Elizabeth Gilbert’s Secrets to a Happy and Successful Life
We’re all on our own journey here. – Elizabeth Gilbert Life Is Like a Maze Do you sometimes feel like everybody else has the answers? Like everybody else got […]
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Movie Review: Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love [the movie] is fairly faithful to the book. It brings the book to life with many scenes filmed where the actual adventure took place. The ashram is different, […]
Oprah’s Issues with Food Are Rooted in Her Grandmother’s Whippings
I’ve been watching Oprah since day one ~ way back when she replaced Rob Weller as the host of A.M. Chicago ~ way before there was an international Oprah […]
Book Review: SOLDIER’S HEART: Close-up Today with PTSD in Vietnam Veterans by William Schroder and Ronald Dawe
“Soldier’s Heart” was coined after the Civil War to describe what is now diagnosed as post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. The authors of Soldier’s Heart are Vietnam veterans who […]
L.Y. Marlow: Saving Promise & COLOR ME BUTTERFLY
We are all beautiful and deserve to be loved without being harmed. – L.Y. Marlow L. Y. Marlow is a survivor. When domestic violence threatened her granddaughter Promise, she decided […]
Michael Lisagor: ROMANCING THE BUDDHA
What is the secret to successfully crossing the bridge from domestic violence to thriving and finding joy? Tina Turner did it. Elizabeth Gilbert did it. They embraced the empowering teachings of Buddha […]
Stay-cation: SIZZLING SIXTEEN by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich seems to have gotten a bit of her mo-jo back with Sizzling Sixteen. I’ve been a huge fan of Ms. Evanovich for a decade and stood in line […]
Emily Post: Why did she become etiquette’s leading expert?
Her ex-husband Edwin Post had humiliated her with his emotional abuse and debauchery. When his infidelity hit the front pages of New York’s newspapers, Mrs. Post sought revenge. She never forgave him. In […]
Book Review: A PRIVATE FAMILY MATTER by Victor Rivas Rivers
I was saved by love. -Victor Rivas Rivers Victor Rivas Rivers’ memoir A Private Family Matter is by far the best survivor story I’ve read. Mr. Rivers is […]
Book Review: A BAD DAY FOR PRETTY by Sophie Littlefield
A Bad Day for Pretty is the sequel to A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield. Susan Wiggs, my favorite author, was an early fan of Ms. Littlefield’s. […]
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