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Lisa Niver

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Lisa Niver is the author of Brave-ish, One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty. Lisa Niver is an award-winning travel expert who has explored 102 countries on six continents. This University of Pennsylvania graduate sailed across the seas for seven years with Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean, and Renaissance Cruises and spent three years backpacking across Asia. Discover her articles in publications from AARP: The Magazine and AAA Explorer to WIRED and Wharton Magazine, as well as her site WeSaidGoTravel.

On her award nominated global podcast, Make Your Own Map, Niver has interviewed Deepak Chopra, Olympic medalists, and numerous bestselling authors, and as a journalist has been invited to both the Oscars and the United
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Brave-ish: One Breakup, Six...

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Traveling in Sin

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Thank you Travel & Leisure: 3 Minutes in Extreme Cold

Thank you to Travel and Leisure for publishing my article, “3 Minutes in Extreme Cold Changed the Way I Think About Wellness Travel, How An accidental splash in Antarctic waters led one traveler to intentionally seek out polar plunges, cryotherapy, and a whole new path toward wellness.”

While paddle boarding in Antarctic waters, I cruised over a piece of ice, the board shifted, and I fell in. I

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The Swan and the Sentinel by Bill   Keenan
The Swan and the Sentinel
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A Story That Earns Every Emotion

Yes, there's hockey. Yes, there's romance. But this is so much more than either. This is a genuinely layered, character-driven novel where the love story grows naturally from two people rebuilding themselves after life
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Thank You for Remembering by Emily  Harding
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WOW! Thank you to the author for writing exactly the book I needed to read.

This story reminded me to focus on being brave and that "the magic isn't what happens to us. It's that we keep going anyway." That message stayed with me long after I turned t
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Dahlia Suite by Carinn Jade
Dahlia Suite
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Wow! I could not put this book down. I read it in one sitting and was completely swept into the story.

I loved the three narrators and the way their stories gradually folded into one another like intricate origami. Each woman has her own compelling st
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Forty Love by Jane Costello
Forty Love: A Novel
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Forty Love entertained me from beginning to end. What I loved most was watching Jules navigate so many transitions at once the ongoing grief of losing her husband, the bittersweet reality of her daughter growing up, and the realization that she might ...more
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I Never Knew You At All by Christine Pride
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I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this book.

It's one of those rare novels that is both incredibly entertaining and deeply thought-provoking. I flew through the pages because I had to know what would happen next, but long after I finished, I was still thinking ab
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Shaken to the Core by Dara Levan
Shaken to the Core
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Shaken to the Core really spoke to me because it asks a question so many of us face after trauma, loss, or unexpected life events: What do we do when life changes in an instant?

Joy's grief feels incredibly real. After the loss of her mother, she move
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One Night, Two Holidays by Ali Brady
One Night, Two Holidays
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A Delightful Holiday Romance with Heart

One Night, Two Holidays by Ali Brady is a light, fun, and romantic read that beautifully weaves in themes of cultural respect, boundaries, and the challenges of starting over in a new place. Beyond the romance,
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More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova
More or Less Maddy
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Lisa Genova has an extraordinary talent for portraying the deeply personal and family-centered struggles of living with complex illnesses. As a Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author, she doesn’t just tell stories—she immerses readers ...more
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Bob Dylan
“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”
Bob Dylan

Albert Einstein
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
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“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”
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“the Journey, Not the Destination. True happiness is found in the process, not the result. Often we only reward results, but what”
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