I wrote MIND DRAMA because I know what it feels like to be stuck in your own head.
I’m sharing a new Substack today that includes an excerpt from the opening of Mind Drama. A short snippet below.
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I was sitting in my eye doctor’s waiting room when my smartphone rang. The call was from a British scientist I’d known for a while. He’d recently asked to read a manuscript for a book I’d written that was coming out later that year. If he could read it in advance, he’d told me, he could offer feedback. Usually, I wouldn’t show anyone my unpublished work, but his offer seemed genuine and well meant, and I’d sent it to him a week or so earlier. What science writer doesn’t want feedback from a scientist? It could only make my work better.
So I walked out of the waiting room and took his call.
He was, he told me, writing a paper for a research journal.
In his paper— he didn’t think I’d mind— he’d borrowed key sections from my book that encapsulated my core argument. In a paper under his name.
I struggled to understand. When I’d sent him my manuscript, I’d explicitly said he couldn’t use anything he read, especially since my book wouldn’t be out for many months.
“You can’t use material taken from my book! In your paper!”
“Well, now that I’ve read it, I can’t pretend I don’t know what I know. You’ve synthesized recent science to create a significant argument that can help people.”
I sputtered on the other end of the phone…
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Experiences like this in my own life, and listening to the stories of others who found themselves thought spiraling when they didn’t want to be — are what led me to begin researching rumination in a deeper way. I wanted to understand why the mind can become so easily stuck in replaying painful moments, spiraling into self-blame, fear, or regret, and why, according to experts, many of us seem to struggle with this more than ever.
That search for answers eventually became Mind Drama.
Along the way, I found tools and insights that helped me begin finding relief in my own life, and to offer that relief to others. It’s my hope that what I’ve learned may help you, too.
You can read the full article here:
👉 Read the rest of the excerpt in my latest Substack
We heal together💖
Donna
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A Preorder Bonus…
I’m so happy to share a special preorder bonus for Mind Drama.
When you preorder the book, you’ll receive the first 3 chapters digitally so you can begin reading early.
To receive the bonus:
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✨MY BOOKS:
- Mind Drama – Available for Preorder
- The Adverse Experiences Guided Journal
- Girls on the Brink
- The Angel and the Assassin
- Childhood Disrupted
✨MY COURSE: Breaking Free from Trauma
