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As I drove into the driveway last night after work, I looked up and saw my headlights illuminating a vine-y heart. I pulled out my phone and snapped this shot.…

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Easy like Sunday – Harder than it has to be!

10 Apr 202210 Apr 2022

Funny story! I have a locker at work where I keep personal items. I brought in an old padlock and key that nearly gave me a ________________ (fill in the…

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Bio Moment – Mind blown

4 Apr 2022

The featured photo is of me, though I don’t know what part of me … … or where it was taken. I found it when I went to my phone’s…

From My Bookshelf

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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Easy Like … Huh?

27 Feb 202227 Feb 2022

Today is an “Easy Like Sunday” kind of day. What does that mean? First, love the song by… uh… who was that? The Commodores? Don’t feel like looking it up…

From My Bookshelf…

Bio-Moment – Not Just Me. Right?

20 Feb 2022

I’m not okay. Are you okay? I mean, yeah, sure, masked faces are a familiar sight, as is hand sanitizer, arrows on the floor, and statistics about how many have…

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Bio Moment – All’s Well in Hineyworld

7 Feb 20228 Feb 2022

This will not be a lesson in slowing down or paying more attention. I was doing everything right when my feet flew out from under me. Here’s what happened: It…

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A Note For YOU! At Your Fingertips!

24 Jan 2022

In late December, I was involved in a kitchen catastrophe! I was splitting peas after a long day in the fields and didn’t notice that I’d picked up a machete…

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Bonus Post – Reborn from the Ashes

24 Sep 2021

I just love my coloring books! This one was done with regular, glitter & metallic gel pens. Just wanted to share!

From My Bookshelf

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,…

From My Bookshelf

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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Bio Moment – A long story & A bonus musing at the end

29 Oct 20207 Dec 2020

Facebook is so kind to bring up memories from past years. Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, always a peek into what was going on in my head that same day last…

From My Bookshelf

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…

From My Bookshelf

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…

From My Bookshelf

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…

From My Bookshelf

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…

From My Bookshelf

Healing the Child Within – For Crying Out Loud!

3 Aug 20203 Aug 2020

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…

From My Bookshelf

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…

From My Bookshelf

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…

Photography

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 202027 Apr 2020

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…

From My Bookshelf

Picture of the Day -“I refuse”

16 Apr 2020

From My Bookshelf

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!…

From My Bookshelf

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…

From My Bookshelf

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…

From My Bookshelf

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…

From My Bookshelf

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…

Self-Help Whispering

From me, to you! ❤️💥🌼

2 Jan 20202 Jul 2020

Once upon a time, there was a woman who had a million trillion thoughts, hopes, stories and dreams floating around inside her head. They sometimes fell out of her eyes…

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Bio Moment – What I’ve been reading while recovering

30 Oct 201930 Oct 2019

This will just be a short check-in, no links to books or anything... at least for a little while longer. I'm typing this but... yeah, it's uncomfortable for my hand,…

Photography

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 201911 Oct 2019

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…

Photography…

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…

From My Bookshelf

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…

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…

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Soul Without Shame – Heavyweight contender

11 Jun 201912 Jun 2019

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…

From My Bookshelf

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 2019

**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 20193 May 2019

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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Bio Moment – Welp, I still have no voice!

2 May 2019

*First, Mom took a bit of a tumble yesterday. She has a nasty black eye (Dad says she looks like a pirate with a patch!) and a substantial knock on…

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