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Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness

Paper Crafting with Debra Glanz

December 8, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
As a book-lover and notebook-hoarder, I love all things paper. I love the smell of it. I love the feel of it. I love the way it holds ideas that others have shared with me and that I’m sharing with others. It’s kind...
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Four Holiday Books for Your December TBR Stack

December 6, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
It’s the most wonderful reading time of the year.  Reading under a warm blanket, next to a crackling fire that illuminates the twinkling Christmas tree lights is my very favorite place to be.  And reading books that embrace the holiday spirit is the frosting on the Christmas cake.  Today, I’m sharing...
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A Journaling Challenge to End 2022 Strong

December 1, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
Are you ready to end 2022 strong and start 2023 with a resounding bang? Yes? Well, then you need to start this 30-Day Journaling Challenge with me. Today. Come listen as I share everything related to the challenge: why you need to give it a try, what it’s all about and...
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Three Books Crowdsourced from Friends & Fiction

November 29, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
I recently had a wonderful dilemma: my mother took me on a book shopping date to choose my own books as my Christmas presents this year. Think good coffee, a beautiful bookstore and books. Lots of books. =) So, how did I choose which books to make my own? I crowdsourced...
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Three Books to Spark Gratitude

November 22, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
It’s that time of year when the weather turns cooler, the leaves change color and fade away and we start looking forward to the holidays. Here in the United States, we’re getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving and that means food, family, friends, gathering and lots of gratitude. Today, I’m sharing three...
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The Power of Bibliotherapy

November 17, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
Today I am talking about one of my favorite topics…the topic that sparked the idea for this very podcast: bibliotherapy. I get a lot of emails from listeners asking what exactly bibliotherapy is, what it entails, how to do it and how I can help them get started. This episode starts...
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Three Books for Gathering

November 15, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
I’ve been choosing one word themes to guide my year for many, many years. Until 2020. My chosen one word no longer applied to the way the world was working.  So, I changed it. And I changed it again and again as the world changed and I changed along with it. ...
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The Book Club Card with Colin Harrang

November 10, 2022 in Books & Reading, Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
Today, I’m talking to Colin Harrang about her bookish creation I instantly fell in love with: the Book Club Card.  The Book Club Card is a delightful library card with a powerful mission: to celebrate reading and connect readers together.  Come listen to explore what a Book Club Card is, how...
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3 Books Written by Indigenous Authors

November 8, 2022 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
I don’t know about you, but I set personal reading goals.  Yes, my overall goal is to simply enjoy my reading life, but I do set other personal goals to help enrich my reading and my actual life, too.  Right now, my main reading goal is to diversify my reading life:...
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My Holiday Notebook Tradition

November 3, 2022 in Notebooks & Writing, Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
Years ago, I created my first holiday notebook out of sheer desperation to better manage the holidays. Now, it’s a tool that I cannot live without. Come listen to what a holiday note book is, how you can make one and why you need to start yours today. If you like...
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On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m ta On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Dr. Lynette Fraga, the CEO of Reach Out & Read, a nonprofit organization that promotes reading by working directly with pediatric care providers to share the lifelong benefits that result from families reading aloud to their children every day.

Come listen as we talk about the important mission behind Reach Out and Read’s work, the incredible impact it has on millions of children and their families, the layers of benefits and the ripple effect felt for years to come and the ways you can get involved and support this important organization.

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On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing f On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness, I’m chatting with Nikki Russell, the illustrator behind the NY Times Best-selling series DORK DIARIES, about her innovative journaling notebook: the planary.

Come listen as we explore exactly what a planary is, the way that Nikki approaches her own planary stack, the notebookish bling and tools that make a planary the perfect tool for wellness and much more. You’ll be smiling from ear to ear as you soak up Nikki’s infectious energy and enthusiasm. 

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On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m ta On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Jeff Gottesfeld and Matt Tavares about their newest picture book: HONOR FLIGHT.

This stunning picture book honors military veterans and the program that keeps their contributions alive. It’s immersive and emotional and will likely spark you to get involved in the worthy cause.

Come listen as we talk about the inspiration behind HONOR FLIGHT and its previous companion book TWENTY-ONE STEPS: GUARDING THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. We’ll also talk about the very personal connections both Jeff and Matt have to the book and their meaningful hopes for the book that invite each of us to get involved. 

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Books make Mondays better! This week, I’m reading Books make Mondays better!

This week, I’m reading: AUTHENTICALLY, IZZY by Pepper Basham.

It’s the perfect way to kick of my #ReadYourShelves annual Get Lit(erate). tradition for the month of March. Not only was it already on my shelf, but it embraces my BIBLIOPHILIA theme for the month focused on all things books and reading. 

What better way to get through the long month of March?!

Here’s the publisher’s summary:

Izzy Edgewood is a wannabe bookstore owner, quote queen, and Lord of the Rings nerd who has been waiting for Prince Charming to sweep her off her sneakered feet. But it’s hard to meet people when you spend more time with fictional humans than real ones. Which is why her pragmatist cousin Josephine decides to take Izzy’s future into her own meddling hands and create an online dating profile for the hopeful romantic.

To Izzy’s shock (and suspicion), Josie’s plan works. Soon, she’s dialoguing with a Hobbit-loving man named Brodie who lives in a small town an ocean away from her home in the Blue Ridge Mountains. But is their shared love of books, family, and correspondence enough to overcome Izzy’s fear of flying and the literal distance between them? And is a long-distance relationship even worth considering when a local author has been frequenting the library where she works and is proving to be a perfectly fine gentleman?

Yes, it’s an epistolary novel and you’ll want to read the letter to readers on the back.

What books are making your Monday better?

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On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing f On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness, I’m launching a new segment of the podcast: Build Your Book Apothecary! Join me as I talk all things books with a listener and build a book apothecary that will serve, soothe and nudge.

Come listen as I build a book apothecary with Amy! Amy’s looking to feel more at ease in her life as she figures out how to welcome retirement and a slower pace of living. She loves her family, her home and wants to boost her creativity, too. I’ve got just the stack of books for Amy and bet there are a few that you’ll love, too!

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On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m ta On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Huda Al-Marashi about her newest release: HAIL MARIAM.

This middle grade novel is a heartfelt and humorous interfaith and coming of age story that follows Mariam as he navigates the challenges of being the only Muslim student at her Catholic school. It balances faith, family and friendship and is everything you hope for in a middle grade novel. 

Come listen as we talk about Huda’s personal experiences that connect to the themes of the book, the balancing act the main character faced and the ways she learned and grew throughout the arc of the story and the promise of curiosity and conversation this book will offer readers and those around them. It’s the perfect book for a caregiver-child book club!

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