become who you were made to be.&nbsp;Location: 3,342<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals by Rachel Hollis was a great read for my morning exercise bike riding. Hollis is great at pumping people up and keeping them focused on the task at hand. She is an encourager and it comes from a place of gratitude of how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,35,16,28,17,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-creative","category-family","category-integrity","category-leadership","category-marriage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}