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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…

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Demystifying Disability – More than an ally

13 Sep 20219 Feb 2023

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 20219 Feb 2023

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…

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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 20219 Feb 2023

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…

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Find Your Pleasure – A Professional Sensualist?

16 Aug 20219 Feb 2023

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…

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

11 Aug 20219 Feb 2023

“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…

Self-Help Whispering

Cat Tarot? – “The Fool” Speaks!

3 Aug 20219 Feb 2023

I'm not a full-time soothsayer, and in fact, I'm not really a soothsayer at all. But I do have fun with tarot cards, especially if they're cats. I mean, c'mon!…

From My Bookshelf

What Mama Taught Me – This Book is a Lighthouse

2 Aug 20219 Feb 2023

In doing research for today's book, I read a ton about the author Tony Brown, host of the longest-running series on PBS - Tony Brown's Journal. So, what I guess…

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Stop Self-Sabotage – I Was an Expert!

16 Jul 20219 Feb 2023

I could give you a million-trillion-and-one different examples of how I self-sabotaged myself, from childhood until sixty. I am not being dramatic or exaggerating, I assure you! As one who…

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If the Buddha Came to Dinner – Get out the good china!

25 Jun 202125 Jun 2021

June 25, 2021 This is a GREAT reblog! This book was thoughtful and thought-provoking! What IS nourishment? Why are we so emotionally connected to food? Everything about this little book…

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The Prosperous Heart – The Phosphorus Heart?

23 Jun 20219 Feb 2023

Julia Cameron is no stranger to this blog... or to me. The Artist's Way is a classic, and so is Cameron. The Prosperous Heart is about something entirely different. And…

Self-Help Whispering

Finding Joe – The Hero’s Journey & Bliss

2 Jun 20219 Feb 2023

“The journey of the hero is about the courage to seek the depths; the image of creative rebirth; the eternal cycle of change within us; the uncanny discovery that the seeker is the mystery…

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Your Money or Your Life – You get what you deserve?

18 May 20219 Feb 2023

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. - Howard Thurman…

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Remember this one?* – Reading by the Colors

30 Mar 20219 Feb 2023

This post could write itself. Wait, no, not what I meant. I meant, I could write this with my eyes closed. Wait, also not what I meant, except, actually, I could, because I learned…

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The Fire Starter Sessions – Burn Baby Burn!

26 Mar 20219 Feb 2023

It's not the imbalances of life that will get you down - it's doing meaningless things that aren't taking you where you want to go. - Danielle LaPorte It's the irony…

Self-Help Whispering

I made a Mandala – Honor Your Calling

30 Jan 202130 Jan 2021

I originally sat down to write about a book. I was digging around in my cupboard under the computer and saw this mandala healing kit my mom bought me for…

Interviews

Interview – Kathryn Leigh Scott: Supernatural Beauty

28 Nov 20209 Feb 2023

We first met Kathryn Leigh Scott in my post about her beautiful book HERE and then later, in my shameless teaser about this interview HERE. With everything we learned in…

From My Bookshelf

Hillbilly Elegy – The American Dream

26 Oct 202026 Sep 2022

Today's offering is not a self-help book but in typical Sheryl-fashion, I found threads that connect. Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance is a deeply authentic, heartbreaking book... even though our…

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Dougall Fraser – Color YOUR World

9 Oct 202015 Sep 2021

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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…

Self-Help Whispering

Picture of the Day -“Unicorn Horn”

9 Sep 20209 Sep 2020

Do you see it? I am the proud owner of a unicorn horn! It's made of Selenite, "also known as satin spar, desert rose, or gypsum flower are four crystal…

Photography

Picture of the Day – “Lazy River? Lazy me.”

31 Aug 2020

It may look lazy... and like a river... but it's neither. It's actually a creek. Me? I look a little lazy as anyone with obesity does. If only people knew…

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Diana, Herself – Women, you NEED to read this book!

7 Aug 20209 Feb 2023

I have just finished the most spectacular book (!!!!) called Diana, Herself by Martha Beck. She is a prolific self-help author. And a little head's up: I've written about her…

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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…

Interviews

Interview – Marcella Burgess: Grabbing onto life with both hands!

27 Jun 20209 Feb 2023

You will remember Marcella from my shameless teaser from last week, linked HERE. You know how you meet people along your life's path and sometimes, they end up walking with…

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Remember this one? – Strengths Finder 2.0

1 Jun 20201 Jun 2020

Don’t ask me why I’ve had Strengths Finder 2.0 (from Gallup) by Tom Rath for some time but had never gone online to take the test. I don’t know. So, today, I…

Interviews

Interview – Patte McCarthy: Artful Giving

22 Sep 20199 Feb 2023

You first heard about Patte McCarthy HERE in my shameless teaser. Two things about that... Do you enjoy reading my teasers as much as I enjoy writing them? I love…

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Toxic Parents – Emotional aftereffects

2 Sep 201916 Mar 2022

Trigger warning: Discussion of abuse. No details, no photos. Toxic Parents by Dr. Susan Forward has been patiently sitting on my shelf waiting for me to pick it up and write…

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Full Catastrophe Living – Reminds me of someone I know (Hint: it’s me!)

25 Aug 20199 Feb 2023

"This book is an invitation to the reader to embark upon a journey of self-development, self-discovery, learning, and healing." From page 1 of the Introduction- Stress, Pain, and Illness: Facing the…

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Girl, Stop Apologizing – Sorry, not sorry

16 Aug 20199 Oct 2019

“Women are taught that to be a good woman you need to be good for other people. If your kids are happy, then you're a good mom. If your husband…

Self-Help Whispering

The Empath Experience – A woman after my own heart!

14 Aug 2019

Two hours ago, I sat down to write this post. I got it started and then remembered that I wanted to download my Instagram content, so I popped over there…

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Women Food and God – And Banana Bread

17 Jul 20199 Feb 2023

You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won't discover this until you are willing to stop banging your head against the wall…

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The Eagle and The Rose – Nice work if you can get it

10 Jul 20199 Feb 2023

The Eagle and The Rose by Rosemary Altea was a book I loved, loved, loved when I first read it, in 1995. I was hungry for spiritual things - not Jesus…

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