Welcome to Running in Slippers.
Welcome to Running in Slippers, the funny yet heartfelt memoir that's 346 pages of, "There's absolutely no way this gets worse..." and then somehow it does.
Angie completely loses herself after a breakup, her dad dies, she spends years looking for happiness in literally all the wrong places (ahem, moving to Hawaii), and somehow turns the whole mess into a rollercoaster, trainwreck story that makes you laugh, cry, and question your entire life. It's chaotic, honest, and weirdly relatable.
In a world where we’re all wearing masks, whether on social media or in person, and disconnected more than ever (thanks, COVID!), it’s easy to forget how real life actually feels. Everything is filtered and edited, and we rarely see the everyday struggles that everyone is going through.
But real connection doesn’t come from being perfect, it comes from being real. It’s scary to show up as your true self and risk rejection, but that’s exactly what Angie’s doing. She’s ripping off the masks to remind us all that vulnerability is where the magic happens.
Running in Slippers is proof that your life can completely fall apart and still end up becoming your favorite story.
Buy Running in Slippers
Buy Running in Slippers
Running in Slippers isn’t just a book.
It’s about connection through raw, real-life moments and the kind of vulnerability that cracks you open (in the best way).
Available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle and everywhere books are sold in audiobook (narrated by Angie!)
Click below to grab your copy and remember that you’re never alone in your story.
Overview
It's about what happens when you stop pretending you've got it all together and finally tell the truth.
Because nobody has ever healed from someone else's highlight reel.
Sneek Peak
“One perk about living in Hawaii is that I only wear shoes when I am working out or going out. Any other time, I wear slippers.
I have lived here for just over a year now and am still not used to using the word slippers to describe flip-flops…”
Reviews
“What a rollercoaster of a book! I found myself rooting and laughing with Angie, and then turning around screaming, 'What are you doing?!' This book is raw, real, and gets ugly but, in the end, that's what made it worth reading.”
This book is for you if:
✦ You have struggled with the death of a loved one.
✦ You have had thoughts of ending your life or have attempted to end your life.
✦ You have struggled with heartbreak from the ending of a romantic relationship.
✦ You feel alone in your anxiety, depression, or other mental health issues.
✦ You know your trauma is holding you back, but you don’t feel comfortable talking about it openly because we live in a “just get over it society.”
✦ You want to read about someone else’s trainwreck life because it gives you relief from your own.
How Running in Slippers Started
Vulnerability Works the Opposite Way We Think it Does
Paula cheerily drops me off at the zoo, where I meet Hazel in hysterical sobs. We sit on a nearby bench. The irony of this is that the outside of the Honolulu Zoo is a popular congregation hot spot for a lot of mentally unstable, homeless people. Since I am in the middle of a hysterical, emotional breakdown, under the influence of drugs, barefoot, with two plastic hospital bags, and haven’t showered, brushed my teeth, or eaten in three days, I fit in perfectly. I ramble my story to Hazel, including how deliriously high I am.
The thing about Hazel is that I don’t trust her.
-Chapter 33 Running in Slippers
What does Running in Slippers Mean?
The origin story behind the title is in the introduction of Running in Slippers, so I won’t give that away.
I live in Hawaii, where flip-flops are called slippers. Running in flip-flops is a metaphor for life: sometimes it’s adventurous, playful, and fun, and other times it’s difficult, painful, and scary.
Running in Slippers:
The Unfiltered Story of Rock Bottom and Glowing Up in Paradise
Everyone sees me living in Hawaii and assumes my life is one big beachy spiritual glow-up.
Meanwhile, I was crying on the floor, having an identity crisis, grieving my dad, surviving heartbreak, and trying to rebuild myself from scratch after surviving a suicide attempt.
In this YouTube series, I go even deeper into Running in Slippers and share the raw behind-the-scenes story nobody saw.