Books

  • Something to be Nostalgic for…

    More from Brene Brown's book – "Rising Strong"…under the heading "Rumbling with Nostalgia. "…When, I wiped the nostalgia off my history to uncover the real trauma behind many of those stories, I began to understand why we didn't talk about… Continue reading

  • Accepting a new reality.

    About Forgiveness….from Brene Brown's book "Rising Strong". "Rumbling with Forgiveness" "I've been engaged in a full professional rumble with the concept of forgiveness for ten years.  It has been glaringly absent from my work and all of my books.  Why?  Because… Continue reading

  • Say Your Name

    More from Brene Brown…. "Rising Strong" "Man in the Arena" by Theodore Roosevelt "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs… Continue reading

  • Rise Strong

    I am in awe of Malala; she was on Oprah's Soul Series.   http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/Oprah-and-Nobel-Peace-Prize-Winner-Malala-Yousafzai-Video What I know to be true, is she is right; they can kill her, but they will not stop the movement; her mission is to educate… Continue reading

  • Manifesto of the Brave and Brokenhearted…

    Manifesto of the Brave and Brokenhearted.   by Brene Brown   There is no greater threat to the critics and cynics  and fearmongers Than those of us who are willing to fall Because we have learned how to rise With… Continue reading

  • From Whence I Came.

    From "Big Magic" by Elizabeth Gilbert… "Motives" "Oh, and here's another thing: You are not required to save the world with your creativity." "Your art not only doesn't have to be original, in other words; it doesn't have to be… Continue reading

  • Step into the Unknown.

    From Elizabeth Gilbert's latest book, "Big Magic" "Fear is Boring"   I love that phrase! "Around the age of fifteen, I somehow figured out that my fear had no variety to it, no depth, no substance, no texture.  I noticed… Continue reading

  • No Decorations Needed!

    "The Rescued Soul" by Christina Enevoldsen From Chapter 13 "Embracing My Anger" "I also had a persistent fantasy of stabbing my mother in the face. The recurring image of something so horrific was quite disturbing. I'd never considered doing anything like that; blood… Continue reading

  • Give Away Your Power.

    more from Chapter 12 – "The Rescued Soul" by Christina Enevoldsen "Owning My Power" "I've realized a little at a time over many years that I am capable of improving my own life in big and small ways.  As a… Continue reading

  • Blameless Freedom

    Chapter 12, "The Rescued Soul" by Christina Enevoldsen "In reality, being a victim is falling under the power of someone or something else.  It's a lack of power.  The powerlessness might result from being smaller, weaker, younger, slower, less knowledgable,… Continue reading