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From My Bookshelf

You Make Your Path by Walking – Stunning!

3 Apr 202322 Apr 2023
I was asked to review You Make Your Path by Walking by Suzanne Anderson by Book Publicity Services and you can see on the corner of the cover (in the…
Self-Help Whispering

Harold & Maude – And me, too.

22 Nov 2022
If you've been reading along you know that I was off to California to spend Thanksgiving with my grandson and his parents (my daughter and her hubby)... oh, about three…
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,…
From My Bookshelf

Family Secrets – It’s not like it used to be

9 Dec 20209 Feb 2023
John Bradshaw was not a newcomer to the self-help landscape when this book came out, nor is he a newbie here on my site, as I've written about a couple…
From My Bookshelf

Instant Analysis – Oh, that it were so simple!

17 Feb 20209 Feb 2023
Trigger Warning: Suicidal Ideation (minimal but mentioned) I used to have a book with a name something-like, "Addicted to Therapy". It was in the 1990s and I remember thinking, "So…
Self-Help Whispering

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…
From My Bookshelf

Save-My-Life School – Raw, Ouchie and Beautiful

10 Sep 20199 Feb 2023
Sometimes, after finishing a book, I sit back, close my eyes, and consider what I've just been privileged to experience. Save-My-Life School by Natalie Harris is one of those times...…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Fearless Living

18 Apr 20199 Feb 2023
Many years ago, I attended an in-service at the college where I worked. It was one of those “pick one of these and attend or don’t bother coming back to…
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Healing Crystals and Gemstones – Healer or Amateur Geologist, you’ll like it!

25 Feb 20199 Feb 2023
My friend Bonney presented this book to me in the year I'd like to forget, 2014. I know this because she inscribed it: "To my gem of a friend"... and…
From My Bookshelf

Brainstorm Revolution -Many authors, one voice

7 Jan 20199 Oct 2019
Brainstorm Revolution is an anthology, of sorts. It is many stories and one, all bundled together. It is black-and-white, black and white, and a rainbow of colors. It is deep,…
From My Bookshelf

The Yeast Connection – Ew, gross!

2 Jan 20199 Oct 2019
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…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Second Sight – The Isle of Avalon

28 Nov 201828 Nov 2018
It was my mother, once again*, who introduced me to the work of this author and her books. Judith Orloff, M.D. is a doctor (you noticed the M.D.?) and yet, she acknowledges…
Self-Help Whispering

It’s my ONE-YEAR BLOGAVERSARY!

20 Oct 20189 Feb 2023
One year ago, I sat at my kitchen table, on this computer, and typed my first words as The Self-Help Whisperer™. Little did I know that the words "Who is…
From My Bookshelf

Resilience -When we tumble and fall

17 Sep 20189 Oct 2019
In her final words, she said that "in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days…
From My Bookshelf

Fiction as Self-Help – Dream of Orchids

9 May 20189 Feb 2023
"Can't you let her go?" I asked gently. "Isn't it time?" He bent his head, and I saw his grief again. "I don't want to let her go. As long…
From My Bookshelf

Trauma and Recovery – What the world needs now is healing

26 Mar 20189 Oct 2019
Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman, MD is called "a landmark" ... "brilliant"... among other words of praise, every bit of it earned. This is another of my classics. Be…
From My Bookshelf

Second Sight – The Isle of Avalon

15 Nov 201722 Feb 2021
It was my mother, once again*, who introduced me to the work of this author and her books. Judith Orloff, M.D. is a doctor (you noticed the M.D.?) and yet, she…

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