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Bio Moment – The Wounding of the Human Heart

21 Oct 202121 Oct 2021

It's a rainy Autumn day, the air cool, and I am safely at home in my cozy library. I've just finished a smoothie, although yes, hot tea sipped from a…

From My Bookshelf

Greenlights – Not a Fan?

9 Oct 2021

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…

Self-Help Whispering

Easy like Sunday – Ubuntu

3 Oct 2021

Just a quick check-in with an important message for you... There's a new (old) word in town and you need to know about it. It's Ubuntu. **Sounds like oo·boon·too** When…

Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – Not a stranger

20 Aug 202122 Aug 2021

I need to talk. Well, write. Something happened today that wasn't meant to be upsetting ... but as it turns out ... was VERY UPSETTING. So... today is going to…

Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – “Mama! Dad! STOP Fighting! Please!!”

14 Aug 2021

Very often in the warmer months, I sit in bed with my coffee (thanks, sweet husband, for always bringing my coffee up to me in the morning!) next to an…

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 2021

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

Bio Moment – The Bandaid

31 Mar 20211 Apr 2021

Last night, as we got into bed, I took a heavy quilt off my side of the bed and tossed it aside. It had been my second attempt at using…

Interviews

Interview – Patricia Call: Renaissance Woman

28 Mar 202128 Mar 2021

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…

Self-Help Whispering

Me (Stories of My Life) – Shades of Grey

12 Mar 202129 Mar 2021

If I were an autobiography in search of an excellent autobiography to emulate... Me (Stories of My Life) by Katharine Hepburn would be the book I'd turn to. It is…

Self-Help Whispering

The Gratitude Zone II – The “People Posts”

28 Jan 202130 Jan 2021

On July 13, 2019, I mentioned (not for the first time) my first blog, The Gratitude Zone. At that time, I wasn't aware that I'd saved what I called my…

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…

Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – Why don’t I feel better?

21 Jan 2021

Quick programming note: I know that not all of us feel the same about the recent election and I have no desire to discuss or debate politics EVER again in…

Self-Help Whispering

When it all gets to be too much – Barbie takes flight

15 Jan 202115 Jan 2021

Yeah, I know, adult coloring is soooooo last year! Well, head's up, Buttercup. In my house(s) ... it's been "a thing" since... oh... FOREVER. Funny story: I've always been this…

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…

Self-Help Whispering

And a Merry, Happy, Joyful, Loving, Sparkling, Healthy, Healing Christmas Eve to YOU!

24 Dec 202024 Dec 2020

Snow's-a-comin' this way!! Can I get a whoop-whoop? The holidays have been difficult for me since moving to Canada (read: stomach-tugging, family-missing-difficult). I've never been able to spend it with…

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…

Self-Help Whispering

Easy like Sunday – Stormy Daze

15 Nov 202016 Nov 2020

It's a VERY stormy day today! The winds are so strong it feels as if the house will blow down. We've been so lucky over the last two weeks with…

From My Bookshelf

Now With You Now Without – The Question

9 Nov 202010 Nov 2020

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 2020

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 2020

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…

Self-Help Whispering

Easy like Sunday – Change is only ever a good set of questions away

31 May 20201 Jun 2020

Call it serindepity or synchronicity... It began last week and ended there, too. First, was something my mother said and second, something "B" said. <<< She's one of my managers…

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!

Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – My appointment with an Intuitive Life Coach

2 Oct 201916 Oct 2020

For those following my schedule, per Sunday's post ... yesterday was my meeting with Aly, the life coach and tomorrow is my meeting with MB, the intuitive animal communicator for business…

From My Bookshelf

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

19 Sep 201912 Aug 2020

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…

Photography…

Easy like Sunday – Day Trippin’

8 Sep 201912 Aug 2020

It was actually Saturday. Yesterday. We'd decided to take a drive ... well, actually ... we decided to take a trip to Dairy Queen first, where we enjoyed an Oh…

Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – What’s goin’ on?

5 Sep 20195 Sep 2019

Hi guys, (As an immediate aside, I once wrote that as a greeting on a sales-y email that was supposed to come across as casual - and would have in…

From My Bookshelf

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

12 Aug 20199 Oct 2019

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

Bio Moment – Hi! I’m effing depressed today!

5 Aug 2019

I'm writing from my phone with one fat finger; a cat asleep at my feet and a husband asleep next to me. It's a civic holiday here in Canada, so…

Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – The Emotionally Abused Woman

19 Jul 20193 Jun 2021

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…

Self-Help Whispering

Easy like Sunday – A single moment in the life of an Empath

30 Jun 201912 Aug 2020

Possible trigger warning: Animal Cruelty. Subject and mild description only. No photos. I saw the photo on my Facebook feed. I ticked it "Hide post" because I couldn't bear to…

Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – Before I was so rudely interrupted by getting sick as a dog

24 Jun 2019

As my friends and family will tell you, I have trouble finishing things. Oh heck, maybe you've noticed, too. Upon second thought, yeah, you probably have. Noticed, that is. Yes,…

Interviews

Interview – Lorrie Goldman: Living the good life!

23 Jun 201923 Jun 2019

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 Oct 2019

“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 Oct 2019

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...…

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