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From My Bookshelf

Atlas of the Heart – Swan Song?

11 Nov 20229 Feb 2023
Brené Brown is incapable of writing a bad book. She's a guru's guru, though her humility wouldn't allow her to believe it. She writes and speaks beautifully with a soft,…
From My Bookshelf

What’s Stopping Me From Being Happy? – Newbie Must-Have!

15 May 2022
I first saw What’s Stopping Me From Being Happy? by Lisa Ellis on my Facebook timeline. Although I’ve taken down my professional FB page, I kept my personal one. Throughout…
Photography

Picture of the Day “A Study in Mindfulness”

23 Jan 2022
Bette needs no one to tell her how to be mindful. She simply is.
From My Bookshelf

Now With You Now Without – The Question

9 Nov 20209 Feb 2023
My friend Roger told me about this book. Can I just stop for a moment and gush on serendipity? If it weren't for my dearest, long-time friend Betsy, who saved…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – The Hero Within

8 Oct 20208 Oct 2020
No matter how much people want to feel loved, appreciated, and a part of things, they will be lonely until they make a commitment to themselves, a commitment that is…
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…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – The Secret of the Shadow

4 Sep 2020
“Embracing our dark side gives us a new found freedom to be with the darkness in others. For when I can love all of me, I will love all of…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one? – Going Within

11 Apr 2020
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 Terms of Endearment? Or that…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one? – Act Like a Lady (Think Like a Man) 

11 Mar 2020
I dislike the title of this book. There. I said it. When I picked it up, I thought… what the heck does a comedian and game show host know about…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one? -The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

20 Feb 202025 Feb 2020
When The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey came out in 1989, it was a game-changer. I’m not the first person to write about it… it’s been written about, discussed…
Photography

Picture of the Day -“Lucky me!”

4 Feb 202011 Apr 2020
Throughout my life I have seen this in action over and over again! The last time it happened was only one month ago and I am reaping the rewards now.…
Photography…

Picture of the Day – “All are Welcome!”

10 Sep 2019
As seen in our neighborhood!
From My Bookshelf

Me to We – Hot Potato!

20 Jul 20199 Oct 2019
We excel at making a living but often fail at making a life. We celebrate our prosperity but yearn for purpose. We cherish our freedoms but long for connection. In…
From My Bookshelf

A Series – The Tapping Solution – Part 2

12 Mar 20199 Feb 2023
This (probably/obviously) follows up A Series – The Tapping Solution – Part 1. The Tapping Solution by Nick Ortner is an amazing book and program. That said, I have a confession... and it pains…
From My Bookshelf

A Series – The Tapping Solution – Part 1

9 Mar 201915 Sep 2021
Something disappointing happened this last week. Well, disappointing is probably too light a word... it was ... kind of ... devistating. Through it, an interesting thing happened and it is…
Interviews

Interview – Kaden Ferretti: Friend, neighbor, and lighthouse

8 Feb 20199 Feb 2023
You first heard about my friend (and community-support-powerhouse) Kaden in this shameless teaser. Readers, I have shared so often that everyone you meet has something to teach you, if you…
From My Bookshelf

After the Affair – I hope you NEVER need this book!

6 Feb 20199 Oct 2019
“Dr. Spring possesses a remarkable combination of clarity, wisdom, spirit, and heart. This is an extremely helpful and healing book—a gift to us all.” —Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., author of The Dance of…
Interviews

Teaser for Upcoming Interview – Kaden: All her bags are packed

3 Feb 20193 Feb 2019
You don't know Kaden (yet!) but you will, soon enough. She's my next Interview! How did I get so blessed to know such wise women and men? Well, in this…
From My Bookshelf

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

1 Feb 20199 Oct 2019
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. - The Wizard of Oz The entire premise of this book is wasted on me. Not that it's a bad book...…
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,…
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

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…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Recovery of Your Inner Child

23 Jan 2019
Genius is childhood recaptured. – Charles Baudelaire I took the photo of the book in the featured photo askew because there’s a sale ticket stuck to the right corner. I…
From My Bookshelf

Romancing the Shadow – Get to know that shady dude!

15 Jan 20199 Oct 2019
"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious." - CG Jung I chose this book because today, I gave in to the…
From My Bookshelf

The December Project – Lightness & Grace

12 Jan 20199 Oct 2019
My sister-in-law Shirley is infused with light. I felt it emanating from her the first time we met (about 19 years ago!) and over the years, it has only brightened.…
From My Bookshelf

Getting the Love You Want -It doesn’t *just happen*

9 Jan 20195 Jun 2021
“Helen and I like to think of two people in a conscious love relationship as companion stars. Each person is a unique individual ablaze with potential. One is just as…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Let the Magic Begin

4 Jan 20199 Feb 2023
How many things have to happen to you, before something occurs to you. – Robert Frost Cathy Lee Crosby was once a superstar. Drop-dead gorgeous with a dazzling smile, she exuded…
From My Bookshelf

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…
From My Bookshelf

The Hero Within – A journey worth taking

20 Aug 20189 Oct 2019
“No matter how much people want to feel loved, appreciated, and a part of things, they will be lonely until they make a commitment to themselves, a commitment that is…
From My Bookshelf

The Secret of the Shadow -Come out of hiding

4 Aug 20189 Oct 2019
“Embracing our dark side gives us a new found freedom to be with the darkness in others. For when I can love all of me, I will love all of…
From My Bookshelf

Begin with Yes – Setting things in motion

30 Jul 20189 Feb 2023
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!…
From My Bookshelf

Loving What Is – 4 Questions

24 Jul 20189 Oct 2019
When I argue with reality, I lose - but only 100% of the time. - Byron Katie Byron Katie has the coolest name, I think. Cool name aside, she also…
From My Bookshelf

eat, pray, love – with a bow on top

4 Jul 20189 Oct 2019
eat, pray, love by Elizabeth Gilbert is a beautiful book. It is the kind of book that women gravitate toward, in a search to find themselves among the pages. Like…
From My Bookshelf

The New Codependency – I barely got over the old one!

6 Jun 20186 Apr 2020
Melody Beattie is an extraordinary and famous author - for good reason. She's written fifteen books but her first one -  Codependent No More  - was a groundbreaking work. It was published…
From My Bookshelf

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari – Even his name sounds mystical

2 Apr 20189 Oct 2019
“You are what you think about all day long. You are also what you say to yourself all day long. If you say that you are old and tired, this…
Self-Help Whispering

What do you think? – On Intuition

24 Mar 20189 Feb 2023
I have two books on intuition that are favorites: Practical Intuition by Laura Day and The Intuitive Way by Penney Peirce. For years... if you were like me... you believed…
From My Bookshelf

The Courage to Heal Workbook – Heavy Hitter

26 Jan 20189 Oct 2019
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 has a reason for being…
From My Bookshelf

Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am? – Because I suck.

2 Nov 20179 Oct 2019
Actually, the book has a different answer to that question. Why am I afraid to tell you who I am?  " I am afraid to tell you who I am, because, if…

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