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Comfort Food – Moment of Yum!

14 Sep 2022
I saw someone drink this on YouTube. Then they shared what’s in it. It sounded so good! It’s the kind of thing that takes you from summer into fall. It’s…
Photography

Picture of the Day – “Scenes from a hanging basket”

13 Aug 202213 Aug 2022
My schedule has been so wonky … and since I haven’t been out to walk, I took a picture of the beautiful flowers on our way into a restaurant this…
Photography

Picture of the Day – “Last Saturday”

26 Apr 2022
We went out to REAL dinner last weekend (i. e. not Burger King) for the first time in three years. We drove across the region to another lake = Erie!…
Self-Help Whispering

Mindful Eating

2 Feb 202231 Aug 2022
I was given a mid-week lieu day off. I don't even know what it was in lieu of!! But I'll take it! Today is that day! It happens to have…
Self-Help Whispering

Comfort Food – Sweet Potato Soup

19 Nov 202114 Sep 2022
Tonight, my husband and I went different directions for dinner. He went pasta … I went potato. Come to think of it, we both went “comfort”! Whenever I tell anyone…
From My Bookshelf

Find Your Pleasure – A Professional Sensualist?

16 Aug 202116 Aug 2021
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…
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

Remember this one?* – The Yeast Connection

28 May 2021
Actually, The Yeast Connection by William G. Crook, MD may be one of the most important books you’ll read, if you have a whack of weird symptoms that can’t be diagnosed,…
From My Bookshelf

Love, Life & Lucille – A life well lived with ribbons

11 Mar 202111 Mar 2021
My theory is that those at the very beginning and those near the end of life hold a special bond. It's almost as if they're so close to heaven, they…
From My Bookshelf

Fiction as Self-Help – The Secret, Book & Scone Society

2 Feb 2021
As soon as the healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else. - Maya Angelou The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams is the first in a…
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…
Self-Help Whispering

2020: Year of Clarity – 2021: Year of _____?

5 Dec 20205 Dec 2020
Since beginning this blog in late 2017, I have chosen a word to focus on for the following year. 2018: Year of Nurture 2019: Year of Water 2020: Year of…
Photography

Picture of the Day -“Wish you were here!”

26 Nov 2020
Happy Thanksgiving, all my American peeps! My husband and I celebrate both the Canadian holiday and the American one ... so that means I get pumpkin pie today!!! 
From My Bookshelf

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 Little Book of Hygge – Soothing Things

10 Aug 202012 Aug 2020
Hygge. It is pronounced many ways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YNUkx3waH0   Described many ways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8VAksNMroY Enjoyed many ways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjelfnLA30k The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking is - quite simply - a…
From My Bookshelf

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

11 Jun 202011 Jun 2020
“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? – eat, pray, love

10 Jun 202010 Jun 2020
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 a…
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.…
From My Bookshelf

A Course in Miracles – Now see, this is why I hunt through thrift stores!

19 Aug 20199 Oct 2019
I've mentioned this book before, as have a few of my readers. A Course in Miracles by the Foundation for Inner Peace ("The Scribe" is Dr. Helen Schucman) is something I've…
From My Bookshelf

Women Food and God – And Banana Bread

17 Jul 20199 Oct 2019
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

New Beginnings – It’s time.

23 Apr 20199 Oct 2019
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…
From My Bookshelf

A Series – The Tapping Solution – Part 3

18 Mar 201922 Feb 2021
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 Oct 2019
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

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…
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…
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…
Self-Help Whispering

2019: Year of Water

23 Dec 20185 Sep 2022
Last year, I was very general with my one-word self-help wish for 2018. The word was "Nurture" which of course could mean many things. This year, I am being very…
From My Bookshelf

How to Win Friends & Influence People – Avoiding a pile of buttered bagels

26 Oct 20189 Oct 2019
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie was published in 1936. The title back then was, "How to Wineth Friends and Infulenceth People"... just kidding. All I'm…
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

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…
From My Bookshelf

The Little Book of Stress Relief – Sometimes, you just don’t wanna think

30 Aug 20189 Oct 2019
The Little Book of Stress Relief by David Posen, MD is not a heavy book... and by that, I mean, physically or emotionally. The cover is inviting and beautiful. The…
From My Bookshelf

Emotional Intelligence – Redefining “Smart”

8 Aug 20189 Oct 2019
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…
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

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 Oct 2019
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 Bliss Mistress – Transformation

22 May 20189 Oct 2019
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

How to Live Between Office Visits – All you need is love ❤️

27 Apr 20189 Oct 2019
Faith is the health's requisite - John Updike, from "Ode to Healing" It was an act of faith that led me to buy this book... because... as a person with…
From My Bookshelf

Fiction as Self-Help – Vive Gramache!

20 Feb 20189 Oct 2019
Louise Penny is a beautiful writer... even if it's murder. The setting of my favorite (er, I should say "favourite" since she's Canadian) series is called "Three Pines" and even though…

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