wisdom – The Self-Help Whisperer®

Photo Journal – My healthy obsession

14 Jun 202114 Jun 2021

We woke up to rain today and I worried I wouldn't be able to walk without an umbrella... not that it would be the end of the world... except... I…

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Butterflies and Transformation

11 Jun 202111 Jun 2021

I have been told by two important people in my life that I remind them of a butterfly. It could be because both of them read this blog and I…

From My Bookshelf

The December Project – Lightness & Grace

10 Jun 202110 Jun 2021

June 10, 2021 In case you haven't noticed, I'm no longer sharing books I've written about previously as "Remember this one?" posts. Once I figured out how to actually (officially)…

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Health Accountability & Encouragement

8 Jun 202116 Jun 2021

June 16 - Almost a mile!!! Super humid and hot. My lungs were burning. My legs, too! LOL June 15 - It’s our anniversary! Beautiful, sunny day! June 14 -…

From My Bookshelf

Getting the Love You Want -It doesn’t just happen

5 Jun 20215 Jun 2021

June 5, 2021 Up for reblog is one of my most EXCELLENT books about building a fab relationship & marriage! Yay! Is your relationship/marriage good? Want to make it better?…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Who Moved My Cheese?

Every day, I would drive home from work thinking about what I would write here. Sometimes, I’d get things sorted before I walked in the door. Sometimes, it would come…

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Poem & Picture of the Day – “The Trees Know”

26 May 202126 May 2021

“Yes, I see the path,” I said “But I don’t follow rules Instead, I choose to weave among The wooden, leafy jewels.“ Removing shoes, I step upon Green carpet, lush…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – The Black Book of Hollywood Beauty Secrets

24 May 202124 May 2021

Now, you may ask yourself what in the WORLD was I thinking when I picked up this book? Fair question. Here’s the answer: This might be fun! See, every once in…

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Mother’s Day 2021 – Amethyst Caves

9 May 20219 May 2021

If I could write a poem for you It wouldn’t rhyme... It would instead dance merrily Through amethyst caves. Lights would twinkle around it And through it And there you…

From My Bookshelf

Easy like Sunday – pERfectiON Not REquirED

14 Apr 202114 Apr 2021

April 14, 2021 Today's reblog is a post about my perfectionism and myriad meds. Fitting. See, yesterday, after six months of being off, I decided to go back on my…

Teaser for Upcoming Interview – Patricia: A Change is Gonna Come!

21 Mar 202121 Mar 2021

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” -Winston Churchill I've known Patricia for more than two decades, though we've never met in person. Such is the…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Many Miles to Go

Do you know who Brian Tracy is? I actually didn’t until recently… and I can’t believe it! After being in newspaper advertising sales for many years… and a couple of years of unemployment (which…

Wisdom in Words – Say What?

9 Feb 20219 Feb 2021

Once upon a time, I went on this cool website to showcase my photos, which I took every day on the way to work. The site is called Instagram. Are…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?*- Rich Dad, Poor Dad

I find so many people struggling, often working harder, simply because they cling to old ideas. They want things to be the way they were; they resist change. I know…

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Spirit Animals – A conversation with OWL

6 Feb 20216 Feb 2021

Yeah, I'm on a solid "animal kick" right now, as I finish up the last of my animal communication classes on Tuesday. What a joy they have been! And yes,…

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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…

Picture(s) of the Day -“Cemetery Souls”

27 Jan 202127 Jan 2021

You know me. I love cemeteries! I was driving around taking pictures of the snow and it was a little stressful because I would see a beautiful space - or…

Picture of the Day -“Everything about this…”

From the benches to the crossroad to the water, the sky and the glorious tree!

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And a Merry, Happy, Joyful, Loving, Sparkling, Healthy, Healing Christmas Eve to YOU!

24 Dec 202024 Dec 2020

Snow's-a-comin' this way!! Can I get a whoop-whoop? The holidays have been difficult for me since moving to Canada (read: stomach-tugging, family-missing-difficult). I've never been able to spend it with…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – 10% Happier

19 Dec 202029 Dec 2020

"But it was in this moment, lying in bed late at night, that I first realized that the voice in my head—the running commentary that had dominated my field of…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Ordinarily Well

Ordinarily Well by Peter D. Kramer is about antidepressants. More to the point, it is about if they work. Kramer is not merely a bystander… he is a psychiatrist and scholar.…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – The Happiness Project

It was a "Heather's Pick". Who the heck IS this Heather at my local bookseller? I picture her small and stooped over, with sexy librarian glasses and orthopedic shoes. She…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense

14 Nov 202014 Nov 2020

Dont get me wrong. The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense by Suzette Haden Elgin is excellent. It’s just that… well… come with me and we’ll get where I’m going. I’ve read (what…

A poem -“Naked”

Draw me Here, amongst my rumpled clothes Arms outstretched Grasping Though my soul knows It's time to let go. Grab my satin robe The red one, hanging on the door…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Undoing Depression

I love the subtitle of Richard O’Connor’s Undoing Depression: “What Therapy Doesn’t Teach You and Medication Can’t Give You”… because… it’s always felt to me that there was something… some component… that…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Resilience

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…

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Leaning In – Profile Photo Edition

31 Oct 202031 Oct 2020

Something happened this morning... It is "nothing about me" and "everything about me" ... and "everything about you," too. Let's see what you think! Good Ol' Facebook asked that you…

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Bio Moment – A long story & A bonus musing at the end

29 Oct 20207 Dec 2020

Facebook is so kind to bring up memories from past years. Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, always a peek into what was going on in my head that same day last…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – The Little Book of Stress Relief

18 Oct 202018 Oct 2020

The Little Book of Stress Relief by David Posen, MD is not a heavy book… and by that, I mean, physically or emotionally. The cover is inviting and beautiful. The chapters are 1…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – As a Man Thinketh

11 Oct 202011 Oct 2020

"A man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth.…

Picture of the Day -“Orange Solitude”

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – This is Me

"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…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Emotional Intelligence

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…

Picture of the Day & A Haiku -“Benched”

Rest your weary bones Sit here, next to the river The view heals your soul.

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one? – I’m OK – You’re OK

“Three things make people want to change. One is that they hurt sufficiently. They have beat their heads against the same wall so long that they decide they have had…

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How are we doing?

So, I’ve lost about ten pounds since we stopped eating meat. Only 100+ more to go. 🙄 I kinda digress, yes here, at the very beginning of the post. 🤣…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – The Secret of the Shadow

“Embracing our dark side gives us a new found freedom to be with the darkness in others. For when I can love all of me, I will love all of…

Picture of the Day -“I think that I shall never see…”

Picture of the Day & A goofy poem -“A Meeting of Flowers”

A whole bunch of Susan's Black-eyed, they're called Decided together One and all. They gathered together And made a plan To sink their roots Into the land. By end of…

From My Bookshelf

Creating the Relationship of Your Dreams – The “Anger Dragon” falls in love

The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her. - Bob Marley It dawned on me that had I…

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Once Upon a Tess -Five Years Ago

21 Aug 202023 Feb 2021

Once upon a time there was the most perfect cat in the whole wide world. As all sentient beings live, so must they die. It is The Way. The Rainbow…

Picture of the Day & A Movie – “Earthing”

14 Aug 202028 Oct 2020

Look at this beautiful green grass! I have watched a wonderful movie on YouTube that I want to share with you. This photo reminded me of it!It's an hour and…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Begin with Yes

13 Aug 202013 Aug 2020

Begin with Yes by Paul S. Boynton is easy reading and the message itself is simple: Begin with Yes. Then how come it took me 64 pages to say, “Oh! I get…

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Bio Moment – Earthy Language

25 Jul 202012 Aug 2020

Back about fifteen years ago, my mom told me that her housekeeper had called me, "Earthy" because I said someone was - and I quote - "an ass". She considered…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one? – Down Came the Rain

I did not have postpartum depression. When I was having children (in the early 1980s) it (postpartum depression) wasn’t “a thing”. Except, of course, it WAS. We just didn’t know about…

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