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Author interview with Rebecca Scott Duvall of Sensational Kids, Sensational Families: Hope for Sensory Processing Differences

If it feels like I posted this interview before, it’s because I have. It was among the lost work that resulted when my website was updated recently, and now, I’m including some bonus details. Author and mother Rebecca Scott Duvall has launched her book, and it’s a chart-topper. Click here for more information. Thank you […]

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Author Interview with Lisa Boucher of Raising the Bottom

I met the multi-talented and award-winning author Lisa Boucher of Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture during a book promotional event, and was immediately impressed by her passion to reach the world with an often unpopular message about alcohol consumption and its too often negative impact. This book brings up the […]

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The Habit of Happiness

  I’d been meaning to round off my first chapter in Thriving, Decoded by not simply talking about Adverse Childhood Experiences and the things that may have shaped the lens we see the world through, but to take a look at how wonderful things that happened to us in our, the people in our early […]

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The Habit of Happiness

 I’d been meaning to round off my first chapter in Thriving, Decoded by not simply talking about Adverse Childhood Experiences and the things that may have shaped the lens we see the world through, but to take a look at how wonderful things that happened to us, the people in our early lives who nurtured ... Read more

February Roundup

Am I alone in being antsy for spring? Today it was 8 degrees out as I drove to meet a friend across town for a movie.  The constant darkness of Alaska’s winters is beginning to dissipate, but we’re still months away from warm temperatures and the snow melting.   While work in probation has been ... Read more

Author Interview with Rebecca Duvall Scott/Sensational Kids, Sensational Families

After her three year-old son Jacob was diagnosed with a sensory processing disorder (SPD), mother and behavioral therapist Rebecca Duvall Scott faced an uphill battle of getting the services needed to address symptoms that impacted her son’s sense of balance and motion, body and social awareness, creating overwhelm for both he and his family. Now, ... Read more

Five a Day/Training the Mind Toward Gratitude

  I’m not certain in which book, blog, or podcast it was that I first learned about the Five a Day plan. Find five very ordinary things in your life that right this very minute you are grateful for. Then say them, either out loud, or in your head. Maybe a good cup of coffee, ... Read more

Looking Back to Move Forward/Welcome 2020, Marie Forleo-Style

Greetings, and early Happy New Year! I hope your holidays are going well. More than the eve of a new year, today marks the end of an entire decade. To get in sync, I’ve enjoyed three of Marie Forleo’s bite-sized podcasts on this Decade in Review . In part one, she suggests reviewing the last ... Read more

Creating Immortality Through Memoir

“Who do you think will play my part?” My dentist, Dr. McBratney, was helping me envision my happily ever after, just days after my children had been kidnapped and taken out of country after I’d arrived for my scheduled check-up. I had just wept a puddle of tears and mascara onto his white jacket. He ... Read more

Author interview with Betty Hafner/Not Exactly Love

1. What motivated you to write a memoir about your difficult first marriage Not Exactly Love? It wasn’t something I had ever thought of doing, actually, but about 10 years ago, I started taking memoir and creative nonfiction classes, mainly to work on pieces about funny experiences in my life. But one week, I needed ... Read more