recovery – The Self-Help Whisperer®

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…

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2 Minutes to Confidence- Gravitas

22 May 202222 May 2022

There’s a whole whack of books like 2 Minutes to Confidence by Corinne Sweet. I should know, I’ve read a bunch! I bet you have, too! One thing jumped out…

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Being Joy – Unexpected Keeper!

20 Mar 2022

What happens when you’re looking for one book by an author, find another, and then find out it’s not even the same person at all? Being Joy is by Gloria…

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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,…

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Remember this one?* – Ordinarily Well

1 Dec 2020

Ordinarily Well by Peter D. Kramer is about antidepressants. More to the point, it is about if they work. Kramer is not merely a bystander… he is a psychiatrist and scholar.…

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Remember this one?* – Undoing Depression

12 Nov 2020

I love the subtitle of Richard O’Connor’s Undoing Depression: “What Therapy Doesn’t Teach You and Medication Can’t Give You”… because… it’s always felt to me that there was something… some component… that…

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Remember this one?* – The Little Book of Stress Relief

18 Oct 202018 Oct 2020

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 chapters are 1…

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Remember this one?* – This is Me

3 Oct 2020

"Honeybees are meaningful to me because technically they’re not supposed to be able to fly. We know they do, but in the 1930s, French scientists ‘proved’ they couldn’t. Their reasoning…

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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…

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Remember this one? – I’m OK – You’re OK

12 Sep 2020

“Three things make people want to change. One is that they hurt sufficiently. They have beat their heads against the same wall so long that they decide they have had…

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Remember this one?* – Begin with Yes

13 Aug 202013 Aug 2020

Begin with Yes by Paul S. Boynton is easy reading and the message itself is simple: Begin with Yes. Then how come it took me 64 pages to say, “Oh! I get…

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Healing the Child Within – For Crying Out Loud!

3 Aug 20209 Feb 2023

Don't be fooled by me. Don't be fooled by the face I wear for I wear a mask, a thousand masks, masks that I'm afraid to take off, and none…

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Remember this one? – Down Came the Rain

29 Jun 2020

I did not have postpartum depression. When I was having children (in the early 1980s) it (postpartum depression) wasn’t “a thing”. Except, of course, it WAS. We just didn’t know about…

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Not Cancelled – A New Word!

25 Jun 202025 Jun 2020

I learned a new word when I read this book = Caremongering. To know what it means, you must go to its source = Scaremongering. scare·mon·ger·ing /ˈskerˌməNGɡ(ə)riNG/ noun the spreading…

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Picture of the Day -“After the Storm”

11 Jun 2020

Isn't it the truth? In weather and in life!

Self-Help Whispering

Self-care when you’re sheltering at home – A must!

27 Apr 20209 Feb 2023

Look, I'm about the bazillioneth person to write about ways to take care of yourself while working from home but I can say one thing for sure: I am the…

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Picture of the Day -“I refuse”

16 Apr 2020

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Remember this one? – “Her name, Titanic”

29 Mar 202029 Mar 2020

March 29, 2020: Sometimes I feel led to share something and don't know why. This post jumped out at me today so I'm sharing it. It's one of my favorites!…

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Remember this one? – “Fibromyalgia & Chronic Myofascial Pain”

21 Mar 2020

I remember the first time I mentioned to my doctor that I believe I have Fibromyalgia. She rolled her eyes. I stopped as I wrote that last part, about her…

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Remember this one? – The Bliss Mistress

27 Feb 2020

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…

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Remember this one? – Will I Ever Be Good Enough?

12 Feb 202012 Feb 2020

Do I notice the irony of the subtitle on this blog post? Why yes, yes I do. It's taken me a long time to write about Will I Ever Be Good…

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Remember this one? – How to Live Between Office Visits

8 Feb 20208 Feb 2020

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…

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Picture of the Day – “Nurse Bette & Candy Striper Hannah”

16 Oct 2019

First check after surgery tomorrow. Hopefully, much smaller bandage! Bette and Hannah have been taking good care of me! Hannah, however, fell asleep on the job!

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Remember this one? – Trauma and Recovery

11 Oct 20199 Feb 2023

Note: October, 2019 - This post was originally written on March 26, 2018 LINK HERE and I didn't include a very important TRIGGER WARNING for suicidal ideation, violence, and abuse. Trauma and…

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Picture of the Day – “From Here to There”

15 Sep 2019

Sometimes... the images I capture are deeply meaningful... powerful. Sometimes... stunning. And I take no credit for their beauty. The handiwork belongs to others. I just have the eyes to…

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Fiction as Self-Help – Turtles All The Way Down – Never has there been a more appropriate book for the Fiction as Self-Help Category!

20 Jun 201915 Sep 2021

I almost don't know where to begin. Turtles All The Way Down is by the same guy (John Green) who wrote The Fault in our Stars, which I didn't read…

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Contest – WIN THIS BOOK!!! Open to my Facebook followers in US & Canada

19 Jun 201924 Jun 2019

***WINNER*** DELAINEE BRAVE You are the new owner of this book! Congratulations! Please send your address to me at sheryl@theselfhelpwhisperer.com 💞 Just click the link below and you will be…

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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…

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Soul Without Shame – Heavyweight contender

11 Jun 20199 Feb 2023

If you're looking for a quick-fix for your shame, Soul Without Shame by Byron Brown is NOT it. Not that it's a difficult read - it isn't - but that…

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Depressed & Anxious -DBT for the masses

8 May 20199 Oct 2019

Depressed & Anxious by Thomas Marra, Ph.D. (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) is excellent. Let's get that out of the way! Next, let me tell you how this book came…

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Remember this one? – The Courage to Heal

7 May 20199 Feb 2023

**Trigger warning: Childhood Sexual Abuse** I didn’t begin this blog and then go out and buy books to write about, as you know. That means, every book I share about…

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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.…

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New Beginnings – It’s time.

23 Apr 20199 Feb 2023

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…

Self-Help Whispering

DON’T GO THERE! (This flies in the face of everything I’ve read about healing trauma)

21 Apr 20195 Sep 2022

As many of you know, my mother is a Dr. Mom (Ph.D. Jungian therapist) and I respect her immensely. She has been my guru and my muse on many-a-post(s) here.…

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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…

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The One Plan – Not for the fainthearted!

1 Apr 20199 Oct 2019

The One Plan by Yogi Cameron Alborzian will surprise you in a few ways. Ever heard of a yogic therapist? Me, neither! Cameron Alborzian IS one! Ever heard of the…

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Drink – A woman thang?

20 Mar 20199 Oct 2019

I originally picked up Drink by Ann Dowsett Johnson because I know so many of us - too many of us - suffer from addictions. I reasoned that while I…

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A Series – The Tapping Solution – Part 3

18 Mar 20199 Feb 2023

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,…

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A Series – The Tapping Solution – Part 2

12 Mar 20199 Feb 2023

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…

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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

Remember this one? – Elf-help Books

7 Mar 20197 Mar 2019

Sometimes, you just need a tiny thing to feel better. These little books are written by different folks but are all illustrated by one folk: R. W. ALLEY. Elf-help books (Abbey…

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