Full disclosure: I don’t love the term Self-Help. It implies there’s something wrong with the reader that needs to be fixed. I use it because it’s what most readers would use when searching for this genre. I prefer the term Personal Development, because it feels […]
My local book club is meeting this week, to discuss Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb. It started getting buzz even before publication in April 2019, and was a nominee for Best Nonfiction in Goodread’s Choice Awards. (I must take a moment […]
Today’s author interview is with Ali Wenze, a writer I “met” a couple years ago through Instagram. Her first book was published in May of this year (I was lucky enough to read an advanced copy) and I’ve enjoyed seeing her getting the air time […]
We are all capable of empathy, but there’s a difference between having empathy and being an empath. “Having empathy means our heart goes out to another person in joy or pain,” says Dr. Judith Orloff. “But for empaths it goes much further. We actually feel others’ emotions, […]
Here we are in the month of Thanksgiving, so it’s time to bring the subject of gratitude to your consciousness again! Earlier this month, my dear friend Amber (of Kingfisher Coaching and Retreats) and I taught an afternoon workshop we called The How & […]
For all my local readers, I have a wonderful opportunity for you! In a little less than three weeks, I’ll be teaching a workshop with my dear friend Amber King, owner of Kingfish Coaching and Retreats. As we enter into the season of being thankful, […]
Earlier this month, I mentioned my anxiety about turning the big four-oh, which is a mere five days away. The list I made, of books to read in my 40th year, was fun to create and has helped me shift to a more positive view […]
My 40th birthday is two weeks away and I’m experiencing some (okay a lot) of anxiety about aging: My metabolism has slowed to a crawl, and I’m seeing my mother in the mirror more often. There’s a vanity component, I guess, but it’s definitely a […]
I posed a question to my Facebook friends: What book(s) would you say changed your life? My plan was to use the most common answers, which I expected would overlap my own a bit, then create a list of books to recommend as definitely life-changing. […]
When it comes to the subject of writers’ reading habits, I always turn to the phenomenal Mr. King. “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” – Stephen King Reading inspires me as […]
