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Tackling Your Busy Bookshelves

August 27, 2024 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
If you love home organization or Netflix, you’ve probably heard of Marie Kondo. This tidying-up expert has transformed households across the world by asking one simple question: Does it spark joy? Rather than view living spaces with disdain and focusing on what to...
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Lifting Lines From Literature

August 20, 2024 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, we’re talking about my favorite thing to do while reading: lift lines off of the page and into my heart (and notebook!). We’ll explore why lifting our favorite lines from the books we read is so important, how you might choose to collect...
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Ask Me Anything: August 2024

August 13, 2024 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
Today is a big day for me. I’ve collected enough questions from listeners to populate an entire episode with them and host my first Ask Me Anything episode. Listen in as I answer YOUR questions, like: What’s your favorite notebook? How many books do you read in a year? How do...
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A Bibliotherapy Book Calendar for August

August 6, 2024 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
Each month, I choose a one word theme to guide my daily living and then read, write and breathe that word into existence.  On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, I’m giving you a sneak peek into my one-word theme for August 2024 and share my bibliotherapy book calendar for...
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The Role of Mirror Neurons in Reading

July 30, 2024 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
I am literally going to blow your reading mind today. Seriously.  On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, I’m exploring the role that mirror neurons in our brain play in connecting our reading life to the way we show up in our actual life. It’s fascinating. It’s backed by science....
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Write Your Way to a Higher Vibe

July 23, 2024 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, we are bridging the mystical with science-based research to explore a new topic together: how to raise your vibration through writing.  You already know I love morning pages and you already know how I’ve grappled with their purpose and function over the years....
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Say YES & ‘Retreat’ Yourself with Wendy Harrop

July 16, 2024 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
On this podcast, we believe in the power of reading and writing to make life better.  But before it can make life better, we have to say YES to ourselves and truly believe that we deserve this special form of self-care so that we can show up in our lives the...
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365 Days of Book Snail Mail Project

July 9, 2024 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
One of my favorite things to do is to match books to the right reader. There’s just something so special about really listening to a person and then selecting a book that’s perfectly matched to them.  Today, I am talking all about my Snail Mail Book Project, a project I started...
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Mocktails & Book Pairings with Dupe Witherick of Thrive Alcohol Free

July 2, 2024 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
This might just be the most fun I’ve had on the Get Lit(erate). Podcast! Today, I’m chatting with Dupe Witherick of Thrive Alcohol Free. She is an alcohol free wellbeing and transformational coach, the author of A Cocktail of Clarity and host of the Thrive Alcohol Free podcast. Today, we are...
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Literate Love for June 2024

June 30, 2024 in Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
On the very last day of every month, I share a bonus episode of what I’ve been reading, writing, learning and loving throughout the last month. Today, I’m sharing the highlights of my literate life in June and there are some exciting nuggets in here. I’ve got six books to share...
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Books make Mondays better! This week, I'm knee-de Books make Mondays better!

This week, I'm knee-deep in THE SUMMER OF YES by Courtney Walsh.

If you only read one book this summer, let it be this one. 

It will change the trajectory of all the days left in the season, I promise. 

Here's the quick overview from the publisher: A near-death experience catapults workaholic junior editor Kelsey Worthington into changing her life--one yes at a time.

Here's my take: Take two women at very different stages of their life, add in a dose of regret and shame, shake it up with a pledge to do something different and sprinkle in all kinds of love. 

READ THIS. Then, come join us in my book club on Substack to talk all about it next Thursday!

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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 Jack Mackay about his newest middle grade book: THE HAUNTING OF OLD SPLINTER.

In this be-careful-what-you-wish-for middle grade horror novel, Peter and his half brother Adrian’s innocent wish to protect their family turns into a sinister reality with the help of a mummified hand that can grant any wish…with dark consequences. Readers will be glued to the page. I know I was!

Come listen as we talk about this delightfully creepy, horror novel with heart that is for every reader no matter what their experience and interest in horror novels are. We discuss how the book offers an immersive world for readers wanting a bit of creepiness along with the heartfelt themes of family, siblinghood and middle grade life, much of which was inspired by Jack’s own siblings and love of horror.

https://open.substack.com/pub/kidlitlove/p/e237-heartwarming-horror-the-haunting?r=azy11&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m ta On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Cristo Fernandez about his new picture book: Fútbol Is Life! / ¡Fútbol es vida!

This inspirational bilingual picture book follows Critobalito, a young boy who is sidelined from the game he loves so much, but who finds new joy in the space that opened up as a result. It explores themes like being open to change and exploring new passions and is a book for everyone.

Come listen as we talk about Cristo’s real-life inspiration behind the book, the important themes around being open to new things and the reminder that it’s never too late to follow your dreams and see what happens. It’s a book for all readers who need that reminder, like me!

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Books make Mondays better! This week, I'm traveli Books make Mondays better!

This week, I'm traveling to Italy through books as I read:

The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman

Here's the one-sentence summary: A trio of second-born daughters set out to break the family curse that says they’ll never find love on a whirlwind journey through the lush Italian countryside.

Sounds pretty good for Summer reading to me!

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What books are making your Monday better?
On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m ta On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Susan Rose & Silvia Lopez about their newest book: HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSE & FELIZ.

This is the newest book in their Jose & El Perro series, a bilingual adventure series that shines a spotlight on rescue dogs and encourages young readers to create special moments of their own to celebrate the ones they love. In this newest book, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOSE & FELIZ, Jose realizes that his best furry friend needs a birthday celebration and the book showcases his journey to giving Feliz the celebration he deserves.

Come listen as we talk about how the collaboration between Susan and Siliva came to be, the delightful storyline inside each book in the series, the interesting fact about shelter dog birthdays that might be new to you and their hopes for readers who get this book into their hands.

https://open.substack.com/pub/kidlitlove/p/e235-bilingual-celebration-and-joy?r=azy11&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Books make Mondays better! This week, I'm reading Books make Mondays better!

This week, I'm reading FOOD THERAPY: CONSCIOUS EATING TO NAVIGATE ANXIETY, STRESS & TRAUMA by Luis Mojica.

If you know me, you know I am gluten free and dairy free to combat stomach and autoimmune issues and those restrictions have helped me feel much better. 

But.

After listening to Luis on The Cure For Chronic Pain podcast with Nicole Sachs, I've been rethinking so much and this book is helping me do it. It looks at eating in a completely new-to-me way that relates to our nervous system over everything else and is providing such insight into why I might feel the way I do related to food and why I might crave the things I crave, too. 

So much to read and learn!

What books are making your Monday better?

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