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What’s Stopping Me From Being Happy? – Newbie Must-Have!

15 May 2022
I first saw What’s Stopping Me From Being Happy? by Lisa Ellis on my Facebook timeline. Although I’ve taken down my professional FB page, I kept my personal one. Throughout…
Photography

Happy Mother’s Day!

8 May 2022
Am I lucky and blessed beyond all reason? I get to spend the first Mother’s Day in years with MY MOM! Seeing her is a gift I cannot adequately express.…
Photography

Picture of the Day – “Singing Bowl”

4 May 2022
A gift from my mother that makes my heart sing… I could just sit here staring at it all day. That’s a kind of meditation, isn’t it?
Self-Help Whispering

Runes – Another neat thing to toss into your self-help kit

14 Apr 202214 Apr 2022
I haven’t had Runes - actual Runes - until recently, though I did have rune(s) cards (thanks to Mom!). I liked the cards a lot but always wanted an actual…
Self-Help Whispering

Fear does not prevent death it prevents life – Author unknown but I could have said it myself

13 Apr 20224 May 2022
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.…
Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – Spring Cleaning

9 Apr 202210 Apr 2022
I have a lot to tell you today! First of all, I want to apologize for the vagueness of something I said in a post last week. (Link here -…
Self-Help Whispering

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…
Self-Help Whispering

Easy like Sunday – Haiku: Creation

3 Apr 2022
I love drawing and coloring! My inner child gets positively giddy! I need Spring to hurry. Does it help anything that we woke up to snow flurries? Ahhhh … Nope!…
Photography

Picture of the Day – “For crying out loud it’s 30° out there with flurries…”

1 Apr 2022
I know, gloomy (though mysterious, which I adore. What’s around the corner? Who knows?) photo! I do love taking my pictures (as self-help)!
Photography

Picture of the Day – “Sky’s the Limit!”

26 Mar 202226 Mar 2022
I love the play of light in the clouds!
Self-Help Whispering

Haiku – My Mother’s Hands

13 Mar 2022
When I wear her gloves It’s like she’s holding my hands Miles between us melt.
Photography…

Picture of the Day – “Holding Her Own”

9 Mar 2022
That’s what the vet says… She’s in very little pain. The good days still outnumber the bad. She has found ways to work around her arthritis and breathing issues. Her…
Self-Help Whispering

Haiku: Morning People

7 Mar 20227 Mar 2022
I am on a day shift this week instead of my late afternoon hours. I miss them already… the hours, I mean… I will appreciate being able to enjoy dinner…
Self-Help Whispering

Easy like Sunday – Messy Insides

6 Mar 2022
The featured photo is a corner of my drop-down desk, expired asthma inhaler, and all. What you need to know: I used to be a slob. I wasn't a dirty…
From My Bookshelf…

Fiction As Self-Help -The Season of Classics

4 Mar 20226 Mar 2022
I know this is a self-help site. I know that I normally review self-help books. But... sometimes... I find myself led in different directions. My gut never fails me. This…
Self-Help Whispering

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…
Self-Help Whispering

To Self-Help or Not To Self-Help?

22 Feb 202222 Feb 2022
This is, after all, a website about self-help. I hope you will allow me a bit of arrogant bluster and fluffery to elaborate on my ideas about what I think…
From My Bookshelf

Hallelujah Anyway – Blessed Mercy

21 Feb 202221 Feb 2022
“An open, merciful heart is a setup for pain, shame and being mocked.” – Anne Lamott (pg 8) Hallelejah Anyway by Anne Lamott is the perfect book to follow up yesterday’s post. Mercy,…
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…
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…
Self-Help Whispering

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…
Self-Help Whispering

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…
Photography

Picture of the Day “A Study in Mindfulness”

23 Jan 2022
Bette needs no one to tell her how to be mindful. She simply is.
Photography

Picture of the Day – “Touch of Summer”

10 Dec 2021
All the snow melted! lol Soooo Ontario! I saw this lovely little cottage (tool shed, she shed, he shed, kids playhouse?) on my travels and snapped a shot. It makes…
Photography…

Bio Moment – 21 Days

1 Dec 2021
It’s December 1st and that means 21 days until Winter Solstice. What does that mean? Daylight starts getting longer again! Also, here comes my birthday, Christmas, and the New Year!…
Self-Help Whispering

Easy like Sunday – Making Do

21 Nov 2021
I'm not sure when the idea came to me to check out the clothes at thrift shops. I certainly wasn't raised that way. In fact, discount stores, in general, were…
Self-Help Whispering

Comfort Recipe – Sweet Potato Soup

19 Nov 2021
Tonight, my husband and I went different directions for dinner. He went pasta … I went potato. Come to think of it, we both went “comfort”! Whenever I tell anyone…
From My Bookshelf

The Shift – Part 2 – The Book

4 Nov 20214 Nov 2021
Life is not meaningful... unless it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else. Abraham Joshua Herchel Yesterday, I sat down to write about…
From My Bookshelf

Toxic Psychiatry – A little light reading

27 Oct 202127 Oct 2021
It's that time of year... spooky days... so a horror book is in order, don't cha think? Cue scary music... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtGTot98UAo Allow me to introduce one of the scariest books…
Self-Help Whispering

Job, Health Update & New Logo!

23 Oct 202124 Oct 2021
**Job** Several weeks ago, I applied for four positions in one day, including a pet store and the Ministry of Transportation, which sounds more like Harry Potter and less like…
Photography

Picture of the Day – “Crisp Day!”

22 Oct 2021
It’s a “toasty” 48 degrees out there… which is GORGEOUS but difficult on my lungs. They like hot, dry air! Not much of that around here… even in summer. But…
Self-Help Whispering

Revisiting My Vision for The Self-Help Whisperer®

14 Oct 202115 Oct 2021
Some things have become clear(er) to me as I step into my fifth year on this blog. Some stream-of-consciousness thoughts, as I ponder my blog-life... I've always been a believer…
Self-Help Whispering

It’s my 4-year Blog-aversary! – A conversation with myself

8 Oct 20218 Oct 2021
On October 20, 2017, I wrote the following, in italics. The bolded comments that follow each paragraph are written today, in response. Here we go! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Who is this person?…
From My Bookshelf

The Paper Bag Princess – A Childhood Revolution

29 Sep 20213 Oct 2021
Once upon a time... (It was actually 1980) ... two guys decided to write a book for kids. One was a writer, the other an artist. Together, they created a…
Self-Help Whispering

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

Self-Care for Men – But… will they read it?

24 Sep 202124 Sep 2021
Was I surprised to see Self-Care for Men by Garrett Munce on a sale table for $2? No. No, I wasn't. Why? Because most men I've known would rather poke…
Photography…

Picture(s) of the Day – A short day trip thanks to my catalytic converter 

23 Sep 2021
Yesterday, I planned to walk on a pier by my house. I stopped for an iced coffee. (Starbucks has this new fall drink called, "Apple Crisp Caramel Macchiato (I think!)…
From My Bookshelf…

Apple Cider Vinegar for Health – Book vs Internet

20 Sep 202120 Sep 2021
You might think that a book like Apple Cider Vinegar for Health by Britt Brandon, CFNS, CPT is almost "silly" to spend money on... given that we can get all…
Self-Help Whispering

Vive Le Color! – Mixed Media

18 Sep 2021
Here's what happens when you buy your books at a discount. You may get a coloring book called Vive Le Color! Peace WITHOUT the (normally included) colored pencils. Do I…
Self-Help Whispering

Picture(s) of the Day – The Last Ten Days

10 Sep 2021
Friends and readers, I've had a bit of a bumpy ride over the last little while. It started with my new shoes. Turns out that memory foam and floofy-ness on…
From My Bookshelf

The Enneagram Guide to Waking Up – Set Your Alarm! Worth it!

1 Sep 2021
The name Enneagram comes from the Greek: Ennea is the Greek word for nine and Gramma means something that’s drawn or written. (Link) This book was sent to me to…
Photography

Picture(s) of the Day – I never tire of these Lake views! Oh, and a video of water! 😀

25 Aug 2021

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