I am reading “Spiritual Literacy” by Frederic and Mary Anne Brussat. It is an amazing collection of hundreds of quotes from authors, thought leaders who have written about love, devotion, mediation and all sorts of topics! Its great to read a few pages at night or in the morning. Such wisdom. I am never giving this book […]
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I just read “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini (author of “The Kite Runner”). It gives a real picture of why women in Afghanistan have so few rights today. Although women were once politicians and academics, when the Taliban came in they essentially forced women into their homes. It helped me understand how fear
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There is a new book out “Yoga for Lawyers.” Sounds interesting. It available through the American Bar Association website. http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/blog/morning-edition/2014/06/unm-professor-lawyers-could-use-yoga-for-knotty.html Here is the sell: “Pointing to studies that show lawyers are twice as likely as others to be alcoholics and three times more likely to suffer a heart attack, a professor from the University of
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NAME THAT BOOK CONTEST An invitation: I need your help in finding a TITLE for my new mindfulness book. Please read the blurb below then rank your selection as 1,2,3,4,5,6 (1 being the best). Also feel free to combine aspect of several and create a brand neew tirle Book blurb: “No longer be the victim
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Mindfulness: Some Frequently Asked Questions (Excerpt from the upcoming book: “50 Best Mindful Practices – Quick & Easy Ways to Reduce Anxiety and Create Calm” by Maureen Fitzgerald, PhD (www.MaureenFitzgerald.com) “Simply put, mindfulness is moment-to-moment awareness. It is cultivated by purposely paying attention to things we ordinarily never give a moments thought to. It is
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I just read about a new book by Nicole Letourneau and Justin Joscho called Scientific Parenting. This is interesting because it’s about making parenting easier based on what we know from research. Not just popular culture. One of the things it suggests is to use policy like tax incentives for grandparents who take care of
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I am looking for this book by Anne Summers. Apparently it is amazing. I will review it when I get my hands on it.
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Here is what I got from an amazing talk by Michael Kimmel at UBC last week. It was on “GuyLand” – boys and masculinity. Our young boys are STILL being told to adhere to an out dated masculinity code that requires them to: not be feminine or a sissy; be a big wheel; be a sturdy oak and be very
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I would recommend this book for many reasons such as: It shows real healthy relationships with women. It shows how absurd our prison system is. It shows that punishment does not prevent crime (food, money and education does). It shows how women suffer so much as human beings in this society we have created. Read it! As for
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‘re Here are two powerful quotes I am inserting in my upcoming book (So you want more sex- 50 things to say to guarantee intimacy): “…men have been deeply conditioned to dismiss their talking –and them- pretty much the moment they start. Let’s face it guys: We barely listen to them. That’s no big news to anybody, but it’s
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