{"product_id":"the-37-year-run-valerie-maksym-9798993680491","title":"The 37 Year Run: When you stop running, you start living","description":"Are You Still Running From Something That Happened Years Ago?\u003cp\u003eYou're successful on the outside, but exhausted from carrying pain you've never processed. You've mastered the art of \"I'm fine\" while avoiding the feelings that terrify you most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've spent years, maybe decades, outrunning grief, betrayal, or trauma, this book is your permission to finally stop running.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe 37-Year Run\u003c\/i\u003e, Valerie Maksym shares the raw truth about what happens when avoidance becomes a life sentence. After losing her father at twelve, she ran for 37 years, not on a track, but from her pain. She built relationships on survival instead of healing. She created patterns that kept her small and chose protecting herself over becoming herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, at 46, standing on a bodybuilding stage with every muscle screaming to flee, she made the choice that changed everything: she stopped running. What followed wasn't pretty. It was necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is your roadmap from running to healing to finally LIVING.\u003c\/p\u003eInside, You'll Discover: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy avoidance doesn't protect you-it imprisons you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to set down emotional baggage that was never yours to carry.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe life-changing difference between asking \"why did they hurt me?\" And protecting \"who I'm becoming.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy feeling your feelings is the most radical act of self-care.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to break patterns that have run your life for decades.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe proven \"stop. feel. heal. live.\" framework that transforms survivors into thrivers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't just Valerie's story, it's yours too. Every chapter holds up a mirror to the ways we abandon ourselves to avoid pain, and more importantly, shows the way back home to who we really are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you're 35 or 65, it's not too late. Your second half can be your best half. But first, you have to stop running.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarning: This book will make you feel things you've been avoiding. That's the point. Because everything you want, authentic relationships, inner peace, the life you actually want, is waiting on the other side of those feelings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStop running. Start living. Your transformation begins on page one.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Valerie Maksym\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798993680491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Valerie Maksym\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Valerie Maksym","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440652005631,"sku":"9798993680491","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4bfbfc87-c098-43a1-845e-4b27c1c20881.jpg?v=1777183891","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-37-year-run-valerie-maksym-9798993680491","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}