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The Last Ten Pounds - Book Tour and Giveaway

9/20/2016

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The Last Ten Pounds: One Woman's Journey to Love
(by shedding Fear, Anger, Hatred...and Everything In-Between)

by Lina Sage
GENRE
: Memoir

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Shortly after I was born, my family left Vietnam’s strict Communist regime by escaping on a tiny fishing boat in the middle of the night.
Luckily, Canada accepted us as refugees and we were excited for a new beginning. However, any hopes of a brighter future vanished before an abusive alcoholic father who’s repeated physical violence against my mom left me screaming for any stability. Sexual, physical and emotional abuse clouded my childhood years leaving me so damaged that it changed who I was meant to grow up to be.
In my early twenties, I bought a house and converted it into a full blown marijuana grow op.
Soon after, I entered into the world of elite call girls and became one of the most sought after girls in my agency. By my late twenties, I was on top of the world and the proud owner of a multi-million-dollar luxury day spa.
Just when I thought I had it all, I made the ultimate mistake that ended in me losing everything and hitting rock bottom.
I was spiritually broken and in desperate need of healing. I had no choice but to reconcile with my past. This decision brought me down a miraculous journey that opened me up to consciousness and enabled me to exist in the space I do today; that of uninhibited peace.
The Last 10 Pounds: One Woman’s Journey to Love (by shedding Fear, Anger, Hatred…and Everything In-Between) is my personal journey and a testament that it is possible to heal and transform. To be the person you were born to be.
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​Flashing red lights and turbulent commotion outside made me abruptly wake up to a scene of a dozen men who were heavily armed, dressed in full on black armor and gas masks, jumping out of what looked like black SWAT vans. I was anesthetized in my own trepidation; unable to run or hide. All I could do was stand by my window. As if in slow motion—taken straight from the movies—I watched these men approach my house. You couldn’t engage in an illegal grow op for long without getting busted and I had enough marijuana plants in my house to face a strong conviction. In that moment, my usually rapidly thinking brain, experienced the unusual phenomena of an outer body experience where time stood completely still and I felt like I was listlessly floating amongst the clouds. Harps played in the background replacing the loud bangs of the SWAT team trying to break down the door. And just as if I was protected by a sea of angels, I slowly came back to my body and realized that the loud bangs were that of my neighbor’s door and not mine. The SWAT team had veered off to my neighbor’s house without me even realizing.
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Lina Sage is a writer, speaker, producer and entrepreneur. She is the creator and founder of Chic Spirituality; a movement whose philosophy is to live your life with heightened awareness by surrounding yourself with things you deem beautiful. Lina believes balance of mind, body and soul, is the key to unlocking all things beautiful. Therefore, she enjoys physical activity to maintain a strong body and meditation to calm the mind. But she especially cherishes time spent with her beloved husband and dog because they are what brings her soul the greatest joy. Lina also likes to surround herself with great food and exotic travels around the world.

Social Media Links:
website: www.linasage.com
facebook: www.facebook.com/chicsage
instagram: www.instagram.com/chicsage/?hl=en
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What inspired you to write this book?

My memoir, The Last Ten Pounds, started off as a personal project to help me process, deal with and heal from the emotional traumas from my past. It originally started off as nothing more than scribbled notes in my journal. Before long, it had filled an entire book. That’s when I realized that my personal project was so much more than journal entries. It was meant to be shared with the world and maybe along the way help to inspire people in their own personal struggles.

My story is not a story that is uncommon. So many girls and boys are victims of sexual abuse. So many of us grow up with an alcoholic parent. Many of us carry the emotional trauma well into our adult life. We let that emotional trauma dictate who we become - usually that of an angry and hateful person. Anger always leads to unhealthy decisions. My anger led me down a dark path of growing marijuana to escorting to mistreating others. Truth be told, if I had the option of going back in time and having the perfect life, I wouldn’t take it. In all my pain and in all the so called stupid decisions I’ve made, if my life had been perfect, I wouldn’t have been able to walk away with the life experiences I have. I wouldn’t have been able to learn what it means to truly forgive and how when you switch from the mindset of a victim to a survivor, then everything shifts. I wouldn’t have the incredible message of hope to share to the world. Hope was the inspiration for me writing my book. I wanted people to know that there is hope and that transformation is possible in all of us. I feel like memoirs is such an important genre because it speaks of someone’s truth and, in that truth, is where we all connect.


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18 Comments
Goddess Fish Promotions link
9/20/2016 05:12:05 am

Thanks for hosting!

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Peggy
9/20/2016 10:50:10 am

Do you write every day? Do you have a word goal for each day you write?

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Lina Sage link
9/20/2016 11:11:34 am

Hi Peggy. I try to write everyday either on my blog (www.chicsage.com) or on my second book. However, that is not always the case because I feel like creativity comes in waves. When I'm riding the wave, I try to stay on as long as possible. However, when the wave is gone, I'll fill up my time with other activities I enjoy such as cooking and going on long walks with my dog.

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Eva Millien
9/20/2016 10:53:49 am

Very interesting post and intriguing book, thanks for sharing!

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Lina Sage link
9/20/2016 11:08:44 am

Hi Eva. Thank you for reading the post. The book is available now on Amazon for pre-order. I promise you won't be disappointed.

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Lina Sage link
9/20/2016 11:07:05 am

Thank you Silver Dagger for hosting me today!

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Tarissa
9/20/2016 11:35:45 am

Looks like an eye-opening read. I do enjoy a good memoir from time to time.

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Lina Sage link
9/20/2016 06:22:04 pm

Hi Tarissa. I promise you that it won't disappoint. The book is available on Amazon for pre-order. You can log onto my website www.linasage.com for the link.

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Elizabeth S
9/20/2016 11:59:57 am

Thanks for the opportunity.

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Lina Sage link
9/20/2016 06:23:00 pm

Hi Elizabeth. Thanks for popping in and leaving a comment.

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Victoria
9/20/2016 01:40:11 pm

Great post - thanks for sharing!

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Lina Sage link
9/20/2016 06:23:55 pm

Hi Victoria. Thanks for reading the post. The book is available on Amazon for pre-order.

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Lisa Brown
9/21/2016 06:23:16 am

congrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)

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Patrick Siu
9/21/2016 10:30:15 am

I have enjoyed learning about the book. Thanks for sharing it.

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Nikolina
9/23/2016 02:32:53 am

I really enjoyed reading the entire post, thank you!

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Bridgett Wilbur
9/28/2016 07:45:31 am

I just love the cover.

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Lisa Brown
9/30/2016 07:50:18 am

I hope the tour was exciting for you :)

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Christy Maurer
9/30/2016 04:30:47 pm

This really sounds inspiring. I know we all carry around a lot of emotional stuff!

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