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Self-Help Whispering

Five Years – It’s an Inside Job

20 Mar 202320 Mar 2023
I can't tell you how many times I've written, erased, and come back to write again. There's so much to say and yet, so little. It will make sense, I…
Photography…

Haiku: Aglow

18 Mar 2023
Bette in silhouette A study in reverie Watching the flames dance.
From My Bookshelf

The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook – Speak Kindly to YOURSELF!

15 Mar 202315 Mar 2023
Mom wanted me to see a particular meditation on the Calm app. Honestly, I paid for a year of the app myself but never used it. I should say, I…
Self-Help Whispering

Is Surrender the Same as Submission?

11 Mar 202311 Mar 2023
At first blush, these two words seem... almost... identical! Submit: Oxford Languages sub·mit /səbˈmit/ To accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another…
From My Bookshelf

The Velveteen Principles – Becoming Real

9 Mar 2023
If you've read around here before, you know that I find inspiration from pretty much any/everywhere! Children's literature is no exception! The Velveteen Principles by Toni Raiten-D'Antonio is a neat…
Self-Help Whispering

Ta Da, Told You So!

8 Mar 2023
Today’s journal entry. Apropos because I have just gone through a medical thingie that could have been avoided had they simply listened to me when I told them what was…
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…
Photography…

Winter Pals

3 Mar 2023
So, I guess there is yet another side to my word this year: Surrender. It’s an even more primal acceptance of the FACT that something is **really** wrong with my…
Self-Help Whispering

I Give Up!

27 Feb 202327 Feb 2023
I have a Word for 2023. Do you know what it is? Here it is almost the end of February and I haven't made an art project about it or…
Photography…

A reminder from my friends

24 Feb 202324 Feb 2023
When I left my long-time job at the newspaper to manage the cat centre, this kitty was part of a menagerie of cats that decorated my desk! I keep it…
Self-Help Whispering

My Vision Board 2023 – You Need to Make One, Too!

23 Feb 202323 Feb 2023
Those who have been around a while know I take my vision board(ing) very seriously! In the past five years, I've had... A Vision line with tiny "clothespins" and lights…
Photography

Sparkling Corner

18 Feb 202318 Feb 2023
I hoped, when we chose this spot for my little fairy, that the sun would shine through and spray rainbow sparkles on the wall behind her. She did not disappoint.
From My Bookshelf

Prevention: Find Your Calm – Even at the Checkout!

10 Feb 202310 Feb 2023
I've just started my 2023 Vision Board as I mentioned HERE. While I was standing in line at the grocery store, I perused the magazine rack for something that might…
Self-Help Whispering

I haven’t written a post like this for a million years

10 Feb 202310 Feb 2023
Back in the day when I was a very prolific writer on ye olde message boards (think late 1990s-early 2000s), I would be up late at night for one reason…
Self-Help Whispering

As far as the eye can see…

3 Feb 20239 Feb 2023
The featured photo was taken along the shore of Lake Ontario. I love looking out across... how it seems to go on and on... Life is like that... Today, we…
Self-Help Whispering

Whispered Word: Simplicity

29 Jan 202329 Jan 2023
Photography…

What I See Now vs. Then

26 Jan 202326 Jan 2023
You may know that we moved on the first of the month - a new beginning for a new year. Yeah, we're goofy like that! We lived in our last…
From My Bookshelf

The Power of Awe – Meditation Again… and it’s A.W.E.some!

19 Jan 20239 Feb 2023
Life has a way of bringing back around the things you need - but fight against - until you stop and listen. Throw in that my word of the year…
Self-Help Whispering

Blurry: A Haiku

15 Jan 2023
I miss you most when I have something to tell you. It won’t be long now.
Self-Help Whispering

Another day gone by…

9 Jan 2023
Hi Friends & Readers, from the land of Boxville Corners, where everywhere you turn is boxes, boxes, boxes… as far as the eye can see! I have not dropped off…
Self-Help Whispering

2023: The View From Here

30 Dec 2022
For those who don't know... our little family is moving the first week of January 2023. Lovely time of year for it, don'tcha think? LOL So, you may have noticed…
Photography

Picture of the Day -“Promise”

27 Dec 2022
Photography

Picture of the Day – “Santa’s Sleigh”

22 Dec 2022
Photography

Picture of the Day – “Sky Portal”

19 Dec 202219 Dec 2022
Self-Help Whispering

Gaia International Alliance Humanity Leaders Top Pick Award 2023

18 Dec 20225 Mar 2023
I am blessed and humbled to have been chosen as a Top Pick Humanitarian Leader for Gaia International Alliance for 2023. Gaia International Alliance created the Gaia International Alliance Humanity…
Self-Help Whispering

2023: Year of Surrender

9 Dec 20229 Feb 2023
I can't believe I've been here for five years! Amaze-balls, as the kids say. Wait? They don't say that anymore? Well, that's embarrassing. Of all the ideas I've had over…
Photography

Picture of the Day – “Welcoming Lights”

6 Dec 2022
Lovely, simple scene …
Photography

Picture(s) of the Day – December 2, 2022

2 Dec 20222 Dec 2022
I went for a short drive after brunch with a friend I haven’t seen since Covid began. (The visit was fantastic!) None of these shots have filters or edits. The…
Self-Help Whispering

Harold & Maude – And me, too.

22 Nov 2022
If you've been reading along you know that I was off to California to spend Thanksgiving with my grandson and his parents (my daughter and her hubby)... oh, about three…
Photography

Picture of the Day -“Dreamer”

13 Nov 2022
I’m sooooo in love with our feline family members! This is Hannah. She’s 6 yrs old and a zoomies Queen! When’s she stops, she ***really really really*** stops. A backfiring…
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,…
Photography

Picture (s) of the Day – “Golden Hues”

4 Nov 2022
I had a doctors appointment today and afterwords I went in search of whatever was left of the autumn colors! So incredibly beautiful!
Photography

Picture of the Day – “November 1st”

1 Nov 2022
And so it begins… or ends… depending how you look at it!
From My Bookshelf

Luminous Darkness – No Part Left Out

31 Oct 20229 Feb 2023
This book captivated me. I was sent this book to review a week before I was dramatically reminded of my humanity via a 5-day hospital stay and surgery. Once I…
Photography

Picture of the Day- “Foggy Sunday Drive”

30 Oct 2022
From My Bookshelf

The I Ching Workbook – It’s Complicated

29 Oct 2022
I have a deck of cards using I Ching and also The I Ching Workbook by RL Wing - both given to me by my mother. Mom has had extraordinary…
Photography

Picture of the Day – “Torches” – From my archives

28 Oct 202228 Oct 2022
One of my old faves! Healing nicely but not able to get out in my car and drive. Good thing I have lots of photos I’ve taken over the years!
Photography

Picture of the Day – “The Gate”

19 Oct 2022
I sooooo love this season. Absolute bliss!
Photography

Picture of the Day – “That girl is on fire“

17 Oct 2022
Isn’t this tree glorious? She looks like a big, beautiful matchstick!
From My Bookshelf

Nature, Culture & The Sacred -I’m still unpacking!

14 Oct 20229 Feb 2023
I feel spoiled. This is the second time I've been contacted by a particular publicist (from Book Publicity Services) to review one of their books. The first time was for…
Photography

Picture of the Day -“Rhymes With Kornge”

9 Oct 2022
I make me laugh! Isn’t this a glorious orange tree???

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