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Book Review: Stalking the Soul: Emotional Abuse and the Erosion of Identity by Marie-France Hirigoyen
“The goal of abusive conduct is to destabilize the other person and make them doubt themselves and others.” – Marie-France Hirigoyen The destructive art of making someone doubt themselves is only the beginning of emotional abuse. If a person is able to make another doubt what they just witnessed, heard, or felt, then that person…
Read MoreBook Review: You Can be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective by Richard Carlson
Happiness – “It is our natural state,” says, Richard Carlson, Ph.D. But, if so, then why are many of us far from “happy?” Dr. Richard Carlson’s book, You Can Be Happy: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective, explains exactly how to be in a state of happiness and demonstrates why weusually are not thriving…
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Book Review: A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman by Joan Anderson
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Book Review: The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods by Julia Butterfly Hill
There are moments in our lives when we truly come to know and understand the relationship we have with creation and nature. Nothing is ever the same again. I, as well as this courageous activist and author, Julia Butterfly Hill in The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to…
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Book Review: Refuse to Choose! Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams
“What I care most about is variety. Give me that, and I can do almost any job.” – Scanner 1 “For me, the right career doesn’t exist. It would have to satisfy my creative part, be challenging, and be sometimes solitary, sometimes social.” – Scanner 2 The above quotations are taken from Refuse to Choose!…
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Book Review: Permanent Healing: Quantum Mechanics of Healing by Daniel R. Condron
“The body is a feedback system for the mind.” – Daniel R. Condron There is no better book that I have read so far that explains, simply and logically, the connection between our thoughts and beliefs and disease or illness. All attitudes, thoughts, and beliefs, whether good or bad, manifest in the body. Daniel R.…
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Book Review: Hand Wash Cold: care instructions for an ordinary life by Karen Maezen Miller
“Change your perspective, and the most ordinary things take on expressible beauty.” – Karen Maezen Miller Absolutely one of the best books I have ever read on the simplicity and beauty of all of life is Karen Maezen Miller’s, Hand Wash Cold: care instructions for an ordinary life! Simply, Ms. Miller uses the metaphor of…
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Book Review: Awakening Intuition: Using Your Mind-Body Network for Insight and Healing by Mona Lisa Schulz
For those who are interested in the mind-body relationship, Awakening Intuition: Using Your Mind-Body Network for Insight and Healing by Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz explains the relationship between intuition, memories, dreams, and the body. She demonstrates how to read the language of your body, such as interpreting your physical ailments, as she discusses the seven…
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Book Review: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
“To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life.” – Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love For those who are looking for a spiritually rich, entertaining, personal, and intelligently written memoir, look no further! Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert is the story of one woman’s search for healing and spiritual connection.…
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