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SHE’LL BRING US AN UPDATE. ON TONIGHT NEWSCASTS. AT 10 AND . 11 IF YOU WERE WALKING AROUND BURLINGTON TODAY. .. YOU may HAVE SEEN PURP LE BOOKS HIDDEN AROUND TOWN. AUTHOR CORRINA THURSTON… EDUS HER OWN EXPERIENCES TO WRITE: “HOW TO CRUSH SELF DOUBT”… AND NOW SHE WANTS TO GIVE OTHERS THE SAME TIPS… THAT HAVE HELPED HER. SHE’s HIDING COPIES OF HER BOOK… WITH A HANDWRITT MESENSAGE TO INSPIRE THOSE WHO FIND IT. SHE ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO SI THEGN BOOK… AND EVEN SHARE THEIR OWN INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE… BEFORE HIDING IT AGAIN.. FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO FIND. < 38:18 CORRINA THURSTON/AUTHOR: “I HOPE PEOPLE REALLY GET ELAT ED WHEN THEY FIND THE BOOKS AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHERE TH EY WANT TO HIDE IT NEXT AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH IT D AN JUST TAKE WHAT IS IN THE, RE WHATEVER WORKS FOR THE M, JUST TAKE IT IN. AND TN HE CONTACT ME, TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.”> SHE ALSO P

Author hides self-help books around Burlington to spread joy

Corrina Thurston hopes her own experience can help others overcome obstacles

Walking around Burlington on Tuesday, you might have seen purple books hidden around town just waiting to be found by unsuspecting passersby.”I just think spreading a little bit of joy is worth a lot these days,” said Corrina Thurston.As an author and TEDx speaker, spreading joy is one of Thurston’s goals. But life hasn’t always been easy for her. Thurston has been chronically ill for more than 13 years, and when she first received her diagnosis, she felt lost.”I had no self-worth left, I didn’t have any idea who I was. And so it was these tips in this book that I used to go from having a panic attack trying to go to the grocery store to being able to give a TED Talk,” Thurston said.She used her own experience to write How to Crush Self-Doubt and wants to give others the same tips that have helped her transform her life.She is hiding copies of her book, complete with a unique handwritten note from her, to inspire those who find it.”I thought, why not hide some books and then turn it into a game where each book has a card with it that explains why it’s being hidden and what to do with it afterward,” Thurston said.Thurston wants each book to take on a life of its own. She encourages people to sign the back of the book and even share their own inspirational message before hiding it again.“I hope people really get elated when they find the books and then figure out where they want to hide it next and what they want to do with it and just take what is in there, whatever works for them, just take it in. And then contact me, tell me what you think,” Thurston said.Thurston says especially after the past year, she hopes her book can remind people that they are not alone.”Even if you don’t think you suffer that much from self-doubt or imposter syndrome, there may be something in there that still helps,” Thurston said. She also plans to hide books in cities across Vermont, including Stowe, Johnson, Barre, Montpelier, Brattleboro, and Newport. Thurston will then take her book hunt national, moving on to Massachusetts and Maine, and enlisting the help of volunteers to hide her books across the country in places like Los Angeles, Tampa, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and more.

BURLINGTON, Vt. —

Walking around Burlington on Tuesday, you might have seen purple books hidden around town just waiting to be found by unsuspecting passersby.

“I just think spreading a little bit of joy is worth a lot these days,” said Corrina Thurston.

As an author and TEDx speaker, spreading joy is one of Thurston’s goals. But life hasn’t always been easy for her. Thurston has been chronically ill for more than 13 years, and when she first received her diagnosis, she felt lost.

“I had no self-worth left, I didn’t have any idea who I was. And so it was these tips in this book that I used to go from having a panic attack trying to go to the grocery store to being able to give a TED Talk,” Thurston said.

She used her own experience to write How to Crush Self-Doubt and wants to give others the same tips that have helped her transform her life.

She is hiding copies of her book, complete with a unique handwritten note from her, to inspire those who find it.

“I thought, why not hide some books and then turn it into a game where each book has a card with it that explains why it’s being hidden and what to do with it afterward,” Thurston said.

Thurston wants each book to take on a life of its own. She encourages people to sign the back of the book and even share their own inspirational message before hiding it again.

“I hope people really get elated when they find the books and then figure out where they want to hide it next and what they want to do with it and just take what is in there, whatever works for them, just take it in. And then contact me, tell me what you think,” Thurston said.

Thurston says especially after the past year, she hopes her book can remind people that they are not alone.

“Even if you don’t think you suffer that much from self-doubt or imposter syndrome, there may be something in there that still helps,” Thurston said.

She also plans to hide books in cities across Vermont, including Stowe, Johnson, Barre, Montpelier, Brattleboro, and Newport. Thurston will then take her book hunt national, moving on to Massachusetts and Maine, and enlisting the help of volunteers to hide her books across the country in places like Los Angeles, Tampa, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and more.