The Self-Help Whisperer®

Health Accountability & Encouragement #2

21 Jul 202129 Jul 2021

July 29 - 2,500 Today was a strange day. Started out pouring and once again, I was feeling it in my soul. But after a surprise conversation with my mom…

Photography

Picture of the Day – “Garden Visitor”

29 Jul 202129 Jul 2021

Saw this little guy spying on us! lol

From My Bookshelf

Help Yourself – Indeed!

28 Jul 2021

-- Trigger Warning - Child Abuse. No specific details given. -- Dave Pelzer is a study in perseverance and resilience. The three books I read before this one (A Child…

Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – Dreams and Feathers

27 Jul 202127 Jul 2021

As you may remember, I LOVE dreaming and the messages I get from nighttime dramas. When something is trying to get my attention, I dream about it - over and…

From My Bookshelf

Secrets You Keep From Yourself – Unless you’re like me, in which case…

26 Jul 2021

July 26, 2021 - Reading through this post up for reblog is... painful. Not sock-in-the-gut or anything... but.... cringe-y. But, I'll tell ya... I'm definitely better than I was when…

Photography

Picture of the Day & Haiku – “Not Forgotten”

24 Jul 2021

Children, holding hands Once filled these steps with laughter Gone, not forgotten.

From My Bookshelf

What’s Your Poo Telling You? – Funny you should ask!

23 Jul 202129 Jul 2021

Let's get a few jokes out of the way first: Wanna hear a poop joke?Nah, they always stink. What did one piece of toilet paper say to another?“I’m feeling really…

From My Bookshelf

I Feel Too Much – Yeah, me too!

22 Jul 202128 Jul 2021

I Feel Too Much by Alicia McBride was sent to me as a Book Review Request. I was sent a PDF of the book and was not otherwise compensated for…

From My Bookshelf

Toxic Friends – Falling to pieces

20 Jul 202120 Jul 2021

July 20, 2021 Up for reblog is one of my more ... ugh-ish though excellent books. After reading through this post again, I only have one question: WHY DO WOMEN…

Photography

Picture(s) of the Day- Beach Day!

19 Jul 202119 Jul 2021

I decided to walk a new pier today! And while I was there I got lots of other shots! There’s even a carrousel…. so keep scrolling! Here’s that lighthouse you…

Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – I Have a Plan!

17 Jul 202117 Jul 2021

Like most things I do, my health journey, started June 7, has been a very black-and-white, all-or-nothing sitch. It has served me well, at least I think so, as I…

From My Bookshelf

Stop Self-Sabotage – I Was an Expert!

16 Jul 202117 Jul 2021

I could give you a million-trillion-and-one different examples of how I self-sabotaged myself, from childhood until sixty. I am not being dramatic or exaggerating, I assure you! As one who…

Photography

Picture(s) of the Day & A Short Lakeshore Video

14 Jul 202119 Jul 2021

Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – Migraines & Misdemeanors

14 Jul 202114 Jul 2021

For the first time in almost six weeks, I didn't walk today. It feels like I've broken the law. I woke up with a migraine but really, I need to…

From My Bookshelf

The Art of Possibility – It’s like music for all humankind

13 Jul 202113 Jul 2021

July 13, 2021 You know, sometimes, when I reblog a book, I open the post and think yes, yes, I remember this... or that... and can say a thing or…

From My Bookshelf

YOU The Owner’s Manual – Prescription: Take the next 371 pages and call them in the morning

12 Jul 202112 Jul 2021

"Welcome to your body. Why don't you come on in and take a look around?" - Michael F. Roizen, MD and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. It will surprise you -…

Self-Help Whispering

Grieving is Like a Lava Lamp – Field Notes and Gratitude

9 Jul 2021

Earlier this week, I received a completely-unexpected gift in the mail. Inside the package was a little wooden coin engraved with "Dad" on one side and a lantern on the…

Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – When the (Falling) Down Days Come

8 Jul 20218 Jul 2021

Today is a down day. I fell yesterday while walking back to my car after a brutal trip to the grocery store. I say "brutal" because it was a big…

From My Bookshelf

After the Ecstasy, the Laundry -A Modern Spiritual Journey

7 Jul 20217 Jul 2021

July 7, 2021 Interesting reblog we have here. I have written 1096 posts since this gig began and the original post about this book is number three in popularity! It's…

Podcasts

PODCAST – A Lifetime of Diets & Exercise – The Sheryl Plan

6 Jul 20216 Jul 2021

https://anchor.fm/sheryl-nelsen-hutton/episodes/The-Sheryl-Plan---Diet--Exercise-Journey-e141htb

From My Bookshelf

When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple – Dear Mumsie

5 Jul 2021

Like many of my finds, this book showed up on the shelves of one of my fave thrift stores. Actually, it is my ABSOLUTE FAVE but it's also far enough…

Self-Help Whispering

Video – Quick Observation – Time Stands Still

3 Jul 2021

https://youtu.be/XbtP4hRXaWA

From My Bookshelf

Reviving Ophelia – Be everything, be nothing

3 Jul 20213 Jul 2021

July 3, 2021 Up for reblog today is a necessary and poignant book that broke my heart a little when I read it. Why? That would take longer to answer...…

Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – Health Anxiety, Be Gone!

2 Jul 2021

This is going to be written stream-of-consciousness and without my usual attention to detail. It's not to say it will be poorly-written, just quickly and without pretence. I have found…

Self-Help Whispering

Summer Drink Recipe -Super Refreshing Unless You’re Feeling Lazy, Then it Tastes Like Your Lawn

30 Jun 202130 Jun 2021

I went to a restaurant in California that served this drink and have tried to mimic it at home. I have some do's and don't's... and encourage you to try…

From My Bookshelf

Skinny Bitch – No-Nonsense or No-Way-José ?

30 Jun 202130 Jun 2021

Last day of June 2021... I can't believe it! What an interesting (!?!) reblog today! January 2019 was just another day where I rued the fact that I'm fat and…

Photography…

Stuff & Flowers – Color Me Grateful

29 Jun 202129 Jun 2021

The last fifteen years of life in California were spent in the High Desert, up the 15 on the way to Vegas, baby! In the summer, there were only wildflowers…

From My Bookshelf

The Wind in the Willows – A Gift for Our Inner Child

28 Jun 202128 Jun 2021

“When the girl returned, some hours later, she carried a tray, with a cup of fragrant tea steaming on it; and a plate piled up with very hot buttered toast,…

Self-Help Whispering

Picture of the Day & Haiku – “Feathered Friend”

27 Jun 2021

I wish I could fly You knew, when you dropped your gift Thank you from my heart.

From My Bookshelf

If the Buddha Came to Dinner – Get out the good china!

25 Jun 202125 Jun 2021

June 25, 2021 This is a GREAT reblog! This book was thoughtful and thought-provoking! What IS nourishment? Why are we so emotionally connected to food? Everything about this little book…

Self-Help Whispering

A Day at the Park – And a Video From Me!

24 Jun 2021

You guys!! I had the BEST walk today in a NEW-to-me park! Oh, I've been in the parking lot and front section many times but never got out of the…

From My Bookshelf

The Prosperous Heart – The Phosphorus Heart?

23 Jun 202127 Jun 2021

Julia Cameron is no stranger to this blog... or to me. The Artist's Way is a classic, and so is Cameron. The Prosperous Heart is about something entirely different. And…

From My Bookshelf

White Hot Truth – “If liberation is a chore, then you’re not really free.”

22 Jun 202122 Jun 2021

June 22, 2021 This is one of the best books on my shelves. I think I'll get out of my own way in this preamble and just get to the…

From My Bookshelf

The Light Between Us – Paper Thin

21 Jun 202121 Jun 2021

“Picture a hand with five fingers. Each finger is distinct, but each finger also connects to the same source—the hand itself. The fingers are separate, but connected. We as humans…

Photography

Picture(s) of the Day – Summer Garden Decor

19 Jun 2021

From our walk this morning… we went up a new street!

From My Bookshelf

Metamorphosis – Life & Science

19 Jun 2021

June 19, 2021 (Juneteenth! What does it say about a country that dares to create a new holiday for POC to feel - at least for a moment - HEARD…

Podcasts

Podcast – Turning On The Light

18 Jun 2021

Nobody said this would be easy... and by that I mean... life... and podcasts. Finding my footing on our well-worn path. Hope you'll come along! https://open.spotify.com/episode/2AhRlNZDeqNLYvrne4I7F7?si=7903b3788ea6458e

Photography

Picture of the Day – Patch of Gold

17 Jun 202117 Jun 2021

Such happy golden faces!!!!

From My Bookshelf

Making Sense of the Men in Your Life – Oh, brother!

16 Jun 202116 Jun 2021

June 16, 2021 Up for reblog today.... It didn't NEED to be but it WAS the most ridiculous book I've ever reviewed. Read at your own risk. Seriously.

Self-Help Whispering

All Mine! – A NEW look!

15 Jun 202115 Jun 2021

Hey everyone! If you've been following along, you'll know that I have been working on a new logo because I had - in my excitement and haste - ordered a…

Photography

Photo Journal – My healthy obsession

14 Jun 202114 Jun 2021

We woke up to rain today and I worried I wouldn't be able to walk without an umbrella... not that it would be the end of the world... except... I…

Photography

Picture of the Day – “Sunburst Flower”

12 Jun 2021

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