The Girl with the Self-Esteem Issues: A Memoir

by Rosie Mercado

Overview

«Cada vez que una mujer se atreve a contar su verdadera historia y a mostrar en carne viva sus heridas permite que otras cicatricen las suyas. Estoy segura de que este libro sanará muchas heridas. Y que las vidas de muchas tendrán un final feliz tras leerlo. ¡Gracias, Rosie!» — Luz María Doria, autora de La mujer de mis sueños y Tu momento estelar

La vida de Rosie Mercado ha sido todo menos fácil: ¿cómo es posible que haya tenido tres relaciones fallidas y dado a luz a tres hijos a solas? ¿Qué había hecho ella para merecerlo? En su peor momento, llegó a pesar más de ciento ochenta kilos tras toda una vida con baja autoestima y de comer emocionalmente. Pero Rosie decidió cambiarla por completo y dejar de ser la víctima. Ideó un plan, aceptó sus «defectos», y descubrió el tipo de amor más importante y esencial: el amor propio.

Estas revelaciones no sólo la llevaron a alcanzar sus sueños como maquillista, empresaria, modelo de talla grande y presentadora de televisión, sino a mejorar su calidad de vida por ella y sus hijos. 

La latina con baja autoestima son las inspiradoras memorias de una mexicoamericana de talla grande que se dejó finalmente guiar por su intuición, fe y ambición. Rosie nos cuenta los jugosos detalles de cómo llegó a convertirse en la superestrella y life coach que es hoy, regalándonos importantes y poderosos consejos de vida en el camino.

ROSIE MERCADO es modelo mexicoamericana y una de Las 25 mujeres más poderosas del 2019 de People en Español. Además de haber participado como copresentadora del programa Face The Truth, producido por el célebre Dr. Phil, es una life coach cuyo propósito es inspirar, motivar y abogar por el amor propio y la aceptación corporal tras sus propias vivencias como empresaria y modelo de talla grande. Rosie ha abierto camino a las latinas de talla grande en la televisión hispana como presentadora ocasional para Telemundo y Univisión. Vive en Los Ángeles con su esposo y sus cuatro hermosos hijos.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062895318
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/11/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Rosie Mercado is a bilingual Latina model, certified life coach, and former co-host on the talk show Face the Truth, which is produced by Dr. Phil and Jay McGraw’s Stage 29 Productions. She also guest-hosts and is a correspondent for leading Spanish-language networks Telemundo and Univision, as well as on the Emmy-award winning Dr. Phil Show and The Doctors. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their children.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Girl with the Self-Esteem Issues 1

Chapter 1 Change Your Damn Story 9

Chapter 2 Fight for Your Life 23

Chapter 3 Your Voice Matters 39

Chapter 4 Just Keep 53

Chapter 5 Your First Chance Isn't Your Last Chance 67

Chapter 6 Rejection Is Just a Redirection 89

Chapter 7 Don't Allow Fear to Become Your GPS 103

Chapter 8 Put Your Sh*t Out There 123

Chapter 9 Discover What You Can Create for Yourself 147

Chapter 10 Walk Your Own Truth 161

Chapter 11 Notice-and Respond from the Heart 181

Chapter 12 Showing Up for Yourself Is Showing Up for Others 201

Chapter 13 Stop Looking for Love 225

Conclusion: What You Go Through, You Grow Through 243

Dedication 259

Acknowledgments 263

About the Author 267

Editorial Reviews

<<Una celebración honesta y sincera de superar la adversidad>>. — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2020-07-21
A plus-size model tells her story of dealing with years of insecurity.

Mercado grew up in “a Mexican American family with traditional values and beliefs.” Yet outside that protective circle and especially in school, she always felt “like an alienated stranger who was about to be harassed or abused.” Each year, it seemed, her classmates “were getting thinner and thinner while I was growing larger and larger.” A part-time on-air job on a Latinx radio station in high school helped Mercado not only find her voice, but also gain enough confidence to start a makeup business. Yet despite these early successes, self-esteem issues tormented the author, who continued to believe that no one “would ever find me attractive or desirable.” So when a controlling, much older man began pursuing her, she fell in love “as only an insecure girl” could. Mercado ceded to him in everything only to have him leave just before their first child was born. Another marriage followed, but it ended as they began having problems and Mercado discovered he was having an affair. Her next husband turned out to be both controlling and abusive. Eventually, the author struck out on her own and found success, first as a makeup artist and then as a plus-size model. Then a brain cyst forced her to reassess her life and face the underlying emotional problems that had contributed to her weight (at one point, she writes, she weighed 420 pounds). Interwoven throughout with words of inspiration and advice, some of which tread along standard self-help lines, Mercado’s book offers a deeply personal exploration of the causes and effects of the body and weight issues that plague so many girls and women and prevent them from realizing their full potential.

An honest and heartfelt celebration of overcoming adversity.

Kirkus Reviews