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Picture of the Day -“Orange Solitude”

10 Oct 2020
From My Bookshelf

24/6 – What the world needs now…

5 Oct 20209 Feb 2023
“One day a week, we’d turn off the technology in our lives. We called it our “technology Shabbat.” From sundown on Fridays to sundown on Saturdays, we shut down every…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – This is Me

3 Oct 2020
"Honeybees are meaningful to me because technically they’re not supposed to be able to fly. We know they do, but in the 1930s, French scientists ‘proved’ they couldn’t. Their reasoning…
Photography

Picture of the Day – In search of breath & flowers

23 Aug 2020
I am sure I'm not alone in saying I hate Covid-19. I hate that a whole spring and summer was spent inside and that we finally went to the mall…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Begin with Yes

13 Aug 202013 Aug 2020
Begin with Yes by Paul S. Boynton is easy reading and the message itself is simple: Begin with Yes.  Then how come it took me 64 pages to say, “Oh! I get…
From My Bookshelf

Healing the Child Within – For Crying Out Loud!

3 Aug 20209 Feb 2023
Don't be fooled by me. Don't be fooled by the face I wear for I wear a mask, a thousand masks, masks that I'm afraid to take off, and none…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one? – Wherever You Go, There You Are

18 Jun 2020
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. – Oliver Wendell Holmes Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn is…
Photography…

Picture of the Day -“Ghandi says…”

25 Apr 2020
Photography

Picture of the Day -“Grateful I Live Here!”

24 Apr 2020
I love and pray for my country 🇺🇸 and all my family live there. I'm so worried about them. Thankful I live in Canada 🇨🇦 where medical care and this…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one? – “Fibromyalgia & Chronic Myofascial Pain”

21 Mar 2020
I remember the first time I mentioned to my doctor that I believe I have Fibromyalgia. She rolled her eyes. I stopped as I wrote that last part, about her…
Photography

Remember this one? -“ The one that started it all!”

9 Mar 2020
I’m no professional photographer. I have “an eye,” for sure… at least, that’s what I’ve been told. I know what I like… what moves me… and I love capturing it!…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one? – The Bliss Mistress

27 Feb 2020
I had something really neat happen! Someone who enjoys my blog talked to someone he thought might also enjoy it and she, in turn, came for a look-see and was…
From My Bookshelf

Healing Magic – An inside job

3 Jan 2020
Are you afraid of words like "Witch," "Herbal," and "Chant"? Do the phrases "Conscious Living" and "Mother Earth" make you want to run in the opposite direction? Then listen up,…
Photography

Picture of the Day -“Monday Vibes”

30 Dec 2019
Lunch with my friend, Pam. She spoiled me! I'm so grateful that Pam has been my "Keep writing!" motivator... she always says that one day, she'll be able to say…
Self-Help Whispering

A Poem -Pile o’ books

3 Dec 20193 Dec 2019
Come see my pile o' books Sitting in a bag I want to write about them But find I only lag. I blame it on my head That aches from…
Photography

Picture of the Day -“Misty Morning”

26 Nov 2019
I got up before noon (yay, me!) showered (yay, again!) and dried my hair using an actual hairdryer. Then, I put on (appropriate) day clothes - not to be confused…
Photography

Picture of the Day -“Uphill Battle”

23 Nov 2019
I am incredibly tired today. It's dark, it's yucky and I am struggling. Going out is highly overrated on days like today.
From My Bookshelf

Finding Hope in the Age of Melancholy – Beveled pages, cut heart

15 Nov 201930 Apr 2022
My copy of Finding Hope in the Age of Melancholy by David S. Awbrey is stunning! The pages are beveled along the edges ... you know how I love that!…
Photography

Picture(s) of the Day -“Caturday”

26 Oct 2019
I am so blessed to have these two fuzz balls as companions! Thank goodness for Caturday, a day to celebrate cats!! Bette is 10+ and feels like a plushy. She…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers

20 Oct 2019
I mean, seriously… is the cover not adorable on Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, or what? Dancing zebras… in a circle… holding hands? C’mon… c’mon… Robert M. Sapolsky is a … let…
From My Bookshelf

Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart – Dr. Livingston, I presume?!

23 Sep 20199 Oct 2019
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart by the late Gordon Livingston, M.D. is a tiny book to be filled with so much punch. But punch, it does! In my case,…
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Picture of the Day – “I would, if I could”

19 Sep 2019
If I could spend my life on a boat, I would. Alas, I have a very temperamental stomach that says, "Try, if you will, but bring a barf bag. Ha!"…
From My Bookshelf

Save-My-Life School – Raw, Ouchie and Beautiful

10 Sep 20199 Feb 2023
Sometimes, after finishing a book, I sit back, close my eyes, and consider what I've just been privileged to experience. Save-My-Life School by Natalie Harris is one of those times...…
Self-Help Whispering

Haiku -A moment in time

31 Aug 2019
Rustling leaves dance Against an azure backdrop As the clouds drift by.
From My Bookshelf

Full Catastrophe Living – Reminds me of someone I know (Hint: it’s me!)

25 Aug 20199 Feb 2023
"This book is an invitation to the reader to embark upon a journey of self-development, self-discovery, learning, and healing." From page 1 of the Introduction- Stress, Pain, and Illness: Facing the…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Between Trapezes

9 Aug 20199 Aug 2019
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. ~Charles Darwin That quote could have been written today…
Interviews

Teaser for Upcoming Interview – Carol: Here’s the story

21 Jul 201924 Jul 2019
I wrote the first paragraph of this post a dozen times. How do I describe a woman who grabbed my heart the first time I met her and didn't let…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – The Emotionally Abused Woman

19 Jul 201928 Oct 2022
Note: "Remember this one?" = Posts that you may have missed the first time around. This post was originally posted by me on February 13, 2018 The Emotionally Abused Woman by…
From My Bookshelf

Anxiety, Phobias, & Panic – A billion trillion +1

9 Jul 20199 Oct 2019
Anxiety, Phobias, & Panic by Reneau Z. Peurifoy, MA, MFT, is the book that other books about the subject would recommend. "Don't bother with me," they'd say. "It's the perfect…
From My Bookshelf

Your Inner Beauty – Ladies Night!

2 Jul 20199 Feb 2023
Your Inner Beauty by Jill Freeman & Larry J. Freeman is so ancient that Amazon doesn't have a photo of it on their website. Well, that makes it sound like…
Photography…

Art as Self-Help – Whatever makes your heart sing!

26 Jun 20199 Feb 2023
I sat on my big comfy chair in my sitting room, next to an open window with a warm breeze ruffling my hair, and I thought about what I would…
From My Bookshelf

Fiction as Self-Help – Turtles All The Way Down – Never has there been a more appropriate book for the Fiction as Self-Help Category!

20 Jun 201915 Sep 2021
I almost don't know where to begin. Turtles All The Way Down is by the same guy (John Green) who wrote The Fault in our Stars, which I didn't read…
From My Bookshelf

CrazyBusy – aka: Culturally Induced ADD

26 May 20199 Feb 2023
I picked up and began to read Crazy Busy by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. before I realized that Hallowell was the author. I actually reviewed my favorite book by him last…
From My Bookshelf

Depressed & Anxious -DBT for the masses

8 May 20199 Oct 2019
Depressed & Anxious by Thomas Marra, Ph.D. (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) is excellent. Let's get that out of the way! Next, let me tell you how this book came…
Self-Help Whispering

Honorable Mention – Depression The Comedy – It’s being released in the US TODAY!

30 Apr 20199 Feb 2023
Jessica Holmes is funny. And beautiful. Also, depressed, sometimes. Does it make us regular ol’ depressees (seriously, no red underline? That can’t be a real word!) feel better to know that…
From My Bookshelf

New Beginnings – It’s time.

23 Apr 20199 Feb 2023
When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. - Ann Morrow Lindbergh New Beginnings by Betty Jane Wylie has been sitting quietly on my…
Self-Help Whispering

DON’T GO THERE! (This flies in the face of everything I’ve read about healing trauma)

21 Apr 20195 Sep 2022
As many of you know, my mother is a Dr. Mom (Ph.D. Jungian therapist) and I respect her immensely. She has been my guru and my muse on many-a-post(s) here.…
From My Bookshelf

The Tapping Solution – The final chapter and boy, oh boy, I have so much to tell you!

20 Apr 20199 Feb 2023
To begin... I've talked about this before... HERE. Next, I will be going back and forth between Nick's and Jessica's books:  The Tapping Solution by Nick Ortner The Tapping Solution to Create…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Creating a sanctuary of the mind

11 Apr 20199 Feb 2023
As an avid book lover and reader, there have been times (throughout my life) that the words-upon-words-upon-words rolled into my head and formed a giant ball of nothingness. Actually, I…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Start Late, Finish Rich

6 Apr 20199 Feb 2023
I’m old. And as Chef Ramsey would say: “Let’s get that right, yeah?” I’m going to talk – for just a moment – about me and money. Or rather, me and my…
From My Bookshelf

Perimenopause and Menopause – Ladies Night

3 Apr 201924 Feb 2021
Yes, today's books are about women ... but men, please don't go! (I say this because if there's one thing I know, it's that menopause vies with tampons to top…

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