Category: Authors
Midwest Book Review on Grateful to be Grace
Children’s Bookwatch: April 2023 Synopsis: Grace is a little girl who complains about “having to” clean her room, wash her hands and do her chores. She doesn’t realize that, by learning to think differently, she can change her perspective from negative to positive. “Grateful to be Grace: Developing A Practice…
Reader Views reviews Practicing Mindfulness: Emma Lou the Yorkie Poo’s Activity and Coloring Book for Kids
Practicing Mindfulness: Emma Lou the Yorkie Poo’s Activity and Coloring Book for Kids Kim Larkins Loving Healing Press (2022) ISBN: 978-1615996988 Reviewed by Diana Coyle for Reader Views (4/2023) In “Practicing Mindfulness: Emma Lou the Yorkie Poo’s Activity and Coloring Book for Kids,” author Kim Larkins explains to children that…
Robin Marvel interviewed on The Bamboo Lab podcast
How do I learn to love myself?
Laurie Zelinger featured on Jay Asparro and Jennifer Kurtzman “IG Live”
Jay Asparro and Jennifer Kurtzman host a weekly Instagram live series Monday nights 8:30 PM – the mission is all about “doing good”, mindset, motivation, and supporting caregivers navigating through Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Jay is an ultra-runner, running his 7th Annual Ann Asparro Run 100 miles of hope October 2022…
Seattle Book Review on “Please Explain Vaccines to Me”
D.C. Spaar’s Book Nook reads “Please Explain Alzheimer’s to Me!”
Please Explain Alzheimer’s Disease to Me introduces the condition to children in a colorful, sensitive and gentle story, followed by a parent/caregiver section that supplies comprehensive information that adults can use to understand and plan for the course of the disease affecting their loved one. Dr. Zelinger, a board-certified psychologist…
Midwest Book Review on “Please Explain Vaccines to Me”
Please Explain Vaccines to Me: Because I HATE SHOTS! www.lovinghealing.com 9781615996131, $29.95, HC, 44pp Shots, injections, needles, and vaccines-whatever their purpose, they all hurt. More than half of children in the 6-17 year-old range report a strong fear of needles. Nearly 25% of adults do as well. This book is…
MBR reviews Pretreatment in Action
Synopsis: Pretreatment In Action: Interactive Exploration from Homelessness to Housing Stabilization by Jay S. Levy, MSW (and who has spent more than thirty years working with individuals who experience homelessness) provides the reader with a wonderfully crafted, detailed step-by-step manual with real-world scenarios on how Pretreatment and the Stages of…
City Book Review on Please Explain Alzheimer’s Disease
Please Explain Alzheimer’s Disease to Me: A Children’s Story and Parent Handbook About Dementia by Laurie Zelinger Ph.D. is a guide for children and parents in talking about dementia. The book begins with a story about a family affected by dementia. At first, it’s silly when their grandmother leaves her…
Housing First, Trauma Informed Care, and How to Use Vulnerability Assessment Tool
This Video reviews the history of Housing First in conjunction with the Evolution of Vulnerability Assessment Tools and the need for Trauma Informed Care. Pretreatment Principles are also presented as a means of modeling Person-Centered Work, while engaging people with significant histories of homelessness, trauma, and loss in an effort…
Amy Lyman reviews From Depression to Contentment
Carolyn Wilhelm on “From Depression to Contentment”
Carolyn Wilhelm’s Bookshelf From Depression to Contentment: A Self-Therapy Guide Dr, Bob Rich Loving Healing Press 5145 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105-9627 www.LHPress.com 9781615994359, $13.89 paperback, $17.49 Audio Book, 157 pages B07PGQMP4Q, $5.95 Kindle This user’s guide begins with the thought, “You need to be crazy to stay sane…
Seattle Book Review on Robin Marvel’s “Framing A Family”
Midwest Book Review on Robin Marvel’s Life Check
The Self-Help Shelf Life Check: 7 Steps to Balance Your Life! Robin Marvel Marvelous Spirit Press http://www.marvelousspirit.com 9781615995035, $26.95, HC, 104pp, www.amazon.com Synopsis: “Life Check” by Robin Marvel provides her readers with simple, effective ways to balance their lives. “Life Check” encourages us to stop asking what if and start…
How to care for your child’s emotional health during the coronavirus pandemic
Join Dr. Laurie Zelinger, board certified psychologist and credentialed play therapist; Dr. Don Sinkfield, mental health practice owner and director; and Dr. Christina Johns, MD, MED, FAAP, Sr. Medical Adviser for PM Pediatrics, as they discuss parents’ issues and concerns about caring for their children’s emotional health while being socially…
ReaderViews on From Depression to Contentment
From Depression to Contentment: A Self-Therapy Guide Bob Rich, Ph.D. Loving Healing Press (2019) ISBN 9781615994359 Reviewed by Rachel Dehning for Reader Views (6/20) How we feel physically and mentally can make or break us. Dr. Bob Rich understands this and has the experience and expertise to solicit his advice…
Audiobook From Depression to Contentment just released!
We are extremely pleased to announce the release of Dr. Bob Rich’s popular text From Depression to Contentment now available from all major audiobook sources: iTunes for $17.99 Audible for $19.95 Amazon $17.46 From Depression to Contentment: A Self-Therapy Guide is a course of therapy in your pocket. You can…
Reader Views on Robin Marvel’s Healing Childhood Trauma
Healing Childhood Trauma Robin Marvel Loving Healing Press (2020) ASIN: B0859PKRPG Reviewed by Tammy Ruggles (05/2020) “Healing Childhood Trauma: Transforming Pain into Purpose with Post-Traumatic Growth“, by Robin Marvel, isn’t the average “You’re a victim” book. A lot of self-help books spend a lot of time–and are very good at–…
Midwest Book Review on Grateful to be Grace

Children’s Bookwatch: April 2023 Synopsis: Grace is a little girl who complains about “having to” clean her room, wash her hands and do her chores. She doesn’t realize that, by learning to think differently, she can change her perspective from negative to positive. “Grateful to be Grace: Developing A Practice…
Reader Views reviews Practicing Mindfulness: Emma Lou the Yorkie Poo’s Activity and Coloring Book for Kids

Practicing Mindfulness: Emma Lou the Yorkie Poo’s Activity and Coloring Book for Kids Kim Larkins Loving Healing Press (2022) ISBN: 978-1615996988 Reviewed by Diana Coyle for Reader Views (4/2023) In “Practicing Mindfulness: Emma Lou the Yorkie Poo’s Activity and Coloring Book for Kids,” author Kim Larkins explains to children that…
Robin Marvel interviewed on The Bamboo Lab podcast
How do I learn to love myself?
Laurie Zelinger featured on Jay Asparro and Jennifer Kurtzman “IG Live”

Jay Asparro and Jennifer Kurtzman host a weekly Instagram live series Monday nights 8:30 PM – the mission is all about “doing good”, mindset, motivation, and supporting caregivers navigating through Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Jay is an ultra-runner, running his 7th Annual Ann Asparro Run 100 miles of hope October 2022…
Seattle Book Review on “Please Explain Vaccines to Me”
D.C. Spaar’s Book Nook reads “Please Explain Alzheimer’s to Me!”

Please Explain Alzheimer’s Disease to Me introduces the condition to children in a colorful, sensitive and gentle story, followed by a parent/caregiver section that supplies comprehensive information that adults can use to understand and plan for the course of the disease affecting their loved one. Dr. Zelinger, a board-certified psychologist…
Midwest Book Review on “Please Explain Vaccines to Me”

Please Explain Vaccines to Me: Because I HATE SHOTS! www.lovinghealing.com 9781615996131, $29.95, HC, 44pp Shots, injections, needles, and vaccines-whatever their purpose, they all hurt. More than half of children in the 6-17 year-old range report a strong fear of needles. Nearly 25% of adults do as well. This book is…
MBR reviews Pretreatment in Action

Synopsis: Pretreatment In Action: Interactive Exploration from Homelessness to Housing Stabilization by Jay S. Levy, MSW (and who has spent more than thirty years working with individuals who experience homelessness) provides the reader with a wonderfully crafted, detailed step-by-step manual with real-world scenarios on how Pretreatment and the Stages of…
City Book Review on Please Explain Alzheimer’s Disease

Please Explain Alzheimer’s Disease to Me: A Children’s Story and Parent Handbook About Dementia by Laurie Zelinger Ph.D. is a guide for children and parents in talking about dementia. The book begins with a story about a family affected by dementia. At first, it’s silly when their grandmother leaves her…
Housing First, Trauma Informed Care, and How to Use Vulnerability Assessment Tool

This Video reviews the history of Housing First in conjunction with the Evolution of Vulnerability Assessment Tools and the need for Trauma Informed Care. Pretreatment Principles are also presented as a means of modeling Person-Centered Work, while engaging people with significant histories of homelessness, trauma, and loss in an effort…
Amy Lyman reviews From Depression to Contentment
Carolyn Wilhelm on “From Depression to Contentment”

Carolyn Wilhelm’s Bookshelf From Depression to Contentment: A Self-Therapy Guide Dr, Bob Rich Loving Healing Press 5145 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105-9627 www.LHPress.com 9781615994359, $13.89 paperback, $17.49 Audio Book, 157 pages B07PGQMP4Q, $5.95 Kindle This user’s guide begins with the thought, “You need to be crazy to stay sane…
Seattle Book Review on Robin Marvel’s “Framing A Family”
Midwest Book Review on Robin Marvel’s Life Check

The Self-Help Shelf Life Check: 7 Steps to Balance Your Life! Robin Marvel Marvelous Spirit Press http://www.marvelousspirit.com 9781615995035, $26.95, HC, 104pp, www.amazon.com Synopsis: “Life Check” by Robin Marvel provides her readers with simple, effective ways to balance their lives. “Life Check” encourages us to stop asking what if and start…
How to care for your child’s emotional health during the coronavirus pandemic

Join Dr. Laurie Zelinger, board certified psychologist and credentialed play therapist; Dr. Don Sinkfield, mental health practice owner and director; and Dr. Christina Johns, MD, MED, FAAP, Sr. Medical Adviser for PM Pediatrics, as they discuss parents’ issues and concerns about caring for their children’s emotional health while being socially…
ReaderViews on From Depression to Contentment

From Depression to Contentment: A Self-Therapy Guide Bob Rich, Ph.D. Loving Healing Press (2019) ISBN 9781615994359 Reviewed by Rachel Dehning for Reader Views (6/20) How we feel physically and mentally can make or break us. Dr. Bob Rich understands this and has the experience and expertise to solicit his advice…
Audiobook From Depression to Contentment just released!

We are extremely pleased to announce the release of Dr. Bob Rich’s popular text From Depression to Contentment now available from all major audiobook sources: iTunes for $17.99 Audible for $19.95 Amazon $17.46 From Depression to Contentment: A Self-Therapy Guide is a course of therapy in your pocket. You can…
Reader Views on Robin Marvel’s Healing Childhood Trauma

Healing Childhood Trauma Robin Marvel Loving Healing Press (2020) ASIN: B0859PKRPG Reviewed by Tammy Ruggles (05/2020) “Healing Childhood Trauma: Transforming Pain into Purpose with Post-Traumatic Growth“, by Robin Marvel, isn’t the average “You’re a victim” book. A lot of self-help books spend a lot of time–and are very good at–…