I received a complementary copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. Anita Moorjani gets it. After a near death experience (NDE) that she describes in vivid detail in her first book, Dying to be Me, she came to the conclusion that “being in that state made me realize that I …
I received an advanced, complementary copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. “The practice of being on a spiritual path isn’t about being the best meditator, or the kindest possible person, or the most enlightened,” author Gabrielle Bernstein writes early in her new book “The Universe Has Your Back: Transform …
Can a national television anchor find some semblance of peace through the practice of meditation? Dan Harris answers this question and more in his book 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works–A True Story I liked how real Harris is in the book. A prominent …
I received a complementary copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. One of the best books I read and reviewed in 2014 was Dr Penny Sartori’s The Wisdom of Near Death Experiences. Dr Sartori has followed up this work with a new book featuring more of her findings, What is …
I received a complementary copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. Do you consider yourself to be a creative yet sensitive person? I do, so that’s why I was drawn to Doreen Virtue’s new book – The Courage to be Creative: How to Believe in Yourself, Your Dreams and Ideas, …
“Draw a different frame around the same set of circumstances and new pathways come into view,” say authors Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander in their book The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life. This brought to mind one of my favorite quotes by the late Wayne Dyer, ““If you change the way you look at things, the …
I received a complementary copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. Look at the book cover to the left. When asked “what is your religion?”, and none of the choices presented seem to fit your own spiritual journey, are you tempted to check “none of the above?” If so then …
Shonda Rhimes, the prolific creator and producer of ABC’s hit television shows Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, was not as confident in herself as you might think. “I am an introvert. Deep. To the bone,” she writes early in her new book, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person. A chance …
If you follow this blog you may be wondering, “where are the book reviews?” I’ve taken a three month break from reviewing books. Traditionally the first three months of the year are the busiest for our travel business. And I have been blogging, just about other topics in other places. Here are some of my recent entries on our travel …
2015 was a year in transition for this blog. I got my start reviewing books through Hay House’s Book Nook program, and I will always be grateful to Hay House for all the free books they sent my way to review the past few years. But the Book Nook program went away early in 2015, so what was I do …