{"product_id":"wait-it-gets-worse-love-death-and-my-transformation-from-control-freak-to-human-being-paperback","title":"Wait, It Gets Worse: Love, Death, and My Transformation from Control Freak to Human Being - 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\u003eLydia Slaby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Tender, funny, and deeply uplifting, \u003c\/i\u003eWait, It Gets Worse\u003ci\u003e is about more than facing the unexpected; it's an everywoman's guide to living a life that matters.\" \u003cbr\u003e --Arianna Huffington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a voice that is wise, irreverent, and filled with sharp humor, \u003ci\u003eWait, It Gets Worse\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about following all the rules only to learn the hard way that control is a lie and an illusion, and that love will save your life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Lydia Slaby was thirty-three years old and had everything she believed would make her happy: three fancy private school degrees; a successful husband who was in the inner circles of Barack Obama's presidential campaign; a high-paying job as an attorney--even an enviable yoga practice. But under the surface Lydia's life was in free-fall. Her new marriage was one argument after another, she had a job she never wanted, and for some reason she had begun to rapidly lose weight and turn a strange shade of yellowish-green. When she made a doctor's appointment to talk about the toll of extreme stress, she was instead admitted with a diagnosis of lymphoma. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As a cancer survivor, Lydia tries to piece back together her marriage, her career, and her own worth. She begins to rewrite her value as a human being and build her own version of faith until, finally, she is moving forward instead of back. It's an imperfect rebirth, but \"perfection\" is something she must abandon if she is to at last find the perspective that will open a new, calm, healthy life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLydia Slaby\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, speaker, and consultant focused on empowering people, communities, and organizations facing transformation opportunities. She is an advisor to Chicago's 2nd Story and formerly served on the board of Critical Mass: the Young Adult Cancer Alliance. Her blog, Hair Optional, was started to share updates about her treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with family and friends and continued after she was declared cancer-free to dispatch reports from the wilderness of survivorship. In 2018, she and her husband Michael Slaby and their two adorable cats transplanted themselves from Chicago to the Hudson River Valley, where she now serves as an elected trustee for the Village of Rhinebeck and occasional whoopie pie baker for Samuel's Sweet Shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383117136050,"sku":"9781633310285","price":17.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/uGDVzMezrK9781633310285.webp?v=1783312580","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/wait-it-gets-worse-love-death-and-my-transformation-from-control-freak-to-human-being-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}