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Feel-Good Friday Book Series: Power
FEEL-GOOD FRIDAY BOOKS THAT GAVE ME SEEDS TO THRIVE (Click link for the introduction to the series) Power: Surviving & Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse by Shahida Arabi was one of THE most important books I ever read to complete my healing from narcissistic abuse. For me, it was the final piece of the puzzle that…
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Feel-Good Friday Book Series: Healing the Shame that Binds You
FEEL-GOOD FRIDAY BOOKS THAT GAVE ME SEEDS TO THRIVE (Click link for the introduction to the series) Today I picked a book that got me to the core of my deepest darkest obstacles that were holding me down, Healing the Shame that Binds You by John Bradshaw. I remember feeling so desperate to find out…
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Feel-Good Friday Book Series: The Four Agreements
FEEL-GOOD FRIDAY BOOKS THAT GAVE ME SEEDS TO THRIVE (Click link for the introduction to the series) Don Miguel Ruiz was my voice of reason through many of my dark times. In The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom his writing really did show me a path to freedom. I honestly believe that…
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Dreams Coming True: Becoming the Butterfly
Dear Dreamers, I’m writing this today simply because I am beyond excited for what is going on in my life right now. As I reflect on my journey so far, I’m simply amazed at how each and every event in my life has played such an important role in where I am right now. If…
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Feel-Good Friday Book Series: A New Earth
FEEL-GOOD FRIDAY BOOKS THAT GAVE ME SEEDS TO THRIVE (Click link for the introduction to the series) The year was in 2008 when I first read A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle. I was just starting to build myself up from the shell of a person that I had become. Things in…
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Feel-Good Friday Book Series: The Tao of Pooh
FEEL-GOOD FRIDAY BOOKS THAT GAVE ME SEEDS TO THRIVE (Click link for the introduction to the series) I’m so grateful that this book was written for multiple reasons. The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff was my introduction to the Tao. As a lover of Winnie the Pooh, Hoff gave me the perfect vessel to understand the…
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How Beliefs Work to Help or Hurt Ourselves and Others
Over and over, I’m reminded of how many times us as individuals believe something and try to make what we believe true for someone else. Our thoughts about doing it can be well intended. We can think that our beliefs save someone else from themselves or others. We can think that our education gives us…
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Feel-Good Friday Book Series: Hope for the Flowers
FEEL-GOOD FRIDAY BOOKS THAT GAVE ME SEEDS TO THRIVE (Click link for the introduction to the series) Today I’m going way, way back. I received this book when I was fourteen years old. I was a teen in crisis. After getting some help, I was given Hope for the Flowers by Trina Paulus. My counselor told…
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Do You REALLY Want to Live Better?
7 Steps to Living Better NOW 1. Living Better Doesn’t Happen in the Future Living better happens right now in this very moment. It doesn’t start this afternoon, tonight, or tomorrow. If you are not willing to make a change right now, your story of wanting without getting will continue. Right now, you can write…
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Feel-Good Friday Book Series: Your Creative Brain
FEEL-GOOD FRIDAY BOOKS THAT GAVE ME SEEDS TO THRIVE (Click link for the introduction to the series) Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity, and Innovation in Your Life by Shelley Carson, PhD was a game changer for me. I read the book in college for a creative processes course. I’ve written about…
From A Loving Place 