Empowerment Category
A Successfully Crappy First Draft!
Posted on January 29, 2013 2 Comments
So I’m taking a writing class for my own fun and interest, and I just had an epiphany about perfectionism in writing. Like many of us, I want my first tangible efforts to be…well…better than actual crap. I know it won’t be ferpect right out of the gate, but I at least would like to know it is heading […]
All Is Well
Posted on January 25, 2013 3 Comments
All Is Well: Heal Your Body With Medicine, Affirmations, and Intuition is a collaborative by the indomitable Louise Hay and the dauntless Mona Lisa Schulz. The book is a how-to guide that integrates healing methods, addressing health in these areas: medical, holistic, nutritional, and emotional. It weaves intuition and logic, emotions and fact–and produces specific direction to address […]
The Second Rule of Ten
Posted on January 20, 2013 2 Comments
A must-read! As with its predecessor, The First Rule of Ten, the story successfully crafts a murder mystery that is wholly plausible yet unpredicted by the reader. At the same time it subtly wears as an unintended (?) self-improvement book simply through reader identification with the main character, Tenzing Norbu (Ten, for short). I feel I am able to approach […]
Liebster Blog Award!
Posted on January 11, 2013 4 Comments
Thank you to Stand Upon Grace for your gracious nomination of this humble blog! It is received with heartfelt appreciation. Take a side trip along a scenic gravel road to Wendy’s homestead here: http://standupongrace.wordpress.com/ Refreshments are readily available, for both body and spirit! For information on the enigmatic history of The Liebster Award, click on the medallion above. 5 Random Things […]
Archetypes: Who Are You?
Posted on January 9, 2013 5 Comments
I just read this amazing book by Caroline Myss, called Archetypes. These are collective symbols that everyone in the culture understands; patterns, habits, and behaviors that people can all describe. When we speak in archetypes, we speak in common terms. For example, if I were to say my uncle’s sister’s daughter’s son’s mom is such a martyr, you […]