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The Ultimate Book Gift Guide 2014

Happy Holidays and Happy reading!
This gift guide was compiled by Audrey van Petegem and Suzanne Letourneau of the ballyhoos, who support Indie Authors with their Branding and Marketing needs.

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The Holidays are coming and you know what that means…..It is that time of year where you start looking for inspiring gift ideas to give to friends and family! Sure you can give gift cards or flowers but why not give something that is a bit more meaningful?

Everybody loves a good book!  Whether you are looking for a unique hostess gift, something for the office gift exchange or the perfect gift to give to that someone special, a book is always well received.

To make it easier for you, we have put together the  Ultimate Book Lover’s Gift Guide. There is something for everyone on your list. From Inspirational to fun reads and titles for the younger readers (or young at heart).  And, hey, you may even find something for yourself!

Inspirational
 
Over iT – Mary Buchan

We all have an “iT” to get over, some challenge in life that seems difficult, if not impossible, to overcome. This may be a problem with health, a past trauma, or stressful situation in our finances or career. Sometimes the “iT” stems from broken relationships or negative judgments we’ve encountered during our journey. In this award winning book Mary combines lighthearted personal stories with ancient wisdom keys. She shares life-changing insights that will help you drive away the dark shadows from your life and break free from whatever is holding you back from your full potential. These keys transformed Mary and they can change your life! Great gift that can be bought here. Buy here

 

 

 

 

 

Million Dollar Moments - Deborah L. Hall

What if everything you’ve ever been taught is a lie?  What if we’ve been living under false assumptions? How can we know for sure? How can we find the truth? Today’s internet bombards us with daily information creating cognitive dissonance as we struggle with who to trust and what to believe. Million Dollar Moments sorts through the noise of these mixed messages bringing usto the only possible truth: your own truth.   In 5 minute bursts of brain change each day, Million Dollar Moments shows you the path to uncover and claim your truth. These daily gems of inspiration will illuminate your values regarding business, love, creativity, and resources while encouraging and supporting you to step into who YOU are!   Need a quote for a presentation or a speech? You’ll find some gems on these pages. Need a boost for the day? Open the book randomly to any page and you’ll get the inspiration that is meant just for your eyes for that day. Buy here.

 

 

 
SOAR with Vulnerability – Suzanne Letourneau

This is your book. The book that is inside of you all-ways. We all have a story to tell. In mine, I share how the biggest turning point of my life has opened my heart to receiving the best gift of all – Vulnerability.
Vulnerability works hand in hand with Authenticity. And from the moment you experience your authenticity, your true self, you will not want to be anything else but authentic. 
Vulnerability is about daring to be more than who you think you are. Get Curious. Be Outrageous. Buy here.

 

 

oh La La! Réalité                 


Being French – Francois Roland
François Roland is thoroughly, irrepressibly French – Parisian, in fact! His book, Being French! A Frenchman’s Guide to a More Sensual Life, is a memoir as well as a collection of essays about sensuality. In it, Roland shares his own experiences and insights gained from a rich and intense sensual life, and from that perspective, the book proposes to its readers that they envision sensuality from a distinctly French point of view.

What allows some people to have satisfying, harmonious, and happy sensual lives while others are miserable and unfulfilled? Roland came to realize that the French probably handle sensual life quite differently than people elsewhere and maybe with a better prospect of making it delightful, fulfilling, and an integral part of a full and balanced life. Buy his e-book here

LOL Living Out Loud – Veronica Tanzen

An estimated 30 to 40 million North Americans use online dating sites, and the growing industry can now take credit for 17% of all marriages on the continent. Not surprisingly, a myriad of online dating self-help books have popped up on shelves—how-to’s and self-proclaimed success stories of finding a mate. This story is definitely not one of those. Living Out Loud takes you on a fresh and quirky ride through one woman’s attempt to master the science of cyber-dating while navigating her way down the road to finding true love. Start with a once-conflicted, twice-divorced single mother, toss in some humorous self-discovery, sprinkle in a smattering of questionable dating profiles, and wrap it all up in a very colourful package that will make you want to laugh, cry and have you want to read the whole book in one sitting! Just click here for a fun and enjoyable read.  Buy here.

 

Thought Provoking

 A God for All Seasons – Patti Tingen

Inspiration and Reflection for All Times, is based on Ecclesiastes 3 and takes the reader on a yearlong journey, month by month. Starting with winter, the book moves through the natural seasons of the year. Each chapter correlates with a month and offers personal testimony and insights for the various spiritual seasons that we all experience. The theme of the book is that God’s love and presence is with us through every time and every season of our lives. 2014 Readers’Favorite International Book Award Silver Medal Winner in the Christian Non-Fiction Category. Great gift idea for the person of faith that can be bought directly on Amazon.- Buy here.

 

 

 

 

 A River of Tears – Orit Murad Rehany

 

A River of Tears The River of Hope centers on the saga of the Two Torah Scrolls, and of an fluent and thriving community living peacefully for 2600 years until World War II and the events of Nazism, anti-Semitism and hatred took place in the ancient region known as the Cradle of Civilization, or modern days Iraq. 
A River of Tears The River of Hope follows the enchanting and fascinating Murad family. The Murad family brought to Israel a proud heritage to share with the world including the two Torah Scrolls of their beloved father and grandfather, Rabbi Ezra Murad. 
Rabbi Murad’s two Torah Scrolls traveled with the family to Israel. While settling in Israel the Murad family showed us the most valuable elements of hope, drive, and determination as they continued to thrive in Israel and Canada.  A River of Tears The River of Hope will welcome readers into the history of the Murad family and their amazing journey from a world filled with oppression and tyranny, to one supported by acceptance and support. Buy here.



Fun Reads
Are you Kidding Me? – Stacey Gustafson

My Life with an Extremely Loud Family, Bathroom Calamities, and Crazy Relatives, a compilation of hilarious, surprising, and relatable stories. The book reached #4 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases list for its category during its debut week.   Hop into your minivan and get ready to cruise through the crazies of Suburbia! Humorist Stacey Gustafson makes an entertaining tour guide in Are You Kidding Me?, a brash, voyeuristic peek inside the topsy-turvy world of suburban motherhood, midlife madness, and all points in between. If you’ve ever called SWAT on a neighbor, faked a heart attack in church, or pulled your hair out while questioning the sanity of your family, Stacey’s tongue-in-cheek brand of humor will resonate with you. Enjoy the ride and don’t forget to fasten your seat belt.   Buy here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drink Wine and Giggle – Deb Mangolt & Julie Smethurst

(101 ways girlfriends can connect, have fun and be inspired) combines friendship and personal growth in a collection of easy-to-follow activities that have been tested and proven to turn girlfriend get-togethers into life-shifting experiences.   The activities in DWAG include short projects, exercises or excursions. The book is divided into four sections—mind, body, soul and funny bone—with twenty-five activities in each. The perfect get-together companion, Drink Wine and Giggle uses the power of girlfriends to inspire women to get the life they deserve.   Buy here.

Empowering
 Empowered Women of Social Media

Empowered Women of Social Media – This book is perfect for the woman who is looking to find her VOICE. Finding ones voice means a deep self-discovery of life at its core. Read about women who have used Facebook, Google and Twitter to get support while they were going through breast cancer, midlife crisis and depression. Many women used social media to find their business path and create successful companies.

Empowered Women of Social Media is a timeless collection of first time stories written by first time authors. Finding their voice meant writing their story, transcending pain and transforming their life. This book is for you if you are a woman who has been muted from abuse and violence, scared into silence from childhood trauma, or was simply raised to be seen not heard. This book will make a great gift. Buy here.

 Inspirational Ways to Succeed with ADHD – Laurie Dupar

 The fourth book in the best-selling ADHD Awareness Book Project series, Inspirational Ways to Succeed with ADHD: Real Life Stories and Strategies to Help You Thrive with ADHD is a one-of-a-kind informative and inspirational resource for people with ADHD containing over 100 strategies and stories to empower, enlighten, educate and entertain. Laurie Dupar of Coaching for ADHD asked 40 ADHD experts: “What is your best strategy or story to help people succeed?”Within these pages is that one tip, strategy, resource or story that is the answer or inspiration to help you succeed with ADHD! Buy here. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Find Your Self-Culture – Victoria Lorient-Faibish

Find Your “Self-Culture” takes you on a journey of case studies, exercises and teachings from Victoria Lorient-Faibish’s twenty years of working with clients in her busy practice as a Relationship Expert and Holistic Psychotherapist . Learn to move beyond depression and anxiety, rewire your brain towards profound joy and transform your inner bully into a supportive coach. Learn also how to set healthy boundaries while healing the hurt child within and moving past shame, anger and guilt. This empowering book with facilitate you breaking the cycle of family dysfunction and setting you on the path of self acceptance. Buy here

New Mom’s

 It is Really 10 Months – Natalie Guenter & Kim Schenkelberg

No one ever tells you about all of the crap that happens to you when you’re pregnant. We are three thirty-something women who were fortunate enough to be pregnant at the same time. We began sharing our questions, fears, humor, and experiences through emails, which became a lifeline and virtual support group. We are here to tell you the good, the bad, and the ugly of our experiences. This book is for anyone who wants to have fun, who wants to laugh, who wants to know what it is like to be afraid for your baby, who doesn’t mind poking fun at herself, who can lay it all out there. Even if you never have any intention of being pregnant, you can laugh with us – or at us. Perfect for the mamma to be that can be bought directly from Amazon. Buy here.

 

 

 

 

 Motherhood – JC Little

This is the universal story of motherhood, from the gentle moment of birth to the inevitable letting go. In the playful and poignant simplicity that is her signature style, JC Little has captured the tender bond between mother and child. Motherhood is a timeless picture-book for mothers, sons and daughters of all ages. Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle. Buy here.

 

 

greenmama: Giving your child a healthy start and a greener future - Manda Aufochs Gillespie

What are the most pressing problems facing new parents today? As the world has gotten increasingly complicated, so has parenting. Manda Aufochs Gillespie, The Green Mama, brings 20 years of green consulting, research, and lots of humour to a variety of topics that affect the health and well-being of our children. You’ll find help getting back to the basics at a time when the “basics” are being redefined: clean air, nutritious food, simple play, healthy indoor and outdoor environments, and less stuff.

The Green Mama helps parents become what they were always meant to be: experts on the care of their own children.

“ [Green Mama] is a how-to book, but it’s also a manifesto of sorts: a manifesto declaring that no corporation or manufacturer is the boss of you, and that you have more control over the development of your family than an advertise-and-buy economy would have you believe.” —Jordan Yerman, Vancouver Observer.

A great gift for a new family! Buy here

 

Children, Tween and Teens
  NEW!
PickleWeasel Picture Riddles
(Book 1) – JC Little

What’s that playful PickleWeasel up to? There are 101 tricky PickleWeasel picture riddles to have fun figuring out. Some of the words are easy and some are more of a challenge, with clues in every picture. You can “hide” and “reveal” the answers with your very own thumbs, and the words are inverted, for those who pride themselves on their upside-down reading skills. 
Story artist JCLittle has created a wacky, zany, super-fabulous and slightly educational collection of PickleWeasels for kids 8 – 12. 
Bonus: Flip the corners of the book to see a little animation, just for laffs. PickleWeasel is a jaunty fellow! Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle - Buy here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Magelica’s Voyage - Louise Courey Nadeau

A Magical Fairy Tale about Believing in Yourself, Love and Positivity. The Perfect Gift for Children This Holiday! 

Who ever heard of a girl being hatched from an egg the color of sapphires? Magelica doesn’t know where she came from or who she really is. But when she is transported to the Isle of Dreams in a flying bathtub, she launches into an exciting adventure of discovery. Come fly with Magelica and discover for yourself the power of imagination, positivity, believing in yourself and love! This first book is part of a trilogy that with touch not only a child’s heart but everyone who reads it.

Magelica’s Gift set includes the beautiful Magelica storybook, and magical feather necklace making it the perfect gift for a child ages 5 -11. Wear the feathers together or share a feather with a best friend. Available in French, English and Spanish. Buy here.

 Mercury in Retro Love – Janie Emaus

A story about crushes, conflicts and astrological PMS.

When fifteen-year-old, Emma Siegel lays eyes on hottie Evan Randolph, she knows he is the boy for her. Using her school newspaper column, Emmastrology, she deliberately and craftily manipulates the end of his present relationship, and sets herself up to be his new girlfriend. Unfortunately, Emma does not predict the mess she gets herself into.

 MERCURY IN RETRO LOVE follows Emma on her journey toward self-awareness. Her unflinching belief in astrology sets up more than a few roadblocks and threatens to derail her friendships with her best friends in the whole world. Available on Amazon. Buy here.

 The Last Snowman – JC Little

“This afternoon it snowed. It was probably one of the last snows of the winter, so it was lovely sticky snow…perfect for making a snowman.” So begins the funny and poignant tale of a teenage girl and a dangerously tall snowman. 
The LAST Snowman is a book with timeless appeal for children and adults alike. Award-winning story artist JC Little has playfully captured a tender “moment” in family life, marking the ephemeral grace between childhood and adolescence. Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle, and hardcover direct from the author.  Buy here

 

 

 

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Why not use one of the Amazon.com Gift Cards for the Holidays?

Am I at ease at this moment?

This past year, my life has been like a roller coaster overcoming many challenges (I will come back to that word later in my post): health issues (of my partner), buy and sell of two houses which have caused three different moves (and you all know what a move implies, right?), multiple visits to the hospital for my elderly mother (540 km away) , and more recently the loss of my beloved Skye.

As you go go go, you do not necessarily take the time to BE in the moment, in the present. So I just reopened Eckhart Tolle’s book Practicing the Power of Now. He says: Presence is the key to Freedom, so you can only be free now. This sits so well!

I found myself alone (not lonely) for the past 15 days and it reminded me of my days in Barbados. Time of reflection, time to witness my mental and emotional state. Am I in the moment? How do I feel? What do I feel? Why? What thoughts do I have? Why?

I came to re-member Acceptance of what is, without judging it. I have to admit, it is not all-ways easy. I am guilty of it too. I found myself with a particular thought, and just reacted on it. The feeling that you get is usually never good. Being the witness of your thoughts, allows for peace and stops you in an action-reaction attitude.

As the past lives inside of you, you can either react from there or act from the present.. You will definitely get a different outcome.

When challenges present itself,  I now like to call them Destinations.  I understand that each breath that I take, each move that I make is my Destination.  Let’s embrace and listen.

The Unknown is so so much better!

In my book SOAR with Vulnerability I talk about the “Security of the Unknown versus the Security of the Known“.

As you read this simple phrase, don’t you feel the limitation of the second option? For me it is so huge. Imagine if you would live in the known all the time?! How boring it would be. No more discovery to make, no more exploration, no more adventure, no more wondering or questioning, no more opportunity to grow and expand. You know it all after all! You have already created this comfort zone space where there is no more place for anything else. Your blackboard is filled with formulas and information, beliefs and habits that define your life.

On the other side, the Unknown is the most exciting and creative playground. There are no rules or limitations of what can be done.  The sky is the limit! And of course it is LOL. As you let anything and everything that wants to unfold, unfold. You are called to step outside of your comfort zone? It is because you can.  When you engage in the playground of the unknown, it creates different and stimulating experiences for expansion. Expansion to your ultimate place of knowing.

So next time before saying no to a new experience, embrace the opportunity to get closer to your higher knowing. Until then, be happy and excited to say: I don’t know.

Below, you can listen to the Audio Preface of my book

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Please feel free to comment and send me your insights about the Unknown! Let’s start this new adventure and explore together.

Authenticity in our Social Life!

I found this interesting video and I thought I would share it with you.  I am inviting you to share your comments below.

I feel it goes hand in hand with my previous post about Authenticity. On top of hiding behind this tempered glass, are we all hiding behind our computers, our Facebook page, our IPhone, our Pinterest photos, etc…Are we really and truly connecting? When was the last time you picked up the phone to connect with an old friend or a family member? When was the last time you went on your roller blades, your bicycle or just went for a walk?  What about sharing a non-interrupted face to face conversation with someone? Take a look below. Do you recognize yourself?

 

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Authenticity is the New Sexy!

 

If that is true, why is there so many people still hiding behind this big tempered glass?

Honestly I don’t know why! But what I do know,  is that the people who are still standing behind that glass are the ones missing on their lives, their gifts, their blessings and true love. Not true love as finding the perfect mate or soul mate but as finding their true selves.

The true meaning of embracing your Authentic Vulnerability is about being transparent at all time. Transparent means to be clear, honest, integrous and in full harmony with who you are. Not some of the time but ALL of the time. It is about being true/transparent to yourself  at all time.

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you were invited to a party, family reunion, business event, etc….where your true self did not want to go? It doesn’t matter why. What matters is that your true self did not want to participate in this particular life experience.  Nevertheless you put up your suit, entered your tempered glass and went along for the ride. Not listening to your higher self and your intuition, you went along pretending that you wanted to be there, pretending to enjoy a situation or even people that you did not feel like being with at this particular moment.

Oye! Why? Why do we do this? Why do we this to ourself and to others? Why do we go against the grain of our natural beingness?

I can promise you that from the moment you stop playing that game, your whole surrounding will change along with you. I dare you to be Authentic, Transparent and Outrageous and give it to yourself once.

At least once and let me know how it turned out!.

How to Get Over It?

My last post is still lingering in me and probably will, for many more days if not, weeks to come.

In the meantime Life must go on! 

And part of this life is to overcome our own limitations, boundaries, fears, challenges, crisis and doubts.

Doubts about ourselves, our reasons of being here, our purpose, our true mission.

Mary Buchan, Author of the forthcoming book OVER IT, explains it so well in her book, as she has overcome her own IT.

Mary dedicates her book to women everywhere who are committed to overcoming any circumstances that keep them from being their authentic selves. “You are overcomers. You are mothers and wives and sisters. You are business women and homemakers and dreamers. Your are visionaries and volunteers. You are artists and musicians and poets and advocates for creating the best possible world” she says.

Mary Buchan is an author, a singer, a songwriter, a nurse, a coach, a wife, a mother, a MidlifestyleRNventor.  She is conducting a Book Blog Hop right now and she is inviting you to join her.

By clicking this link you will be able to listen to the second part of an interview I was so privileged to have with Mary. Please do not hesitate to email her at: mary@marybuchan.com to find out how she did it!

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Are we too busy to live in the moment?

Does it take catastrophic events like the plane crash in Ukraine to wake us up?

  I was a Flight Attendant for 26 years and I never ever thought that going to work was that dangerous. On the contrary! It was exciting. Travelling around the world, meeting new people, exploring new cultures,  tasting exotic food from all the different countries and trying something new all the time. I was well trained to handle all type of emergencies: turbulence, evacuation, medical and even, misbehaving passenger. And there was many of those. Preparing for emergency landing,  restraining ties on one or more passengers, heavy turbulence, weather challenges, etc..you name it. And of course I feel totally blessed that every time I got to get back home. Sometimes much later then the expected time but I still made it. Alive and well. Thank you. Thank you Universe to be there with my time schedule on your lap. Now this?  Or should I say what for, how and why this? A missile? Seriously? This plane was probably filled with people going to visit Bali, the “Island of the Gods“.

What is our world thinking? What are we doing?

 When are we going to stop and start breathing in the moment of every thought we have, every move we make, every action we take?  When are we ever conscious of our breathing?                                                                                                     When I had my oxygen spas in airport, I stated in one of our promotions that: Oxygen was a little bit like sex. You do not think about it until do NOT have enough. And this is only sex and oxygen.:)   What about love, compassion, truth, reality, honesty, etc…. What are we doing with this wonderful life that has been given to us and which we have accepted to experienced fully? What are we teaching to each other, to our families, our children’s, our grandchildren s?   I find myself tonight, last night, and probably for the next while, in a state of stupor  of the  human violence.

We are the world . We create all this. All thoughts and decisions come from us.

All actions are initiated by us. 

I often find myself in position of anger, frustration, impatient, intolerance, etc…It happened to me today with technology challenges. But the bottom line, after I had the chance to “vent” or release my anger, frustration and all, without hurting anyone. I did a tremendous cleaning of my office, I vented to my sweetheart making sure he knew it was not about him, then I could allow for the true feeling behind the anger to come at the surface- FEAR

Fear (anger) is usually followed by tears, sadness, regrets, but all-ways conclude n LOVE if you surrender to your true essence.  And I could talk to you more about this….

I WANT to BE with all of these emotions in TRUTH, then and only then,

can  I surrender to the super essence of who I am.

Thank you for listening. May we all-ways find each  other in the light.

Revealing our Authentic Selves Giveaway

Why is it that so many people are afraid of revealing their authentic selves?

What is authenticity? What does it mean to be authentic? How do you know when you are truly authentic?

In my book  SOAR with Vulnerability I explain why and also how to remove the veil of superficiality, which is only driven by the ego. With one of my quotes: “You are only invulnerable when you are in fear“, I push the true realization and the surrendering to the limit, with no place to hide. Invulnerability attracts invulnerability. Fear attracts fear. Vulnerability attracts openness, sensitivity and sincerity.  I am honoured that my book is an Award Winner for 2013, especially being a self-published author.

In Mary Buchan’s book OVER IT, she authentically shares her own way of how she has overcome many challenges and stressful situations, along with some life-changing insights that will help you overcome your own IT.

I am honoured to be part of the Book BlogHop Giveaway that Mary is hosting, along with thirteen other authors.  Each of the thirteen authors involved will make you think, cry, laugh out loud or all three!  Each author will give you a chance to win his or her book in a give-away that ends July 23, 2014. Follow the links below and make sure you enter all for a chance to win!!  For my own part, I will be giving  two signed copies of my book SOAR with Vulnerability along with multiple copies of my Ebook.  So please make sure  you enter comments in my comment box below.

Here you can watch SOAR Book Trailer.

1.        Mary Buchan:   Over iT

2.        Hallie Hawkins:  Money and Credit Guides

3.        Tamela Rich:   - Live Full Throttle

4 ..       Suzanne Letourneau:   Soar with Vulnerability

5 ..       Carol Cassara:   Chicken Soup for the Soul

6 ..       Patti Tingen:   Patti Tingen-Author -

7 ..       Paige Kellerman:  At Least my Belly Hides my Cankles

8 ..       Dyane Forde: Dropped Pebbles

9 ..       Rich London:  A Handbook for Life

10 ..     Kim Bongiorno  Let Me Start By Saying

11.      Kathy Gottberg: Smart Living 365 -

12.      John Baumann: Decide Success

13.      Lee McCracken: A Prayer and a Pink Pedicure

 

What is Vulnerability for you? What does it mean to be truly authentic?

Leave your comment below and you migh be the lucky winner of one of my books.

The Givaway Rules:

The winner will be chosen at random from the comment list entered in this blog.  Please be sure to give me an email. Your information is confidential and used for this giveaway only. Giveaway ends on July 23rd at 11:59 pm. The winner who does not respond within 2 days of our announcement via email will be dismissed in favor of another winner. Open to residents of the USA and Canada.

Wonderful summer books! Have fun hopping with us and good luck!

Are You Over It?

Or are you in the ZONE?

 

 

I just recently did a talk on how to be in the zone and transform the way you do business.  Most of you are familiar with being in the zone in sports. All golfers have experienced it at least once!  But what does it mean to be in the zone? It means to be at the place where you reach your peak performance, where any movement is natural and effortless, when you are exactly where you are suppose to be.  You are living your purpose.  When do you start questioning yourself on the topic of purpose and calling?

 

Mary Buchan, author of the book Over It – How to Live Above Your Circumstances and Beyond Yourself, has an interesting approach to it.  She does not call it being in the zone but something more like,  how do you reach your authentic self and live the life you are suppose to live.  Check out her Book Trailer

                                                                         

Each chapter takes you on a new journey of discovery of her self and her life, but it also takes into a deep introspection about your own life and your own challenges.

How did you choose to look at them?
Did you really address them or did you just push them under the carpet?
Do you still carry them or have you let them go?
Have you surrendered to the beautiful person that you are?

Mary has a very interesting way of sharing her own life experiences. She opens up in Authentic Vulnerability which encourages you to do the same, at the end of each chapter.  At the end of each chapter she will take you

in a space of deepness where you want to take the time to be: honest, reflective and of course authentic.

She puts humor when humor is needed. See some of her chapter titles: Be a Thermostat, Not a Thermometer, Does Anger Rule You or Fuel you?, Brain Washing, etc.

I would recommend Mary’s book either you are at a transition in your life or if you just want to keep on track of your life’s calling.

Her book can be found at Amazon.com

 For your information Mary is also on an exciting Book Blog Hop this summer and will have her Virtual Book Launch on September 13, 2014. If you are a blogger, a book reviewer or simply interested in her topic of Getting Over It, please contact Mary directly and let her know.

The name of my own book is SOAR with Vulnerability, so now you can understand why Mary and I have connected so strongly!

Blogs-Bloggers-Blogging

Wow! I just came back from a two days Conference on Blogging called BlogU 2014 and of course, I realized I am NOT a real Blogger.

Yes, I have a Blog (you are looking at it and maybe reading it) and yes, I like or may I say I LOVE to share my discoveries and all the good stuff I find out there. My big downfall is that I am not consistent. I do not write every day or every week or even every month. I write when I feel I have something important to say, something that will perhaps make a difference in your day and perhaps inspire you to step up to your own writing calling or more.

You see you do not need to be a professional writer to be a successful popular blogger. You just need to be funny (or NOT), real (definitely) and be prepared to share a lot of your everyday life moments.                                                             People from around the world are looking for people to connect with. You can Blog about cooking recipes, parenting issues with solutions or not, dating and it’s challenges, your cat, your dog or your farm. You can Blog about anything you want and love and will without any doubts find someone out there to truly connect with you.

After all, we are all one. So why would’t you?