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  • Hiring the Heavens Book Cover

    What a concept! Hire an Angel.

    Here’s a book that opens up possibilities for everyone. Hiring the Heavens: A Practical Guide to Developing Working Relationships with the Spirits of Creation by Jean Slater. Published March 10, 2005, by New World Library. Thousands of angels are waiting to be hired – and you don’t need a crisis to hire them! For example, if you’re starting a business — hire an angel publicist, researcher, accountant, and whoever else you need. Going on a trip to a foreign country?… Read more »

    Book Reviews, Inspiration, Self Help

  • Breath – the New Science of a Lost Art

    Did you know mouth breathing changes your whole body for the worse? Those are the findings in James Nestor’s bestselling book Breath – The New Science of a Lost Art. The book is full of scientific reasons to make breathing correctly a priority in your life. He talks about how chronic insomnia is a breathing problem and how the lungs regulate your weight. Fascinating. As a child, James had problems breathing through his nose, so he was a mouth breather.… Read more »

    Book Reviews, Self Help

  • On becoming the happiest country in the world

    “Finland ranks as the world’s happiest country based on the 2021 report, with a score of 7.842 out of a total possible score of 10. The report writers credited the citizens of Finland’s strong feelings of communal support and mutual trust with not only helping secure the #1 ranking, but (more importantly) helping the country as a whole navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Finlanders felt strongly that they were free to make their own choices, and showed minimal suspicion of… Read more »

    Book Reviews, Inspiration

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    Entangled Life: a Book Review

      Entangled Life How Fungi make our worlds, change our minds, and shape our futures   By Merlin Sheldrake | Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks (April 13, 2021) I have always been fascinated by mushrooms. I have taken many photographs of mushrooms growing out of dead logs in the forest. They seem to appear as if by magic after the rain. I learned some time ago, through the work of Paul Stamets, that mushrooms are the fruit of a… Read more »

    Book Reviews, Good News Awakening, Inspiration

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    Sacred Cow: a book review

    Sacred Cow: The Case for (Better) Meat Why Well-Raised Meat Is Good for You and Good for the Planet by Diana Rodgers (Author), Robb Wolf (Author) | Self-published (July 14, 2020) Although I have tried at various times to become a vegetarian, I have never succeeded. So, I can say that I have always eaten meat. The articles I have read often cause me to feel quite guilty — even ashamed of my choice. I have to admit that I do not… Read more »

    Book Reviews, Inspiration, Self Help

  • Original Wisdom Book Cover

    Original Wisdom: a book review

    Original Wisdom Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing By Robert Wolff Inner Traditions (August 1, 2001) Although Robert Wolff published Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing twenty years ago, it’s a wonderful book. I recently read it for a second time. Deep in the mountains of the jungle of Malaysia live the aboriginal people called the Sng’oi. Their way of living can teach us a way of life that could help us survive. It is this… Read more »

    Book Reviews, Enlightenment

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    Waking Up to the Dark: a book review

    Waking Up to the Dark Ancient wisdom for a sleepless age By Clark Strand | Illustrated by Will Lytle | Penguin Random House (April 28, 2015) Do you often find yourself awake in the middle of the night? If you do, what do you do? Do you toss and turn and try to force yourself back to sleep? Do you start to take medications that help you sleep through the night? Or do you just lay back and relax in a semiconscious… Read more »

    Book Reviews, Inspiration

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    The Sweetness of a Simple Life: a book review

    The Sweetness of a Simple Life Tips for a healthier, happier and kinder living from a visionary natural scientist By Diana Beresford-Kroeger, PhD | Penguin Random House (April 7, 2015) This year, my plan is to share various books, articles, and philosophers who can help us heal ourselves and, in turn, heal our earth and climate. This is the second book of Diana Beresford-Kroeger that I have read. The first was To Speak for the Trees which I read while vacationing… Read more »

    Book Reviews, Message, Nature

  • Book Cover Life After Death

    Book Review: Life After Death

    Life After Death: The Burden of Proof By Deepak Chopra, M.D., Penguin Random House (September 16, 2008) Deepak Chopra has authored over 80 books. His signature 21-Day-Meditation Experience program has inspired millions of people around the world to meditate. This program originally launched with Oprah Winfrey in 2013. Transitioning from life to death Because I am called upon to help people with their end of life passage, I decided to reach back to re-read Deepak Chopra’s 2008 book, Life after… Read more »

    Book Reviews, Enlightenment, Inspiration

  • Cover: Summer with the Leprechauns

    Book Review: My Summer with the Leprechauns

    My Summer with the Leprechauns: The Authorized Edition by Tanis Helliwell Wayshower Enterprises (February 18, 2012) Have you ever planned a trip and then remembered a book you wanted to reread? My Summer with the Leprechauns by Tanis Helliwell is the book I wanted to re-read before my trip to Ireland last year. I’m glad I did. I found my second reading just as fascinating as I had the first time. This book truly prepared me to recognize the magic… Read more »

    Book Reviews, Inspiration, Nature

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