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Bio Moment – The Storm of January, 2022

17 Jan 202217 Jan 2022

It’s been a while since we’ve gotten the kind of snow that stops the world from spinning. The cars that try to get on the road? They’re spinning! The internet?…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Flying Without Fear

15 Apr 2021

Flying Without Fear by Duane Brown, Ph.D. is SUCH a good book that I carried it on flights for about a year… okay, seven. It helped. A LOT. I wasn’t always…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – 10% Happier

19 Dec 202029 Dec 2020

"But it was in this moment, lying in bed late at night, that I first realized that the voice in my head—the running commentary that had dominated my field of…

From My Bookshelf

Mind Over Mood – First, you must understand the problem

28 Sep 20199 Oct 2019

Mind Over Mood by Dennis Greenberger, PhD and Christine A. Padesky, PhD is the perfect self-help book, if by self-help you mean actually doing stuff to ... you know... help yourself.…

Interviews

Interview – Carol Hunt: A spicy beauty!

24 Jul 201924 Jul 2019

You first heard about Carol Hunt in my shameless teaser here. She is a beautiful woman - inside and out - and is a walking, talking example of what she believes…

From My Bookshelf

Anxiety, Phobias, & Panic – A billion trillion +1

9 Jul 20199 Oct 2019

Anxiety, Phobias, & Panic by Reneau Z. Peurifoy, MA, MFT, is the book that other books about the subject would recommend. "Don't bother with me," they'd say. "It's the perfect…

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,…

Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – Overheard at the pharmacy

13 Mar 201913 Mar 2019

I've talked about this elsewhere today, so if you've already heard this story, feel free to mosey on by. All day today, I have been thinking about something that happened…

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

A Series – The Tapping Solution – Part 1

9 Mar 201915 Sep 2021

Something disappointing happened this last week. Well, disappointing is probably too light a word... it was ... kind of ... devistating. Through it, an interesting thing happened and it is…

Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – Recalculating

6 Mar 20196 Mar 2019

“Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” - Unknown smart person I love the music in the commercial I'm sharing below. Just wanted to say that…

From My Bookshelf

A Series – The Alchemist – Part 3

11 Nov 20183 Mar 2021

This is Part 3 in a Four-Part Series. Part 1 covered the Introduction. Part 2 covered the Prologue and Part 1 of the book. This post is about the first half of Part…

Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – From Panic to Power

9 Oct 2018

From Panic to Power by Lucinda Bassett begins with a nice ego-pump for those of us who struggle with panic and anxiety. It’s good news! We have above average intelligence, are…

From My Bookshelf

10% Happier -Or: OMG, it’s meditation again!

5 Oct 20189 Oct 2019

“But it was in this moment, lying in bed late at night, that I first realized that the voice in my head—the running commentary that had dominated my field of…

Self-Help Whispering

Easy like Sunday – As Autumn Approaches…

19 Aug 201812 Aug 2020

As much as I love the warmer months, Autumn is my all-time favorite... especially since moving to Canada... in which case, I should say it's my all time favoUrite! :)…

Self-Help Whispering

Bio-Moment – Some days, you’re the bug

16 Apr 201825 Jun 2018

I'm irritated. Upset. Annoyed. Pissed off. There's a cute saying... "Some days you're the windshield, some days the bug." I have no idea who originally said it. But I know…

Self-Help Whispering

Being Erica – Regrets & Time Travel

18 Jan 201825 Feb 2019

If you are not living, working and/or watching television in Canada, you may not have heard of Being Erica. More's the pity. When it was on television, I didn't watch…

From My Bookshelf

Breathing Free – Asthma & Me

14 Dec 20179 Oct 2019

I used to dream about sand storms. I'd be in the desert, alone, when I'd see a billowing yellow-brown mass creeping across the landscape in great whirls, like a tornado.…

Self-Help Whispering

A man named Turtle and his excellent website – Al Turtle’s Relationship Wisdom

11 Nov 20171 Jan 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…

From My Bookshelf

From Panic to Power – it’s within you!

6 Nov 20179 Oct 2019

From Panic to Power by Lucinda Bassett begins with a nice ego-pump for those of us who struggle with panic and anxiety. It's good news! We have above average intelligence, are…

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Suicide hotline numbers

Someone dies from suicide every 40 seconds

United States 1 800 273 8255

Canada 1 800 456 4566