Have you ever been overwhelmed and had your spirit crushed by the negative, hurtful, relentless thoughts spiralling in your head? These are your Running Thoughts.

They're the ones that make you feel worthless, unlovable, ugly, and just not good enough. They keep you awake at night with hot tears running down your face, causing you to wake up with red, puffy eyes. They make you scared to voice your feelings or opinions. They make you anxious about expressing your needs or putting up boundaries. They make you feel you don't deserve anything good in life, and that your goals are stupid or meaningless. Laughable even.

This was Tracey. For the author, the thoughts sounded like she was "too fat" to be loved, "too stupid" to amount to anything and "too worthless" to be valued. Her childhood was marred by abuse and neglect, so having grown up having these beliefs beaten into her, it was hard not to think that way. However, after the birth of her children, she embarked on a journey of healing and recovery. She learned how to take control of her mindset, how to love her body and appreciate what it's truly capable of.

Running Thoughts explains the journey going from severely depressed, anxious, morbidly obese, suicidal and volatile relationships to becoming a confident, capable, strong woman with a loving family and home. This came through not only conventional therapy, medication and weight loss surgery; but more so by determining values, establishing life goals, reprogramming running thoughts and mastering self-care. This book will teach, motivate, uplift and inspire you to transform your life too.