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My Vision Board 2023 – You Need to Make One, Too!

23 Feb 202323 Feb 2023
Those who have been around a while know I take my vision board(ing) very seriously! In the past five years, I've had... A Vision line with tiny "clothespins" and lights…
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…
From My Bookshelf

The Year of No nonsense – Perfect for this moment!

6 Oct 20219 Feb 2023
The title to chapter 4 of The Year of No Nonsense is the crux of why I love this book. The chapter is called, "Breaking Up with the Lies We…
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Apple Cider Vinegar for Health – Book vs Internet

20 Sep 20219 Feb 2023
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…
From My Bookshelf

Girl, Wash Your Face – Girl, I Just Don’t Feel Ya!

23 Aug 20219 Feb 2023
I've kept this book on the shelf for six months. I kept meaning to write about it. Also, I didn't. Mean to write about it, I mean. Yes, there's a…
Self-Help Whispering

Food & Mood – Not the book’s fault. But, meh.

9 Mar 20219 Feb 2023
So great is man's hunger for forbidden foods! - Ovid, Metamorphoses Food & Mood by Elizabeth Somer, MA, RD is NOT a bad book. In fact, it's a high-quality, glossy-covered,…
From My Bookshelf

Unbearable Lightness – The weight of the world

16 Dec 2020
Shame weighs a lot more than flesh and bone. - Portia De Rossi (pg 234) It will probably surprise you to know that I would say Unbearable Lightness by Portia…
From My Bookshelf

Dougall Fraser – Color YOUR World

9 Oct 202015 Sep 2021
My mom suggested I meet Dougall Fraser through his memoir titled, "But You Knew That Already". I added his book Your Life in Color on my own. Let me just…
From My Bookshelf

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

The Empath’s Survival Guide – How to avoid the bite of Emotional Vampires

11 Jun 20209 Feb 2023
“As an empath, you are part of a countercultural revolution to put what is humane back into humanity. I applaud you for being a path-forger, willing to venture off the…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one? – Make the Connection

28 Apr 20209 Feb 2023
Before we begin, allow me to answer your questions (that you haven’t yet asked but are wondering about): Yes, I was an Oprah fan and waited for this book in…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – The Emotionally Abused Woman

19 Jul 201928 Oct 2022
Note: "Remember this one?" = Posts that you may have missed the first time around. This post was originally posted by me on February 13, 2018 The Emotionally Abused Woman by…
From My Bookshelf

Perimenopause and Menopause – Ladies Night

3 Apr 201924 Feb 2021
Yes, today's books are about women ... but men, please don't go! (I say this because if there's one thing I know, it's that menopause vies with tampons to top…
Self-Help Whispering

How goes my “Year of Water”?

24 Mar 20199 Feb 2023
At the end of December, 2018, I decreed 2019 to be my Year of Water. I thought you might be wondering how it's going. Are you? Then, read on, McDuff!…
From My Bookshelf

A Series – The Tapping Solution – Part 3

18 Mar 20199 Feb 2023
I could subtitle this: What NOT to do. But you probably already know that, since it's my mantra. Not really, but really. Oy! You've already figured out that this post,…
From My Bookshelf

Grown-up Glamour – When you have to make that incessant tapping stop!

14 Mar 20199 Feb 2023
Once upon a time, I told you about tapping. No, twice. Twice upon a time, which was actually only days ago. I also mentioned that I'm wrestling with it mightily.…
From My Bookshelf

A Series – The Tapping Solution – Part 2

12 Mar 20199 Feb 2023
This (probably/obviously) follows up A Series – The Tapping Solution – Part 1. The Tapping Solution by Nick Ortner is an amazing book and program. That said, I have a confession... and it pains…
From My Bookshelf

Do I Look Fat in This? – Gettin’ over yerself!

26 Feb 20199 Feb 2023
Yeah, who hasn't asked themselves or others, "Do I look fat in this?" Not a one-of-us! That's what I thought. Perfect name for a book, right? Rhonda Britten is among…
Self-Help Whispering

Reviving Ophelia – Be everything, be nothing

25 Jan 2019
“Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.”  “Girls struggles with mixed messages: Be beautiful,…
From My Bookshelf

Skinny Bitch – No-Nonsense or No-Way-José ?

24 Jan 20199 Oct 2019
"So coffee equals fat cells. P.S. It also makes your breath smell like ass." - Skinny Bitch Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin is the spawn of Satan. Just…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Recovery of Your Inner Child

23 Jan 2019
Genius is childhood recaptured. – Charles Baudelaire I took the photo of the book in the featured photo askew because there’s a sale ticket stuck to the right corner. I…
From My Bookshelf

This is Me – And me, too

15 Aug 20189 Oct 2019
“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…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – The Secret

10 Aug 201829 Aug 2018
Like Aladdin’s Genie, the law of attraction grants our every command. – Rhonda Byrne No conversation about self-help would be complete without mentioning The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. I’ll be honest.…
From My Bookshelf

Back in Control – As promised!

17 Jul 20189 Feb 2023
I've committed a grievous sin against book and book-lover. Forgive me! This book is only one week old and already, it's marked up, highlighted, and has colorful post-it arrows sticking…
From My Bookshelf

Natural Cures “They” Don’t Want You to Know About – From fluff to fraudster?

29 Jun 20189 Oct 2019
Be afraid. Be very afraid! A discussion of self-help books would not be complete without mention of  Kevin Trudeau, the best-selling author-turned-convicted-felon. Sentenced to prison in 2014, his claims to cure…
From My Bookshelf

Make the Connection – I bet you wondered when I’d get to this one!

19 Jun 20189 Feb 2023
Before we begin, allow me to answer your questions (that you haven't yet asked but are wondering about): Yes, I was an Oprah fan and waited for this book in…
From My Bookshelf

Fiction as self-help: She’s Come Undone – Part I

23 Apr 20189 Oct 2019
This morning, as I stood in front of my bookshelf, She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb jumped out at me. "But I haven't read it in twenty years," I said…
Self-Help Whispering

Lose Some Weight – a YouTube video I love

27 Oct 20171 Jan 2018
You will find that I have quite a few "self-help" books about weight. Some are to help me love myself "where I am" and others are to motivate me to…

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