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Blurry: A Haiku

15 Jan 2023
I miss you most when I have something to tell you. It won’t be long now.
Self-Help Whispering

Self-Help: Another Little Thing (and a Bigger Thing, too!)

5 Oct 2022
Isn't that a lovely little candle holder in my featured photo? What you don't know is that it was never a candle holder at all. It was - actually -…
Self-Help Whispering

If you want something done right…

20 Aug 202210 Sep 2022
It may seem redundant to have to say this on a blog about self-help, but you really DO need to accept responsibility for what you do (or don't do) and…
From My Bookshelf

Fiction as Self-Help – The Whispered Word

15 Aug 202215 Aug 2022
I wasn't going to write about this book. I started it months ago, put it aside, picked it up again, put it back on the shelf, and back-and-forth again. About…
From My Bookshelf

Remember This One? – Wholetones – “Nosce te ipsum”

28 Jun 2022
Originally written by me for this blog on March 24, 2020... in the very early days of the pandemic. Nosce te ipsum = to know thyself  (Latin) Let us begin…
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.…
Photography

Picture of the Day – “Lifted spirits”

27 Mar 2022
We woke up to snow this morning. Ugh! It was a tough work day filled with concerns about all sorts of things … along with some depression and anxiety ……
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,…
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

Mindful Eating

2 Feb 202231 Aug 2022
I was given a mid-week lieu day off. I don't even know what it was in lieu of!! But I'll take it! Today is that day! It happens to have…
From My Bookshelf

Dying For a Paycheck – Never Again!

12 Dec 2021
"According to the Mayo Clinic, the person you report to at work is more important for your health than your family doctor." - Bob Chapman, CEO of Barry-Wehmiller and author…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Who Moved My Cheese?

26 May 2021
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…
From My Bookshelf

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

18 May 202118 May 2021
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…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – How to Argue and Win Every Time

3 May 2021
And *this guy* knows a thing or two! “He has never lost a criminal case either as a prosecutor or a defense attorney. He has not lost a civil case…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda

16 Mar 2021
The sentence usually begins, “If only…” – Freeman & DeWolf Ain’t it the truth? You know what makes me laugh? How, up until about a year ago, I thought that…
From My Bookshelf

making life easy – Gender & Tribes

24 Feb 202124 Feb 2021
“We are all hungry for genuine connection and caring, and we will not get this unless we find our Soul's tribe. If we don't find this, we'll kill ourselves, either…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?*- Rich Dad, Poor Dad

8 Feb 2021
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…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one? – How to Win Friends & Influence People

28 Jan 2021
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie was published in 1936. The title back then was, “How to Wineth Friends and Infulenceth People”… just kidding. All I’m saying is that…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Boundaries (Where You End and I Begin)

20 Jan 202124 Jan 2021
**Trigger Warning: Mention (without details) of childhood sexual abuse** There are many, many books on Boundaries. Most are very good. Just to give you an idea of how many there…
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…
From My Bookshelf

The 10X Rule – The Squeaky Wheel

30 Sep 202017 Jan 2021
Grant Cardone is a force. His YouTube is filled to the brim with content that will either turn you on or turn you off. There is no "in between" with…
Photography…

Picture(s) of the Day – “A Hidden Gem” (And an update!)

29 Sep 20209 Oct 2020
For those of you following along with my recent life events, you will notice that I am here in the middle of a work day sharing photos I snapped only…
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How’m I doing with 2020: Year of Clarity?

20 Aug 202020 Aug 2020
Every year I pick a word to focus on and this year the word is Clarity. When I first talked about the word, I was thinking of... Uh... Myself. Yeah,…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Always Looking Up

18 Aug 2020
“You suffer the blow, but you capitalize on the opportunity left in its wake.”  ― Michael J. Fox, Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist How can you not love…
From My Bookshelf

Healing the Child Within – For Crying Out Loud!

3 Aug 20203 Aug 2020
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 2020
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…
From My Bookshelf

The Collective Wisdom of High-Performing Women – Found: I didn’t know I was lost

16 May 2020
In that moment, I'd never felt more empowered. By holding people accountable for their actions and forgiving them, you let go of the negative energy - and release any power…
Self-Help Whispering

The Wolf – “Be independent but work together”

8 Apr 20208 Apr 2020
This is the card of the spiritual teacher.  When you choose it you are reminded to be disciplined about your spiritual practice, as this is very important to your progress.…
From My Bookshelf

Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway – Apropos

3 Apr 20203 Apr 2020
“Every time you encounter something that forces you to “handle it,” your self-esteem is raised considerably. You learn to trust that you will survive, no matter what happens. And in…
Photography

Picture of the Day -“City Sky”

11 Mar 2020
Happy Humpday! Stormy sky, cold air, another day, another dollar. 😊
Photography

Picture of the Day -“It’s glorious outside!”

7 Mar 2020
I will be back later today or tomorrow to write a proper post about how things seemed to turn around for me in the past few days! I am very…
Photography

Picture of the Day-“Big, Fat Snowflakes”

6 Mar 2020
What a Friday morning! Such light, beautiful flakes all over the place. But here's the thing... It's International Women's Day and my employer was very generous and wonderful... Look at…
From My Bookshelf

Remember this one? -The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

20 Feb 202025 Feb 2020
When The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey came out in 1989, it was a game-changer. I’m not the first person to write about it… it’s been written about, discussed…
Photography

Picture of the Day -“Snowy Highlight”

6 Feb 20206 Feb 2020
I LOVE ❤️ how the (snowy) tree branches weave together and how the snow is like a ✨✨ highlight ✨✨! I try to draw this and am embarrassingly poor at…
Photography

Picture of the Day -“Lucky me!”

4 Feb 202011 Apr 2020
Throughout my life I have seen this in action over and over again! The last time it happened was only one month ago and I am reaping the rewards now.…
From My Bookshelf

Personality Self-Portrait – A *Must* for your self-help bookshelf!

7 Nov 20197 Nov 2019
The only reason it's taken me so long to write about this book is that... uh... well, I purged it. Forgot about it. Then I found it again. (Yay!) Personality…
From My Bookshelf

Mind Over Mood – First, you must understand the problem

28 Sep 20199 Oct 2019
Mind Over Mood by Dennis Greenberger, PhD and Christine A. Padesky, PhD is the perfect self-help book, if by self-help you mean actually doing stuff to ... you know...  help yourself.…
Interviews

Interview – Patte McCarthy: Artful Giving

22 Sep 2019
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…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – QR Codes Kill Kittens

3 Sep 2019
Nobody wants to kill kittens. At least, nobody I know. And QR codes? Most people don’t even know what they are. QR Codes Kill Kittens by Scott Stratten caught my attention cuz… yeah, kittens.…
From My Bookshelf

CrazyBusy – aka: Culturally Induced ADD

26 May 201918 Oct 2020
I picked up and began to read Crazy Busy by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. before I realized that Hallowell was the author. I actually reviewed my favorite book by him last…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Praying with Katie

5 May 201914 May 2022
We’d just moved into an apartment smack dab in-between a quaint, small town and a bustling large city. Go one way, and you’d be downtown where old brick and mortar…
Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty

4 May 2019
Listening to Diane Keaton read Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty is like listening to an old friend reminisce as you sit together on the breakwall outside her house at the beach. The sun…

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