The journey from making a living to making a life
I read Mindset by Carol Dweck early last year and the fact that the book remains fresh in my mind speaks to how much it impacted me. Mindset is based on a theory that Carol Dweck, a psychology professor at Stanford University has studied in over three decades of research. Image Source: Goodreads The concept […]
Susan Cain’s meticulously researched book, Quiet is a celebration of introversion. As an introvert, I know from personal experience that there are many things about my quiet temperament that don’t get their due. Not from others and certainly not from me. I’ve struggled to explain why I’d rather sink into a book than go out to […]
Getting the Love you want – Harville Hendrix I was inspired to read this book after watching an episode of Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday where she interviewed Alanis Morisette. What I loved about this book was that it truly examines relationships before setting out to give advice on how to work on a relationship. I […]
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing – Marie Kondo I’ll be very surprised if you haven’t heard about this book because it’s been popping up ALL over the internet. When I heard about this book last year, I knew I had to read it because it appealed to […]
Every now and then, I have the same voices (Brené Brown calls these shame tapes) playing in my mind that ask me, “Why bother writing another post?”, “Who cares, really?” or the worst, “What do you know?”. Before I knew better, I’d cave into these voices and stay in my bubble of “too cool to create”. I […]
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood – Jennifer Senior I decided to read this book after a friend got me to listen to an NPR interview of the author. The book was written with the intention of examining how having children affects parents. When I first heard about the book I […]
Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder I received Arianna Huffington’s Thrive as part of an eCourse. I was excited to read it because I had watched her on a very thought provoking episode of Super Soul Sunday. Thrive is about going beyond commonly accepted metrics […]