Book Review: Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump
“If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not the one who [sins], but the one who causes the darkness.” – Victor Hugo, Les Miserables She warned everyone. She has been warning everyone for years. She was right. Before I begin on the gist of this book review,…
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Book Review: Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
Since the last mid-century, the search for a cure for schizophrenia has been elusive. Although positive strides have been made in the last few decades in finding a solution, researchers are no closer, nor do they agree on what causes the illness. In the meantime, 2.6 million people in the United States suffer from this…
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Reframing Your Painful Memories During the Holiday Season
Last week, I backed out of my garage wearing my black mask, heavy winter coat, and bright red mittens to grab some last-minute gifts for Christmas on this Covid-19 year. I celebrate without the religious fuss. Inside the store, as I tried to social-distance while perusing the aisles full of holiday hoopla, I remembered past…
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Book Review: Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More, and be More Productive by Kevin Horsley
Having trouble remembering things, especially long lists or numbers? Guess what? There is hope! What if I told you there is a sure way to remember information of any kind, any length, and any difficulty effectively? Kevin Horsley in Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More, and Be More…
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Finding Gratitude This Thanksgiving Despite the Hell of 2020
This year has been so difficult for so many people. Most of us are hanging in there by barely a thread. If you are in the United States, whether dangling by a thread or about to jump off a bridge, you are expected to be “thankful” because the Thanksgiving holiday is now here. It’s a…
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Book Review: You Can’t Cheat Success: How the Little Things That Don’t Seem Important Are the Most Important of All by Tom Corson-Knowles
How many times do hear of yet another person who has become a millionaire and wonder how they became so successful? Ever wonder what big thing they did to become rich? I do. Here is a fact: there is no big thing you can do to become successful. It is the small things you do…
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Book Review: Get it Done: The 21-Day Mind Hack System to Double Your Productivity and Finish What You Start by Michael Mackintosh
“Vision without action is hallucination. Action without vision is neurosis.” – Michael Mackintosh How many times in your life do you have a goal and want to succeed, but somehow your plans never come to fruition? Or, how many times do you get frustrated and just give up? According to Michael Mackintosh in Get it…
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Success Does Not Always Mean You Need to Climb That Mountain, or Does It?
It is quite an accomplishment to hike to the top of a mountain, is it not? But, is it success? For some of us, to be successful means to attain a high position, a certain status, or make a lot of money. For others, success might mean raising a large family, traveling around the world,…
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Dear Ruth, I Jumped off the Pedestal Because of You…
Dear Justice Ginsburg, May I call you Ruth? I want to call you Ruth because I consider you a friend (especially now more than ever). I know you didn’t know me, and I know I could be one of the millions of women who are writing you a letter after your death, but you see,…
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Book Review: Catching a Witch: A Novel of Loyalty, Deception, and Superstition by Heidi Eljarbo
Heidi Eljarbo’s historical fiction novel, Catching a Witch: A Novel of Loyalty, Deception, and Superstition, is a story about the persecution of witches in Rossby, Norway, in the 17th century. According to Britannica, witchcraft is the “exercise or invocation of alleged supernatural powers to control people or events, practices typically involving sorcery or magic.” Although difficult to know…
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