Some of my favorite childhood memories are of reading. In particular, I remember spending hours & hours reading on the little day bed at my grandmother’s house one summer. That summer I started devouring chapter books. I found myself completely immersed in worlds of adventure & magic. Long before that, I remember having “reading time” in my first grade classroom. Each student would sit quietly at her desk for a…
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Book Giveaway: A Dual Language Book in Italian and English (The Adventures of Bosley Bear)
Read moreI was thrilled when Tim Johnson — author of the Bosley Bear Language Learning series — contacted me about doing a book giveaway. When Matthew & I first started talking about starting a family, we agreed that language would be an important part of what…
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Book Review & Giveaway: Full Cup, Thirsty Spirit
Read moreToday, I am so excited to share Karen Horneffer-Ginter’s new book, Full Cup, Thirsty Spirit: Nourishing the Soul When Life’s Just Too Much. We live in a world of constant movement, and our day-to-day lives seem to get busier by the hour. Our days are…
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Guest Post & Book Giveaway: Why Change Can Be Difficult
Read moreToday’s guest post comes from New York Times Best Selling Author, Eldon Taylor. A few months ago, Eldon’s team reached out to me regarding his brand new book—Self-Hypnosis And Subliminal Technology. Since then I have had the opportunity to read the book and to become…
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Book Review & Giveaway: NEW
Read moreWhy do we—human beings—crave newness? What propels us toward bigger, better, faster, stronger? How did we end up in this time of unprecedented change, where the new information we handle daily has quadrupled in the past thirty years, with no sign of slowing? In her…
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Book Review & Giveaway: You Are Not So Smart
Read moreRecently, my friends at TLC asked me to review David McRaney’s new book, You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself. I’ve always agreed with Socrates’ quote—As…
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Book Review & Giveaway: The Smartest Woman I Know
Read moreRecently, my friends at TLC asked me to review this sweet little book. It is an ode written by a 75-year old granddaughter, to her long-gone grandmother, Ettie. The book is a beautiful tribute full of cute quips. Ettie Goldberg was the wife of a…
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Book Review & Giveaway: Willpower
Read moreI was an English writing major in college, but I took as many anthropology classes as I could manage for the fun of it. Evolution and human behavior really get me going. So when my friends at TLC asked me to review Willpower: Rediscovering the…
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Book Review & Giveaway: Radio Shangri-La
Read moreLisa Napoli was in the grip of a mid-life crisis when a chance encounter led her to the adventure of a lifetime. Leaving behind her job in public radio and her life in Los Angeles, she moved to the tiny Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan to…