I'm Not Suffering from Insanity...: I'm Enjoying Every Minute of It! - Softcover

Linamen, Karen Scalf

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0800757815 ISBN 13: 9780800757816

Publisher: Revell, 2002

Synopsis

If there's anything Karen Linamen knows, it's that sometimes life can feel crazy. She also knows that hope, healing, and humor go hand in hand. This new book offers plenty of each. I'm Not Suffering from Insanity...I'm Enjoying Every Minute of It! follows on the heels of her best-selling Sometimes I Wake Up Grumpy...and Sometimes I Let Him Sleep and, like her other books, is crammed with laugh-out-loud observations, intimate confessions, sound advice, and heartfelt encouragement. With suggestions ranging from the side-splitting to the sublime, Linamen shows women who feel they're "going crazy" how to jumpstart stalled friendships, practice their passions, embrace God's unconditional love, and replace grudges with gratitude. In the process, she reveals how to get well-groomed eyebrows that will outlast a Maytag washer and even how to experience better living through crown molding-all without missing a punch line. With her trademark transparency and wit intact, Linamen encourages women once again to embrace passion, wellness, and joy in every area of their lives. Sanity, as she points out, is optional.

About this title

About the Author

Karen Scalf Linamen is a frequent speaker, a regular contributor to Today's Christian Woman, and the author of numerous books, including the bestsellers Just Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt, Sometimes I Wake Up Grumpy...and Sometimes I Let Him Sleep, and Welcome to the Funny Farm. She lives in Littleton, Colorado, with her husband and two daughters.

From the Back Cover

Do you ever feel like a sock being tossed in the spin cycle of life? Have you ever wished they made straitjackets in the newest fall colors? Or ended the day with your sanity in a body bag? Then let Karen Linamen usher you into a place where hilarity and healing go hand in hand. In the tradition of her best-sellers Just Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt and Sometimes I Wake Up Grumpy. . . and Sometimes I Let Him Sleep, Karen moves seamlessly between wit and wisdom as she outlines fourteen things you can do to experience greater joy, purpose, and passion-even when life feels crazy! Hang on to your funny bone, because you're about to discover . . . " why a harem of live chickens makes a perfect gift for any occasion " what kind of woman could get both her lips caught in a car door, plus. . . " 23 ways to make new friends " how to forgive yourself for something you really regret " the rewards of taking the one hundred smile challenge . . . and in the process, you'll learn that, even when life is at its craziest, it's never too late to reclaim important things you might have lost along the way-like your sanity, your sense of humor, and even your faith. Karen Scalf Linamen is a frequent speaker, a regular contributor to Today's Christian Woman, and the author of several bestselling books. She lives in Littleton, Colorado.

Reviews

Women who have shared Linamen's hilarious life journeys in Just Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt and Sometimes I Wake Up Grumpy... and Sometimes I Let Him Sleep know her writing to be funny, forthright and unforgettable. Linamen continues in her usual comedic style with this offering of 14 ways to combat the insufferable circumstances of life by embracing a sort of "insanity" as a solution in and of itself. Linamen's life is comparable to a leisurely read of the Sunday comics, and she tells all. Guaranteed to produce more than a chuckle, her suggestions for coping with life include stealing furnishings from one room to redecorate another, purchasing matching panties and bras to help enhance "boditude," and selecting a horror film to help a stressed-out spouse relax. Granted, these ideas are presented with tongue planted firmly in cheek, and even Linamen admits her blunders as she speeds along life's highway. She also balances the laughter with serious entreaties to seek for God amidst every circumstance. The author's deep faith, and her conviction that the Bible is the source for all help and direction, comes across plainly, as do her nudgings for women to seek Christ first and foremost. Closing out each chapter is a compact list of practical (read: serious) problem-solving ideas that do work outside of Linamen's funny-farm world. This text is sure to gratify the expectations of the author's faithful readers with a generous dose of the comedic retreat from the stresses of life.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Revell
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0800757815
• ISBN 13: 9780800757816
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176