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Bio Moment – Use Your Voice

18 May 2022
Not to toot my own horn or anything … but I could sell you sand in the desert. Not kidding!  I’ve been told I’m a natural salesperson. Also … uh…
From My Bookshelf

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…
Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – Back up before going forward?

27 Apr 2022
Twice, in the span of 20 minutes on my way to work, I was cut off. Once, in the driveway of Starbucks. The other time, on the road while turning…
From My Bookshelf

The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem – Er, Seven Actually

24 Apr 2022
Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves. That judgment impacts every moment and every aspect of our existence.…
From My Bookshelf

City of Girls – In the Mood

21 Apr 2022
Or not. I mean, sometimes I'm in the mood and sometimes not. For all sorts of things... But right now, it's self-help books. I'm not. In the mood, that is.…
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

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…
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!…
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…
From My Bookshelf

The Dance of Deception – Apropos

14 Mar 2022
I should begin today with a short (Haha. Me. Short?) digression... A couple of days ago I wrote this post. That day was one of my worst in a month…
Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment – “Don’t speak about *that*”

12 Mar 202213 Mar 2022
TW: Depression, anxiety, and language After almost five years here, I have learned a thing or three. One of the things I have learned ... is a double-edged sword. And…
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…
From My Bookshelf

Enough Already – Food For Thought

14 Feb 2022
I knew I would love Enough Already by Valerie Bertinelli because ... A. I adore Bertinelli and have since her days on One Day at a Time and B. I…
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.
From My Bookshelf

I Just Kept Hoping – Secrets of A Woman’s Heart

13 Nov 202113 Nov 2021
This book has been sitting on my bookshelf for years. I bought it because of the blockbuster movie Titanic. The late Gloria Stuart (2010) was our beloved "Old Rose" in…
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

When emotions get the best of you- And how to make things right!

25 Oct 2021
I'm sure none of you have ever been **righteously** angry or hurt because you feel like someone did you wrong. (I really don't do sarcasm well!) OF COURSE we ALL…
Self-Help Whispering

Easy Like Sunday – 30 Things

24 Oct 2021
I was feeling kinda down today. Sundays are usually laze-about days for us to begin with and my husband almost-always begins my day with breakfast in bed. I know, I'm…
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…
From My Bookshelf

The 7 Virtues of a Philosopher Queen – Empowering Women!

15 Oct 2021
I bought The 7 Virtues of a Philosopher Queen by Barb Stegemann for two reasons: The cover artThe title We've talked about this before. People, cover art MATTERS. Take, for…
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

Asperger’s & Autism – It’s Personal

26 Sep 202128 Sep 2021
Many, many parents have children with physical, emotional, mental and neurological differences and disabilities. Self-help certainly should include books like those I'll be talking about in this post. But first,…
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…
From My Bookshelf

Demystifying Disability – More than an ally

13 Sep 202113 Sep 2021
It's my passion to move toward a more accepting, loving, equitable world. - Emily Ladau (pg. 74) When I was sent the request to review Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau,…
Self-Help Whispering

Selenite – First in a series about CRYSTALS!

3 Sep 20215 Sep 2021
Several things came into play to create this series. First, I love crystals. They're sparkly and shiny and I love, love, love sparkly and shiny things! Second, it may have…
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…
Self-Help Whispering

2021: Year of Rebuilding – How it’s going

30 Aug 202130 Aug 2021
If you've been around here for a while, you know that every year I choose a word to live by... and for 2021 it is "Rebuilding". Fairly early in the…
From My Bookshelf

Find Your Pleasure – A Professional Sensualist?

16 Aug 202116 Aug 2021
Every heard of a "professional sensualist"? Me, neither! Cynthia Loyst is a self-proclaimed one! Find Your Pleasure is about how we clunky humans fall into "pleasure deficits" - and let's…
From My Bookshelf

The Power of Now – “Cut them off with a sharp knife!”

11 Aug 202125 Aug 2021
“Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That…

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