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I am so very thankful for how many bloggers have taken the time to review my new book on their blog. I especially loved this review from Candace at Mercy is New.

Here’s a snippet:

I’m sure many of my readers have heard of Crystal Paine’s new book, Say Goodbye to Survival Mode: 9 Simple Strategies to Stress Less, Sleep More, and Restore Your Passion for Life! I was blessed to receive an Advanced Reader’s copy at Allume in October and I finished the book in January, so I thought I’d share my thoughts here with you!

I decided to read this book in January because I’m working on SETTING and KEEPING several goals in several areas of my life right now. I will admit, I am a VERY undisciplined person. The thought of goals and actually keeping them is kind of something I gave up on a long time ago. Ugh. I hate even admitting that…but it’s true.

Read the full review.

Want a sneak peek at the contents of Say Goodbye to Survival Mode? Download the introduction and first chapter here.

Last night, something really exciting happened.

Something that YOU all made happen…

My book, Say Goodbye to Survival Mode, hit #8 on The New York Times Best Seller’s List!!!

If you’re not an author, that might not mean much to you. But as an author, that’s a HUGE honor… and something I still can’t believe actually happened!

It didn’t happen because of me. It happened because of YOU.

You all rallied around this book. You pre-ordered the book. You asked your libraries to carry it.

You celebrated my launch week last week by sharing about my book on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Google+, and word-of-mouth with your friends. You went to your local bookstores and bought the book. You wrote reviews on Amazon.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you for believing in this project. Thank you for celebrating with me. Thank you for sharing your excitement with others. Most of all, thank you for being readers here.

I wish that I could invite each and every one of you to my house for coffee and cookies and tell you face-to-face how much you all mean to me. I am humbly grateful for the opportunity I have to write here each day, to learn from your comments and emails, to interact with you all on the MSM Facebook Page, and to get to meet you all at speaking events.

But there’s something that means much more to me than hitting the NYT list… You see, last week, on my Book Launch Day, Kaitlynn (6) brought some brownies and a sign that read:

That sign speaks volumes of what I want for my life.

I’m thrilled to have made The New York Times Best Seller’s List, but what matters much more is that a six-year-old girl calls me “#1 Mom”.

The opportunities that have opened up as a result of this blog in the past few years are exciting. It’s my heart’s desire that I use the platform I’ve been given to influence as many lives as possible. I am passionate about challenging women and families everywhere to live all of their life with intention and purpose.

However, in the midst of this, I don’t lose sight of the opportunities to nurture and love the four people (my husband and three precious children) right in my own home. At the end of my life, those four people matter much, much more than any accolades.

So yes, we celebrated last night with cake and pancakes — two of my very favorite things! We hugged and hollered and called and texted our closest friends.

But it’s back to real life today. Back to the homeschooling and cleaning and cooking and the everyday things of life.

It’s messy, it’s often loud, and it’s sometimes exhausting, but I want to love and savor every minute of the everyday-ness of life in this home with these four wonderful people. Because that’s what’s going to matter most at the end of my life.

Recently, I was honored to get to hang out and record another podcast with my friend, Chris LoCurto. Chris has been a huge inspiration to us and is a wealth of wisdom on business leadership, personal development, and entrepreneurialism.

We first learned about Chris when we attended EntreLeadership a few years back. We then became big fans of the EntreLeadership podcast that he hosted while working with Dave Ramsey.

Chris and I connected on Twitter awhile back and have become great friends. The thing I love most about Chris is that he’s the exact same person on stage and on a podcast as he is in real-life.

We’ve spent time at his home with he and his wife Debbie and they are the real deal. So caring, inspiring, giving, and encouraging (not to mention, Chris is an amazing chef — we still talk about the mouth-watering lamb chops he made for us when they had us over for dinner!)

In my last interview, we ran out of time to talk about my new book, Say Goodbye to Survival Mode. Chris was gracious enough to ask for another interview to talk about my 9 simple strategies to stress less, sleep more, and restore your passion for life.

Listen to the full podcast here.

Have you purchased your copy of Say Goodbye to Survival Mode yet? Get the book here!

We’re excited to have Cents of Style as one of our sponsors! We had the opportunity to interview them and get to know their company a little more recently:

Tell us about the history of Cents of Style.

Cents of Style started in early 2007 when Idaho-raised sisters, Courtney Brown and Brennan Lau, took their love of fashion and bargain shopping and began an accessories company. Cents of Style offers the latest fashion accessories, shoes, jewelry, scarves, etc at affordable prices. Cents of Style lives by two guiding principles: one, you don’t have to spend a lot to look good, and two, when you look good you feel good and that tends to make you happier and more energetic about life.

Does Cents of Style have any new products or promotions coming up?

Every Friday, Cents of Style offers an incredible Fashion Friday deal every Friday, make sure to watch for it on Money Saving Mom®.

Does Cents of Style do any charity work that you’d like us to know about?

Cents of Style is always looking to give back through charity work, children’s and women’s charities are especially close to our heart. We have recently worked with Final Salute Inc, that provides housing for homeless female veterans and Children Awaiting Parents, that finds forever families for children in foster care.

Is there anything else you would like for MSM readers to know about Cents of Style?

More than anything here at Cents of Style, we strive to provide affordable and fashionable product that will allow moms, just like us, to feel better about themselves. We try to treat each customer, blogger and brand partner with the respect and kindness we in turn hope to receive.

Interested in becoming a monthly sponsor or advertising with us? Find more details here.