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(More customer reviews)I just read Wynona Judds Memior Coming Home to myself. The scary thing is..I read the whole book in less than 24 hours. For a book to captivate me like that is in itself, something...
I found it to be powerful. This book hit on so many supjects...healthy relationships, anxiety and depression, parenting, entertainment, health and wellness, childrens health and development but mostly,personal growth.....
She talks about so many of these things-and powerfully so-its a story of her journey to self acceptance-written in a way I could have never expected from a "star"-even if it was one I was already a fan of. It reads like a conversation with an older, wiser woman you respect. I found myself open to learning from her and yet in awe of how much we had in common. We-Wynona and I (ha!) made so many of the same mistakes..and for the same reasons..her longings for acceptance from her mother and her father, and others, her need to please, lack of boundaries, shopping for emotional reasons, emotional eating, the many "distractions" we allow ourselves so we don't have to deal with real problems and more. She was abandoned, betrayed, hurt, taken advantage of, etc..just like me...(and you?)...wow...it was just a great book...I feel like it validated me ...and yet offered challenges for me..how to be a better communicator, better parent, but most of all, it reminds me I need to be good to myself first. To "put myself on the list" as she puts it.
I really liked that it doesn't have a perfect ending (which you would know if you have seen her on any number of talk shows recently) she isn't wearing a size 8 jeans-and isn't trying too. She has lost some weight and is trying to develop healthy eating patterns but she is mostly figuring out who she is and learning to embrace herself....and isn't that something we all need to do?
She says in one line that she was going to allow herself to be the person she was and celebrate all that she is and not concentrate on all that she wasn't (not an exact quote). Can you imagine if all women did this? For ourselves? For our daughters? If we truly taught them to just be who they are, and truly celebrated them for who they are?
Control issues are huge in this book. She has really given up control with her kids to stop the pattern and her thoughts on this and her ways of parenting are incredible-I am really inspired to rethink the way I do a few things with my own children.
I think this book would resonate with any woman, mother (single Mothers (she was one-just like me!!!) parent, daughter, business person, artist, wife, sister and anyone interested in having healthy relationships.
I thought it powerful, inspiring and validating..check it out! Thanks Wy! Sincerely, Sonya
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The no-holds-barred memoir from the beloved music superstar. From the heart of one of the most beloved performers in music comes a candid memoir of professional triumph, private heartbreak, and personal victory-a coming-of-age account of a very private search for harmony and a very public rise to fame. Coming Home to Myself is the result of that emotional journey-a song of personal discovery that taught Wynonna Judd to love not just what she does, but who she is. From a truly exceptional woman comes an unexpected memoir of survival, strength, hope, and forgiveness, filled with an exultant and empowering message certain to resonate with those who have dreamed of finding themselves, and who only needed the courage and inspiration to begin their own journey.
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