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From My Bookshelf

Hope for the Hurting – A Port in the Storm

23 Mar 202323 Mar 2023
I talk a lot about spiritual things here because I believe we are spiritual beings wrapped in physical bodies. I don't pretend to have all the answers... or ANY... for…
From My Bookshelf

The Zenned Out Guide to Understanding The Wheel of the Year – Nothing to Argue About!

7 Mar 2023
Spirituality can certainly be an important part of self-help and healing. However, not everyone will agree on what that means. I have talked at length about my own beliefs, which…
From My Bookshelf

Fiction as Self-Help – the stranger in the lifeboat

22 Mar 20229 Feb 2023
"It's always been a mystery to me... how beauty and anguish can share the same moment." - Mitch Albom (pg. 35) The words “beauty” and “anguish” perfectly describe the stranger…
From My Bookshelf

Hallelujah Anyway – Blessed Mercy

21 Feb 202221 Feb 2022
“An open, merciful heart is a setup for pain, shame and being mocked.” – Anne Lamott (pg 8) Hallelejah Anyway by Anne Lamott is the perfect book to follow up yesterday’s post. Mercy,…
From My Bookshelf

If God is Love Don’t Be a Jerk – Things get awkward

10 Feb 2022
"You had one job: Love" - John Pavlovitz, pg 2 (paraphrased from Matthew 22: 35-40) I've been reading the work of John Pavlovitz for years. He has a fantastic blog…
Photography

Picture(s) of the Day- Prayer Grotto

19 May 2021
I love this place so much and today I was drawn to it. I have shared photos of the space before but these are new ones. It seems that every…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one? – Make the Connection

28 Apr 20209 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…
From My Bookshelf

The Angel Therapy Handbook – God Heals

9 Apr 20209 Feb 2023
The Angel Therapy Handbook by Doreen Virtue is wonderful - you know - if you like this kind of stuff. Turns out, Virtue herself does NOT. Like this kind of…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Second Calling

18 Oct 2019
Second Calling by Dale Hanson Bourke is a book for the woman who has come to the second half of her life, “softer, gentler, wiser and more calm” than she has…
From My Bookshelf

Fiction as self-help – The Shack – First, I hated it!

14 Sep 20199 Feb 2023
This will be a very different post for me... for many reasons. Let's begin with the obvious. The Shack by William P. Young was a juggernaut. It was originally self-published...…
From My Bookshelf

The Celtic Book of Living and Dying – Mystical Journey

29 Jul 20199 Feb 2023
Outside, rain wets the leaves; White-caps on the ocean waves; sea-foam on the shore Understanding is the light of mankind. (Welsh) Funny, I couldn't find The Celtic Book of Living…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Writing the Natural Way

12 Jul 20199 Feb 2023
This is the feeling for syllable and rhythm, penetrating far below the conscious levels of thought and feeling, invigorating every word. T. S. Eliot Get your groove goin’! It’s time…
From My Bookshelf

The Eagle and The Rose – Nice work if you can get it

10 Jul 20199 Feb 2023
The Eagle and The Rose by Rosemary Altea was a book I loved, loved, loved when I first read it, in 1995. I was hungry for spiritual things - not Jesus…
Photography…

A sacred corner

7 Jul 20199 Feb 2023
The other day, I took myself on a date. The best part was, I ended up somewhere completely unexpected! I had originally gone to an art gallery with lovely grounds.…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – The Dance of the Dissident Daughter

21 Jun 20199 Feb 2023
Sue Monk Kidd is a wise woman, guide, mentor… writer. Have you read “The Secret Life of Bees“? Oh. Wow. It’s… fantastic. Kidd is the kind of woman you expect to…
Self-Help Whispering

Soul Without Shame – Heavyweight contender

11 Jun 20199 Feb 2023
If you're looking for a quick-fix for your shame, Soul Without Shame by Byron Brown is NOT it. Not that it's a difficult read - it isn't - but that…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – The Courage to Heal

7 May 20199 Feb 2023
**Trigger warning: Childhood Sexual Abuse** I didn’t begin this blog and then go out and buy books to write about, as you know. That means, every book I share about…
From My Bookshelf

Don’t Let Anything Dull Your Sparkle – Especially Histamines!

2 Mar 20199 Oct 2019
When I stood in front of my bookcase today, I thought I'd pick something light and simple. It's been an incredibly busy few days and honestly, I just got up…
From My Bookshelf

Your Best Life Now – Whatever floats your boat!

9 Feb 201931 Dec 2019
Love him or hate him, Joel Osteen is a man with a mission. What that is, exactly, is (according to some) yet to be seen. To others, it's clear, and…
From My Bookshelf

After the Ecstasy, the Laundry -A Modern Spiritual Journey

26 Jan 20199 Oct 2019
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry by Jack Kornfield is a book I'd never heard of and passed on the shelves at my fave thrift store a dozen times. For one…
From My Bookshelf

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

17 Jan 20199 Oct 2019
"True story: a young mother was giving her three-year-old son a bath when he looked up and said, Mommy, I love my penis." - page 43 It would be so…
Self-Help Whispering

Christmas Day, 2018 – My “Vision Board” for 2019

25 Dec 201825 Dec 2018
First, Happy Christmas or whatever you're celebrating this time of year.  ☃❅❤ I know it isn't easy this time of year... not for a lot of us. Me, included. I am…
Self-Help Whispering

It’s my ONE-YEAR BLOGAVERSARY!

20 Oct 20189 Feb 2023
One year ago, I sat at my kitchen table, on this computer, and typed my first words as The Self-Help Whisperer™. Little did I know that the words "Who is…
From My Bookshelf

The Road Less Traveled -The Great Truth

25 Jul 20189 Oct 2019
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.  An excerpt from the poem, "The Road Not…
From My Bookshelf

The Heart of Remarriage – Do what I say, not what I did!

23 Jun 20189 Oct 2019
To be clear, I never thought I'd be part of these statistics: In the U.S., 50% percent of first marriages, 67% of second, and 74% of third marriages end in divorce. Second marriages have difficulty for…
From My Bookshelf

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…
From My Bookshelf

Going Within – Call me crazy

7 Jun 20189 Oct 2019
If you are anywhere *near* around my age, you know who Shirley Mclaine is... and you have some thoughts about her. Perhaps you remember her from her Oscar-winning turn in…
From My Bookshelf

Second Calling – When does 1/2 = 1/3?

27 Mar 20188 Aug 2021
Second Calling by Dale Hanson Bourke is a book for the woman who has come to the second half of her life, "softer, gentler, wiser and more calm" than she…
From My Bookshelf

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…
From My Bookshelf

Praying with Katie – the Un-self-help, self-help book

25 Jan 201814 May 2022
We'd just moved into an apartment smack dab in-between a quaint, small town and a bustling large city. Go one way, and you'd be downtown where old brick and mortar…
From My Bookshelf

Fiction as self-help: In His Steps

11 Dec 20179 Oct 2019
Originally published in 1897, In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon has an underlying storyline that is just as timely today as it was when written. Oh sure, some of the…

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