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From My Bookshelf

Enough Already – Food For Thought

14 Feb 2022
I knew I would love Enough Already by Valerie Bertinelli because ... A. I adore Bertinelli and have since her days on One Day at a Time and B. I…
From My Bookshelf

The Year of No nonsense – Perfect for this moment!

6 Oct 20219 Feb 2023
The title to chapter 4 of The Year of No Nonsense is the crux of why I love this book. The chapter is called, "Breaking Up with the Lies We…
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…
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…
From My Bookshelf

Body Positivity – A discussion w/ me, myself & I

20 May 20219 Feb 2023
Body positivity is guided by the understanding that feeling positive and accepting of appearance can improve mental health, reduce the risk of eating disorders, and allow someone to function at their…
Self-Help Whispering

Food & Mood – Not the book’s fault. But, meh.

9 Mar 20219 Feb 2023
So great is man's hunger for forbidden foods! - Ovid, Metamorphoses Food & Mood by Elizabeth Somer, MA, RD is NOT a bad book. In fact, it's a high-quality, glossy-covered,…
From My Bookshelf

Spiritually Sassy – Radical, baby!

18 Feb 20219 Feb 2023
Just two days ago, I shared a teensy-tiny hint about this book. I've given it the once-over and now have gone back to the beginning to dig in and work…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – French Women Don’t Get Fat

7 Jan 2021
Spoiler alert: “Making choices that are meaningful to you is the essence of the French woman’s secret.” Mireille Guiliano, French Women Don’t Get Fat  My youngest daughter loaned this book to me and…
From My Bookshelf

Unbearable Lightness – The weight of the world

16 Dec 2020
Shame weighs a lot more than flesh and bone. - Portia De Rossi (pg 234) It will probably surprise you to know that I would say Unbearable Lightness by Portia…
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…
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Remember this one?* – Emotional Intelligence

17 Sep 2020
My IQ is modest. My common-sense is pretty-much nil. But my emotional intelligence? Well, let’s just say it works better than the other two combined. Emotional Intelligence  by Daniel Goleman is the kind…
From My Bookshelf

The Empath’s Survival Guide – How to avoid the bite of Emotional Vampires

11 Jun 20209 Feb 2023
“As an empath, you are part of a countercultural revolution to put what is humane back into humanity. I applaud you for being a path-forger, willing to venture off the…
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

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…
From My Bookshelf

How to Be Well – Buy it & Keep it!

6 Jan 20207 Jun 2022
How to Be Well by Frank Lipman, MD was a Christmas gift from my mother... and we all know by now that my mom is my own personal wise woman.…
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

Women Food and God – And Banana Bread

17 Jul 20199 Feb 2023
You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won't discover this until you are willing to stop banging your head against the wall…
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…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – I’m Looking Through You

28 May 20199 Feb 2023
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…
From My Bookshelf

A Series – The Tapping Solution – Part 3

18 Mar 20199 Feb 2023
I could subtitle this: What NOT to do. But you probably already know that, since it's my mantra. Not really, but really. Oy! You've already figured out that this post,…
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…
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Do I Look Fat in This? – Gettin’ over yerself!

26 Feb 20199 Feb 2023
Yeah, who hasn't asked themselves or others, "Do I look fat in this?" Not a one-of-us! That's what I thought. Perfect name for a book, right? Rhonda Britten is among…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Keep Moving

21 Feb 2019
Keep Moving is an apt name for this gem by Dick Van Dyke. After all, it’s the number one thing he’s done to keep young (at heart… and body, too, by the…
Self-Help Whispering

Reviving Ophelia – Be everything, be nothing

25 Jan 2019
“Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.”  “Girls struggles with mixed messages: Be beautiful,…
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

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

22 Jan 20199 Oct 2019
“Halé inspires us to see our dinner plate in a new yet ancient light, leading us back to the sensual, healthful relationship with food that is our birthright as human…
Self-Help Whispering

Things I’m Leaving Behind in 2018

26 Dec 20186 Sep 2022
In my continuing progression towards 2019, I offer this... Things I'm Leaving Behind in 2018 Cell phone worship. I use my cell phone as a... you know... phone, so it…
From My Bookshelf

French Women Don’t Get Fat – Eat the good chocolate!

17 Oct 20189 Oct 2019
Spoiler alert: “Making choices that are meaningful to you is the essence of the French woman's secret.” Mireille Guiliano, French Women Don't Get Fat  My youngest daughter loaned this book to me…
From My Bookshelf

Fiction as Self-Help – Go Ask Alice

22 Aug 20189 Oct 2019
In the early 1970s, when Go Ask Alice by Anonymous was published, I was 13 years old and heading into 7th grade. Rod Stewart may have been singing Maggie May…
From My Bookshelf

This is Me – And me, too

15 Aug 20189 Oct 2019
“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

Back in Control – As promised!

17 Jul 20189 Feb 2023
I've committed a grievous sin against book and book-lover. Forgive me! This book is only one week old and already, it's marked up, highlighted, and has colorful post-it arrows sticking…
From My Bookshelf

Natural Cures “They” Don’t Want You to Know About – From fluff to fraudster?

29 Jun 20189 Oct 2019
Be afraid. Be very afraid! A discussion of self-help books would not be complete without mention of  Kevin Trudeau, the best-selling author-turned-convicted-felon. Sentenced to prison in 2014, his claims to cure…
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

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

Lose Some Weight – a YouTube video I love

27 Oct 20171 Jan 2018
You will find that I have quite a few "self-help" books about weight. Some are to help me love myself "where I am" and others are to motivate me to…

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