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2 Minutes to Confidence- Gravitas

22 May 202222 May 2022

There’s a whole whack of books like 2 Minutes to Confidence by Corinne Sweet. I should know, I’ve read a bunch! I bet you have, too! One thing jumped out…

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Self-Care for Men – But… will they read it?

24 Sep 20219 Feb 2023

Was I surprised to see Self-Care for Men by Garrett Munce on a sale table for $2? No. No, I wasn't. Why? Because most men I've known would rather poke…

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Apple Cider Vinegar for Health – Book vs Internet

20 Sep 20219 Feb 2023

You might think that a book like Apple Cider Vinegar for Health by Britt Brandon, CFNS, CPT is almost "silly" to spend money on... given that we can get all…

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Find Your Pleasure – A Professional Sensualist?

16 Aug 20219 Feb 2023

Every heard of a "professional sensualist"? Me, neither! Cynthia Loyst is a self-proclaimed one! Find Your Pleasure is about how we clunky humans fall into "pleasure deficits" - and let's…

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Remember this one?* – The Black Book of Hollywood Beauty Secrets

24 May 202124 May 2021

Now, you may ask yourself what in the WORLD was I thinking when I picked up this book? Fair question. Here’s the answer: This might be fun! See, every once in…

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What Would Audrey Do? – In The Mood

23 Jan 20219 Feb 2023

What am I in the mood for? Grace & Style. Please! And who better to illustrate both than the stunning Audrey Hepburn (d. 1993)? “The beauty of a woman is…

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Staging Your Comeback – Women Over 45… Rejoice!

23 Sep 20209 Oct 2020

Staging Your Comeback by Christopher Hopkins (The Makeover Guy®) is a book I searched for... for years. Sure, I'd watched every one of his makeover videos on YouTube (and there…

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Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall – Self Reflection

23 Jan 202024 Jan 2020

What's not to love about the premise of Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall by Kjerstin Gruys? Not much, me thinks! In 2011, when she should have been excitedly planning her…

Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Color Me Beautiful

13 Sep 20199 Feb 2023

My copy of Color Me Beautiful is from 1973 but make no mistake — it’s still relevant. In fact, there is a current website from the author Carole Jackson HERE with a digital copy…

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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…

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Aromatherapy for Mind & Body – Scent from nature :-)

13 Jun 20199 Feb 2023

Aromatherapy for Mind & Body by David Schiller & Carol Schiller is the kind of book you go back to again and again. What I like about this particular book…

Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty

4 May 20199 Feb 2023

Listening to Diane Keaton read Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty is like listening to an old friend reminisce as you sit together on the breakwall outside her house at the beach. The sun…

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…

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You Don’t Look Your Age… and Other Fairy Tales – “This happened to me, learn from it!”

9 Apr 20199 Oct 2019

You Don't Look Your Age... and Other Fairy Tales by Sheila Nevins is a book after my own heart. In fact, it could have been written by me. It wasn't! But it…

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Grown-up Glamour – When you have to make that incessant tapping stop!

14 Mar 20199 Feb 2023

Once upon a time, I told you about tapping. No, twice. Twice upon a time, which was actually only days ago. I also mentioned that I'm wrestling with it mightily.…

Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Style Statement

29 Jan 2019

If you enjoy looking at lovely books, Style Statement by Carrie McCarthy & Danielle LaPorte is that kind of book. If you love doing quizzes and exercises to find out about yourself,…

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

24 Jan 20199 Oct 2019

"So coffee equals fat cells. P.S. It also makes your breath smell like ass." - Skinny Bitch Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin is the spawn of Satan. Just…

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The Black Book of Hollywood Beauty Secrets – You won’t believe what Lisa Rinna said!

17 Dec 20189 Oct 2019

Now, you may ask yourself what in the WORLD was I thinking when I picked up this book? Fair question. Here's the answer: This might be fun! See, every once…

Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Own It!

14 Dec 2018

Tabatha Coffey is a force of nature… and a force to be reckoned with! She is statuesque, beautiful and bitchier than Alexis Carrington (Colby). Also, she’s fabulous! I first saw her on the…

Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – The Art of Extreme Self-Care

7 Dec 2018

Some of you may not realize that I am an American married to a Canadian and living in Ontario, Canada. This isn’t about that, exactly, except to say that my…

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Elizabeth Taylor: A Passion for Life – Wisdom & Fluff

24 Oct 201823 Jan 2021

"I believe people are like rocks formed by the weather. We're formed by experience, by heartache, by grief, by mistakes, by guilt, by shame--all the things that psychiatrists would like…

Interviews

Interview – Michelle JT Ziemann on surrounding yourself with what you love

8 Sep 20188 Sep 2018

You first heard about Michelle Ziemann about two weeks ago in this introductory (and shameless teaser) post. If I continue the love-fest in this introduction, I'll embarrass Michelle - and…

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Manage Your Online Reputation -Things change, so be there when they do

1 Sep 20189 Oct 2019

Look up Self-Counsel Press and favorite-it. Then order Manage Your Online Reputation by Tony Wilson. Self-Counsel Press is a division of International Self-Counsel Press Ltd. (same link as above) and…

Photography

Photography as self-help – Benches

21 Jun 201821 Jun 2018

I often lay on that bench looking up into the tree, past the trunk and up into the branches. It was particularly fine at night with the stars above the…

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Make the Connection – I bet you wondered when I’d get to this one!

19 Jun 20189 Feb 2023

Before we begin, allow me to answer your questions (that you haven't yet asked but are wondering about): Yes, I was an Oprah fan and waited for this book in…

Photography

Photography as Self-Help – The one that started it all

24 May 201823 Oct 2018

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!…

Self-Help Whispering

The Secret of Roan Inish – Melt into the story

5 Apr 201821 Nov 2019

Selkies ~ seals that shed their skins to become human, are the folklore and centerpiece of this incredible, lush and stunning movie: The Secret of Roan Inish. I've watched it…

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Color Me Beautiful – Beauty is Fun!

9 Mar 20189 Oct 2019

My copy of Color Me Beautiful is from 1973 but make no mistake -- it's still relevant. In fact, there is a current website from the author Carole Jackson HERE with…

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A Grain of Sand – To hold the world

8 Feb 20189 Oct 2019

To see a World in a Grain of Sand, And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And Eternity in an hour. ~ William…

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Motherhood The Second Oldest Profession – The Special Mother

6 Feb 20189 Oct 2019

"Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died." - Erma Bombeck I was going to write about comedy as self-help. Erma Bombeck was certainly funny... but I'd consider her a…

Photography

Photography as self-help – Let it snow!

2 Feb 20182 Feb 2018

I love snow. I hate it, too. I mostly love it in December and hate it on January 1st through April. And yes, we've had snow in April. Can you…

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I’m Looking Through You – Haunted

1 Feb 20189 Oct 2019

Jennifer Finley Boylan is an amazing woman! Before picking up this audio book at the library, I'd never heard of her. I listened to it and then - by a…

Self-Help Whispering

Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty – Then what was it?

24 Jan 201817 Mar 2021

Listening to Diane Keaton read Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty is like listening to an old friend reminisce as you sit together on the breakwall outside her house at the beach. The…

Self-Help Whispering

Come to me, my pretty – Creating a sanctuary of the mind

16 Jan 201818 Jan 2018

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…

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Style Statement – I feel pretty!

16 Dec 20179 Oct 2019

If you enjoy looking at lovely books, Style Statement by Carrie McCarthy & Danielle LaPorte is that kind of book. If you love doing quizzes and exercises to find out…

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Own It! – A force of nature who has that “Tough Love” thing down!

20 Nov 20179 Oct 2019

Tabatha Coffey is a force of nature... and a force to be reckoned with! She is statuesque, beautiful and bitchier than Alexis Carrington (Colby). Also, she's fabulous! I first…

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The Art of Extreme Self-Care – Sans Limites

18 Nov 20179 Oct 2019

Some of you may not realize that I am an American married to a Canadian and living in Ontario, Canada. This isn't about that, exactly, except to say that my…

Photography

Photography as self-help – The Beginning

16 Nov 201729 Dec 2017

I've had a rough week. I wrenched my knee and have been hobbling for the last six days. My ultrasound and x-rays aren't until next week. I could wallow... but…

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Second Sight – The Isle of Avalon

15 Nov 201722 Feb 2021

It was my mother, once again*, who introduced me to the work of this author and her books. Judith Orloff, M.D. is a doctor (you noticed the M.D.?) and yet, she…

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Self-Help in this? – Her Name, Titanic

14 Nov 20179 Oct 2019

My love of all-things Titanic began when I was a child. My grandparents had one of those pictorial history books that Life Magazine put out. It was a coffee table book;…

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The Book of Awakening – Wisdom from the trenches

10 Nov 20179 Oct 2019

One of my favorite quotes of all time comes from this book: If I had experienced different things, I would have different things to say. Mark Nepo The Book of Awakening…

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