writing – The Self-Help Whisperer®

I first saw What’s Stopping Me From Being Happy? by Lisa Ellis on my Facebook timeline. Although I’ve taken down my professional FB page, I kept my personal one. Throughout…

From My Bookshelf

City of Girls – In the Mood

21 Apr 2022

Or not. I mean, sometimes I'm in the mood and sometimes not. For all sorts of things... But right now, it's self-help books. I'm not. In the mood, that is.…

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Fiction as Self-Help – the stranger in the lifeboat

22 Mar 202222 Mar 2022

"It's always been a mystery to me... how beauty and anguish can share the same moment." - Mitch Albom (pg. 35) The words “beauty” and “anguish” perfectly describe the stranger…

Self-Help Whispering

2021: Year of Rebuilding – How it’s going

30 Aug 202130 Aug 2021

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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I couldn’t be viral if I tried! LOL

12 Aug 202121 Sep 2021

Yes, I'm actually laughing out loud because I did a Facebook Live this morning to share with you here and when I went to get the link just now, I…

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Podcast – Episode 3 – Writing as Self-Help

20 Apr 202111 May 2021

Here I go again! It's getting a little easier every week but still so much to learn! Apologies for a few awkward moments... but all forward movement is growth! Yay,…

From My Bookshelf

Remember this one?* – Writing Down the Bones

2 Jan 2021

“Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.” ― Natalie Goldberg My husband is a newspaper reporter. I…

From My Bookshelf

Grain of Truth – A meditative read

2 Dec 202015 Sep 2021

Ross A. Laird is no slouch. As a Clinical Consultant, Author and Educator who works with a whole whack of companies you know (all listed on his website), he was…

Interviews

Interview – Kathryn Leigh Scott: Supernatural Beauty

28 Nov 202028 Nov 2020

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…

Interviews

Interview – Roger C. Memos: An enlightened (and filled with light) man

16 Aug 202016 Aug 2020

What can I say about a man I met only recently but already feels like a kindred spirit? Turns out... quite a lot! You may remember Roger from my shameless…

Self-Help Whispering

Easy like Sunday – Guts, no glory

23 Feb 202023 Feb 2020

Well. Did I have a week! Did I catch a stomach bug? Lots of people were sick at work. Did the stress of learning and settling into a new job…

Self-Help Whispering

From me, to you! ❤️💥🌼

2 Jan 20202 Jul 2020

Once upon a time, there was a woman who had a million trillion thoughts, hopes, stories and dreams floating around inside her head. They sometimes fell out of her eyes…

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Remember this one? – If You Want to Write

7 Oct 20196 Oct 2019

Everybody is talented, original and has something important to say. – Brenda Ueland If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland is as timely today as it was when it was…

From My Bookshelf

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

10 Sep 20199 Oct 2019

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? – Questions to ask yourself when buying a new journal

21 Aug 201921 Aug 2019

I’ve learned a few things on this path to Self-Help Whisper-dom and though I’m no expert, I’m really an expert. (Yeah, I’m an enigma.) An expert at what NOT to…

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Remember this one? – Celebrate Age!

8 Aug 2019

Age is an opportunity no less, Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away, The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day. Henry…

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Remember this one? – Vive Gramache!

7 Aug 20198 Aug 2019

Louise Penny is a beautiful writer… even if it’s murder. The setting of my favorite (er, I should say “favourite” since she’s Canadian) series is called “Three Pines” and even though…

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Big Magic – Living it in real-time!

1 Aug 20199 Oct 2019

"The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them.” Elizabeth Gilbert You're probably wondering why it's taken me so long…

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Remember this one? – Writing the Natural Way

12 Jul 2019

This is the feeling for syllable and rhythm, penetrating far below the conscious levels of thought and feeling, invigorating every word. T. S. Eliot Get your groove goin’! It’s time…

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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…

From My Bookshelf

drink, play, f@#k – Overkill

16 Apr 20199 Oct 2019

Andrew Gottlieb is a provocateur. Drink, Play, F@#k is proof of that. Let's get something clear right from the top: Yes, this book is a "parody" of Elizabeth Gilbert's eat, pray,…

Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Journaling

28 Mar 2019

I’ve briefly talked about journaling in several posts so far. This will be focusing on it! I am a journal fanatic… although… it goes in fits and starts. When I’m…

Interviews

Teaser for Upcoming Interview – Kaden: All her bags are packed

3 Feb 20193 Feb 2019

You don't know Kaden (yet!) but you will, soon enough. She's my next Interview! How did I get so blessed to know such wise women and men? Well, in this…

From My Bookshelf

Metamorphosis – Life & Science

19 Jan 20199 Oct 2019

To my mother: This is a book of one mans life growing up. I'm sure if I were to write a book, it would be just as fulfilling. We both…

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,…

Interviews

Interview – Penny Rose Mixhau: Creator, Philosopher, Human

31 Dec 20181 Jan 2019

You first heard about Penny in my shameless teaser about her. As I was putting this post together, I stumbled while writing the headline. Penny Rose Mixhau on Being a…

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How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci – Possibly the coolest book I own!

30 Nov 20189 Oct 2019

There is no doubt which principle Leonardo considered as defining the true direction for the furrow he wished to plow. That principle was what he termed 'experience.'" - pg 80,…

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Reading by the Colors – LIFE CHANGING if you struggle with reading

23 Nov 20189 Oct 2019

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…

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Bio Moment – It’s my ONE YEAR BLOGAVERSARY!

20 Oct 201820 Oct 2018

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

Writing Down the Bones -Required reading

16 Oct 20189 Oct 2019

“Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.” ― Natalie Goldberg My husband is a newspaper reporter. I…

Self-Help Whispering

Easy like Sunday – Another way to process pain

14 Oct 201812 Aug 2020

Some of you know that several years ago, I destroyed my journals that spanned over the last three decades. And then last year - or was it earlier this year?…

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YouTube Tuesdays – Yeeegads!

2 Oct 20183 Oct 2019

Once upon a time, there was a blogger who made a half-dozen YouTube videos or so. She reveled in her authenticity and "regular-person-ness" and it was ... scary, embarrassing and…

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Easy like Sunday- The fork in the road…

16 Sep 201812 Aug 2020

It's been almost a year since this blog began, and I've added a few hundred followers, so I thought I'd share about who I am, what I'm doing here... and…

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Easy like Sunday – As Autumn Approaches…

19 Aug 201812 Aug 2020

As much as I love the warmer months, Autumn is my all-time favorite... especially since moving to Canada... in which case, I should say it's my all time favoUrite! :)…

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Bio Moment – A little light housekeeping

17 Aug 201820 Aug 2018

When I wrote my first post back in October, 2017, I had no idea if this blog would fly. I had plenty of precedent for feeling that way, since I'd…

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Easy like Sunday – Turning down the heat

22 Jul 201812 Aug 2020

It began a few days ago. I'd been going along, writing and tearing up, as per this blog post/ book. I was feeling pretty good... low on pain, high on…

Interviews

My First Interview – Lucy Colangelo gets her “ShineOn”!

19 Jul 201819 Jul 2018

You first heard about Lucy Colangelo in my post from two weeks ago. As I said then, she nudged me (without even trying!) to create a vision for this blog…

From My Bookshelf

Back in Control – As promised!

17 Jul 201822 Feb 2021

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…

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Easy like Sunday – The Stories We Tell

15 Jul 201812 Aug 2020

This post is about a boulder. But first... I am a story-teller. I'm grateful that I have a voice and a place to tell my stories. In fact, I've always…

Interviews

Teaser for Upcoming Interview – Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

8 Jul 20183 Feb 2019

This is a story about Lucy. And, All The Blogs I Loved Before, which is actually the name of the blog before this one. It was one among many... er,…

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Easy like Sunday – Busy, busy, busy!

24 Jun 201812 Aug 2020

The last two days have been warmish, overcast and rainy. Migraine weather. Ugh. I've had to take my "big-gun" meds yesterday and today. I hate that. However, I am blessed…

Self-Help Whispering

Bio Moment? Fiction as self-help? – Jim

18 Jun 201818 Jun 2018

“Writing something new is an effective way to get rid of writer's block. Or you can observe the people around you and fantasize like I do.” ― B.A. Gabrielle I haven't…

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