Voices Of Cancer Featured
Blog Tour, Book Review, Cancer, Nonfiction, Rachel's Random Resources, Self-Help

Voices of Cancer: What We Really Want, What We Really Need by Lynda Wolters

"I don't know what to say" and "I don't know what to do" are common responses to a life-threatening diagnosis. Voices of Cancer is here to help. Every cancer story is different, but there is one commonality: both patients and the people supporting them often struggle to properly articulate their wants and needs through particularly challenging and… Continue reading Voices of Cancer: What We Really Want, What We Really Need by Lynda Wolters

Cheat Sheets for Life Featured
Book Review, Nonfiction, Self-Help

Cheat Sheets for Life by Ayesha S. Ratnayake

Learn life-changing insights from hundreds of bestsellers – by reading just one book. Discover 750+ ways to improve your life – according to hundreds of bestselling books. As a busy CEO, Ayesha hated her lengthy commutes – until she turned them into her own mobile library. Soon, she was completing over 70 audiobooks each year… Continue reading Cheat Sheets for Life by Ayesha S. Ratnayake

Never Enough Featured
Book Review, Celadon Books, Leadership, Military, Nonfiction, Self-Help

Never Enough by Mike Hayes

Mike Hayes has lived a lifetime of once-in-a-lifetime experiences. He has been held at gunpoint and threatened with execution. He's jumped out of a building rigged to explode, helped amputate a teammate's leg, and made countless split-second life-and-death decisions. He's written countless emails to his family, telling them how much he loves them, just in… Continue reading Never Enough by Mike Hayes

Blog Tour, Book Review, Cats, Nonfiction, Rachel's Random Resources, Self-Help

Let’s Talk About Cats: Conversations on Feline Behaviour by Anita Kelsey

Let’s Talk About Cats: Conversations on Feline Behaviour features 16 unique in-depth conversations with devoted feline experts, each chapter answering a question about our cats. An abundance of catty conversation points which provide many useful takeaways for cat owners to improve their own every-day connection with their cats.This book, the first of its kind, presents… Continue reading Let’s Talk About Cats: Conversations on Feline Behaviour by Anita Kelsey

Permanent Happiness
Book Review, Nonfiction, Self-Help

Permanent Happiness: The Only Way to Find Peace, Joy and your Life-Given Purpose by Iyabo Ojikutu

Peace is permanent happiness. Dr. Ojikutu's guide advises us that we have two lines: our spiritual  line and our physical line, and we have to simultaneously nourish them in order to achieve our goals of peace and permanent happiness.  She goes on to describe ways to balance our lines and to help balance our children's lives… Continue reading Permanent Happiness: The Only Way to Find Peace, Joy and your Life-Given Purpose by Iyabo Ojikutu

WayoftheWolf
Book Review, NetGalley, Nonfiction, Self-Help

Way of the Wolf: Straight Line Selling- Master the Art of Persuasion, Influence, and Success by Jordan Belfort

Bestselling author of "The Wolf of Wall Street", Jordan Belfort, shares step-by-step instructions on using his very successful Straight Line System for any business, industry and even your personal life.  He notes that you do not have to be in sales to use this system.  You can use it from selling your great qualities in… Continue reading Way of the Wolf: Straight Line Selling- Master the Art of Persuasion, Influence, and Success by Jordan Belfort

WeddingVows
Book Review, Nonfiction, Self-Help, Wedding

The Wedding Vows Chapbook: Sample Wedding Vows and Inspiration by Katharine Coggeshall

Planning a wedding these days is not easy and writing your wedding vows can be a daunting task.  Ms. Coggeshall makes that task much easier by providing romantic vows, Christian vows and bonuses such as a list of inspirational words and questions and tips on writing your own vows. I believe there is a vow… Continue reading The Wedding Vows Chapbook: Sample Wedding Vows and Inspiration by Katharine Coggeshall

LearnFrench
Book Review, Nonfiction, Self-Help, Series

Learn French with Stories for Beginners Volume 2 by Frederic Bibard

I took two years of French in high school 30+ years ago and wanted to brush up on it for a trip to Quebec, Canada, this summer. After reading Mr. Bibard’s book, I found it easy and practical to use and also found the audio files to be especially helpful. I was able to pick… Continue reading Learn French with Stories for Beginners Volume 2 by Frederic Bibard

Book Review, Nonfiction, Self-Help

Lost + Found: Finding Myself By Getting Lost in an Affair by David Trotter

This book is an autobiography about a pastor of a substantial California ministry who realizes while he is on a mission in India, that he is unhappy with his family life and has an affair with one of his parishioners. Then after he returns from India he faces the wrath of many while he destroys… Continue reading Lost + Found: Finding Myself By Getting Lost in an Affair by David Trotter

The Swiss Cheese Theory
Book Review, Nonfiction, Self-Help

The Swiss Cheese Theory of Life, How to Get Through Life’s Holes Without Getting Stuck in Them! by Judith A. Belmont and Lora Shor

This is a self-help or wellness guide that "moves you through life's holes without getting stuck in them".  Containing analogies to Swiss cheese, the guide explains the Swiss Cheese Metaphorical Tool Kit which includes 10 symbolic items to use as tools to help you with certain "holes" in your life.  There is advice from the… Continue reading The Swiss Cheese Theory of Life, How to Get Through Life’s Holes Without Getting Stuck in Them! by Judith A. Belmont and Lora Shor

How To Get
Book Review, Bostick Communications, Nonfiction, Relationships, Self-Help

How to Get a Married Woman to Have Sex With You…If You’re Her Husband by Stephan Labossiere

This is a quick reference guide for men (although women can learn a lot as well) written from a man’s point of view.  Mr. Labossiere believes “[the book] will, at the least, point you in the right direction and there are things that you will be able to take away from it to improve your… Continue reading How to Get a Married Woman to Have Sex With You…If You’re Her Husband by Stephan Labossiere

Eat Pray Love Featured
Book Review, Nonfiction, Self-Help

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Liz Gilbert's life was a mess. She wanted a divorce, she fought off and on with her lover and she just wanted to go away. And go away she did to the three I's. Italy, India, and Indonesia. She found food and friends in Italy. She found the love of God in an Ashram in… Continue reading Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Aging, Book Review, Nonfiction, Self-Help

Aging Well by Dr. George Cromack

This is a self-help book that is "presented in an interactive format so that people can practice applying some of the tools of the manual while getting coaching."  It basically says that your body is your temple and you should take care of it.  From exercise to nutrition to therapy to mental health.  I found… Continue reading Aging Well by Dr. George Cromack

Understanding Other People Featured
Book Review, Human Behavior, Nonfiction, Self-Help

Understanding Other People: The Five Secrets to Human Behavior by Beverly Flaxington

This book was written for co-workers to better understand each other, but I also found it helpful to communicate better with my spouse. Dr. Flaxington states that "The most powerful people are the ones who understand themselves better than others understand them."  She helps us to find out more about ourselves by finding out what… Continue reading Understanding Other People: The Five Secrets to Human Behavior by Beverly Flaxington

Change Your Mindset Not Your Man Featured
Book Promo, Nonfiction, Self-Help

Change Your Mindset Not Your Man by Sally B. Watkins

Many women are disappointed, frustrated, and despairing about their relationships with men. Growing up with Sleeping Beauty, Barbies and  romance novels, we don’t realize how the happily-ever-after myth contributes to our relationship misery and failures.  My book is the message I needed as a young woman-- that there is no substitute for growing a self… Continue reading Change Your Mindset Not Your Man by Sally B. Watkins

Living a Charmed Life Featured
Book Review, Nonfiction, Self-Help

Living a Charmed Life: Your Guide to Finding Magic in Every Moment of Every Day by Victoria Moran

Ms. Moran’s guide is full of short essays describing enlightening and uplifting ways for maintaining your life and giving it special meaning to you and the one’s around you.  She concludes each of  her essays with a “lucky charm” that suggests “a specific action you can take to apply the essence of that essay”. As… Continue reading Living a Charmed Life: Your Guide to Finding Magic in Every Moment of Every Day by Victoria Moran

First Comes Love
Book Review, Harper Collins, Nonfiction, Self-Help

First Comes Love Then Comes Money by Bethany & Scott Palmer

Have you ever spent money without telling your partner? Have you ever applied for a credit card without your spouse knowing? If so, you are cheating on your loved one. It’s called financial infidelity. This book is more about saving your relationship than saving your money. The Palmer’s are professional financial advisors and they have… Continue reading First Comes Love Then Comes Money by Bethany & Scott Palmer