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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…
Photography…

Picture of the Day – Tiny Sacred Spaces

13 Feb 2022
I cannot stress enough how important it is to create sacred space wherever you are! There was a time at work, not so long ago, that we were not allowed…
From My Bookshelf

Greenlights – Not a Fan?

9 Oct 202126 May 2022
I never liked the young Matthew McConaughey's acting, appearance, or personality. You know how some people just rub you the wrong way? (And here, I would be remiss not to…
From My Bookshelf

Depression & Other Magic Tricks – This Woman Speaks to Me

5 Aug 2021
I had no idea that Indigo Books (and Button Poetry) created little special editions. I do now! Depression & Other Magic Tricks could have been written by me. Kinda. But…
From My Bookshelf

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

4 Aug 20214 Aug 2021
August 4, 2021 - Ugh. Up for reblog is a very, VERY good book that I hope you'll never need. Unfortunately, too many DO. If you are one of them,…
From My Bookshelf

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

5 Jun 20215 Jun 2021
June 5, 2021 Up for reblog is one of my most EXCELLENT books about building a fab relationship & marriage! Yay! Is your relationship/marriage good? Want to make it better?…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – How Did I Get Here?

22 Apr 20219 Feb 2023
Sometimes I love being with people. Sometimes I flee from company and bear only silence. Sometimes I am sure people see my gifts, my wisdom and my light. Sometimes I think people…
Interviews

Interview – Patricia Call: Renaissance Woman

28 Mar 20219 Feb 2023
We first met Patricia Call in my shameless teaser about this interview HERE. I'm going to begin this interview by telling you that this one will be a little different than all…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one? – How to Win Friends & Influence People

28 Jan 2021
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 saying is that…
From My Bookshelf

What Makes a Marriage Last – A Behemoth

5 Jan 2021
What Makes a Marriage Last by Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue is one of the best books you'll EVER read about... well, it's in the title... what makes a marriage…
Photography…

Picture of the Day – A gift from the man who holds my heart

19 Dec 2020
Happy birthday to me! My husband, the consummate, thoughty, gift-giver who has presented me with some beauts over the years. My gifts are usually deeply meaningful. This time, he went…
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?* – Resilience

5 Nov 2020
In her final words, she said that “in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days…
From My Bookshelf

Creating the Relationship of Your Dreams – The “Anger Dragon” falls in love

22 Aug 20209 Feb 2023
The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her. - Bob Marley It dawned on me that had I…
Interviews

Interview – Marcella Burgess: Grabbing onto life with both hands!

27 Jun 20209 Feb 2023
You will remember Marcella from my shameless teaser from last week, linked HERE. You know how you meet people along your life's path and sometimes, they end up walking with…
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

Remember this one? – The Heart of Remarriage

12 May 202012 May 2020
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

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…
Photography

Picture of the Day -“Driving fun!”

27 Feb 2020
Have I mentioned lately how much I love my husband? He drives me in to work on days like today. Phew!
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one? -Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus

19 Sep 20199 Feb 2023
John Gray is the kind of guy that invited scrutiny. He called himself a Ph.D. But a Ph.D. in what? That was the question. At least in 1992, when his book Men are from…
From My Bookshelf

The Couple’s Comfort Book – Where’s the beef?

12 Aug 20199 Feb 2023
The Couple's Comfort Book by Jennifer Louden may sound familiar to you. That's probably because I wrote about The Women's Comfort Book by the same author in January. This brings up two…
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…
Interviews

Interview – Lorrie Goldman: Living the good life!

23 Jun 20199 Feb 2023
Every interview has been a learning experience for me and this one with Lorrie Goldman is no exception. You first heard about him here in my teaser. I knew he…
From My Bookshelf

Finding Your Own North Star – Lost & Found

19 Jun 20199 Feb 2023
“Almost everyone who feels stymied, aimless, directionless is carrying an unresolved emotional wound. A lack of enthusiasm for life is always a sign that the deep self is hurt. Every person's…
Interviews

Teaser for Upcoming Interview – Lorrie: A monstrously good guy!

17 Jun 201923 Jun 2019
I first met Lorrie on October 30, 2015. I know this because we have proof! That day, for Halloween, we were involved in an anti-bullying campaign that was filmed by…
From My Bookshelf

The Divorce Remedy – Back at it

3 Jun 20199 Feb 2023
Today, as I get back to mornal... er, normal... I shall talk about The Divorce Remedy by Michele Weiner Davis. And it shall be good. Uh, what I mean is...…
Self-Help Whispering

Ghost Whisperer – What festers below the surface?

18 May 20199 Feb 2023
It will not surprise you to know that during 2014: My Year of Pain I gravitated toward mostly-spiritual television. I've already talked about Being Erica. Today, I will be talking about…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Overcoming Health Anxiety

3 May 20199 Feb 2023
I can’t talk about this book without talking about myself. I don’t have a light case or dabble in it… I am fully immersed into a life of health anxiety.…
From My Bookshelf

drink, play, f@#k – Overkill

16 Apr 20199 Feb 2023
Andrew Gottlieb is a provocateur.  Drink, Play, F@#k is proof of that. Let's get something clear right from the top: Yes, this book is a "parody" of Elizabeth Gilbert's eat, pray,…
From My Bookshelf

You Don’t Look Your Age… and Other Fairy Tales – “This happened to me, learn from it!”

9 Apr 20199 Oct 2019
You Don't Look Your Age... and Other Fairy Tales by Sheila Nevins  is a book after my own heart. In fact, it could have been written by me. It wasn't! But it…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Start Late, Finish Rich

6 Apr 20199 Feb 2023
I’m old. And as Chef Ramsey would say: “Let’s get that right, yeah?” I’m going to talk – for just a moment – about me and money. Or rather, me and my…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Journaling

28 Mar 20199 Feb 2023
I’ve briefly talked about journaling in several posts so far. This will be focusing on it! I am a journal fanatic… although… it goes in fits and starts. When I’m…
From My Bookshelf

The Joys of Much Too Much – Can’t argue with that!

26 Mar 20199 Oct 2019
Does anyone else see the humor of The Joys of Much Too Much  being written by someone named "Fuller"? Bonnie Fuller, to be exact. This was another of my thrift shop buys.…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – When Parents Hurt

22 Mar 20199 Feb 2023
When Parents Hurt by Joshua Coleman, Ph.D. is a book of ouchies. Big ones. By the time you need it, there is a history… a dance… that has been going…
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…
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

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…
Interviews

Interview – Penny Rose Mixhau: Creator, Philosopher, Human

31 Dec 20189 Feb 2023
You first heard about Penny in my shameless teaser about her. As I was putting this post together, I stumbled while writing the headline. Penny Rose Mixhau on Being a…
From My Bookshelf

How Did I Get Here? – A guilty pleasure

3 Dec 20189 Oct 2019
Sometimes I love being with people. Sometimes I flee from company and bear only silence. Sometimes I am sure people see my gifts, my wisdom and my light. Sometimes I think people…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one?- A man named Turtle and his excellent website

6 Nov 2018
Al Turtle’s Relationship Wisdom will keep you busy for a few days… weeks… okay, months. To be clear from the onset, I do not know him personally nor am I getting…

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