Review By: Quotidian Tales In a world where you find your existence beset with struggles and strife, 101 Tips To Lighten Your Burden by Jennifer Bonn is the perfect book to pick up. It not only offers a lighthearted and realistic approach to deal with the serious and unresolved issues…
Holidays with a Tail: A Tale of Winter Celebrations is the story of a boy named Alex, who wakes up on Christmas Day and gets a puppy named Zipper! When his grandparents come into the house, the dog runs out, and Alex and his mom chase after him down the…
“Holidays with a Tail: A Tale of Winter Celebrations” is multicultural holiday story that appeals to culturally diverse juvenile audiences. Written experienced elementary school teacher, Kelly Bouldin Darmofal, Holidays with a Tail begins the story with Alex on Christmas Eve, after having just moved from the suburbs to the city….
This book is designed to help parents explain the importance of getting vaccinated. The first part of the book is written for children; it begins with a simple rhyming story about a girl that is terrified of getting a shot. Laurie Zelinger uses age-appropriate language to talk about how vaccines…
101 Tips To Lighten Your Burden: Practical Advice For Life contains insightful and practical solutions to many of life’s problems. The “tips” are written out, followed by a single paragraph explaining them and sometimes a real-life application on the part of the author. Bonn’s advice may read like common sense…
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…
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…
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…
The True Nature of Tarot — 10th anniversary edition Marvelous Spirit Press, 2021 ISBN: 978-1-61599-584-4 Paperback, 346 pp., $27.95 Reviewed by Victoria Constantino (reproduced with permission) Released this year in an updated 10th anniversary edition, The True Nature of Tarot by Diane Wing is an exploration of a beloved system…
The True Nature of Tarot caught my eye not because I wanted to learn how to read the cards. I do not plan on being a reader or seeker for the Tarot. However, you may have heard of Tarot cards in movies, books, and conversations like me. What is it?…
Music is like receiving a gift on Christmas, but not knowing the full extent of its capabilities. It’s great to have the music and use it for what we think it’s meant for, but if we knew of its power, we’d appreciate and use it a whole lot more. The…
I just finished reading From Depression to Contentment by Bob Rich, PhD. “Reading” is probably a misnomer. From Depression to Contentment is a practical guidebook to revamping our behaviors as a means of changing our inner life. It is not only engaging; it is meant to be engaged with. I…
Lucky G and the Melancholy Quokka is a truly delightful and wonderfully illustrated book that is aimed at children who have depression. In the current climate of lockdowns and pandemics this book couldn’t have come at a better time, and as a sufferer of depression myself it is often hard…
From the moment I saw the eagle soaring above the snow-capped peaks on Bob Rich’s From Depression to Contentment: A Self-Therapy Book, I was hoping the pages inside would be as captivating. I am not disappointed. I personally do depression, as Dr. Rich would say. After reading this guide, I…
When it comes to the topic of diversity it can honestly go in so many directions. What I would say about Daralyse Lyons’ new book Demystifying Diversity: Embracing our Shared Humanity is that she strives to break it down to more than a US against THEM and see the why….
I have reviewed several other therapeutic children’s books published by Loving Healing Press, so my expectations were high. I was not disappointed by Lucky G and the Melancholy Quokka Aimed at 5-8 year old children with diagnosable depression, this little book has two components: first the illustrated story with rhyming…
Synopsis: Alfredo Zotti is a professional musician and bipolar survivor with a university degree in social anthropology and three years study of psychology, provides an introduction to music theory with specific case studies of applications for Alzheimer’s, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), schizophrenia, anxiety, depression and other issues. Working…
Susan Bethany’s Bookshelf The Sensory Processing Diet Chynna Laird www.chynnalairdauthor.ca Loving Healing Press 5145 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 www.lovinghealing.com 9781615995226, $33.95, HC, 224pp Synopsis: As a mom of a newly diagnosed child with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), Chynna Laird relentlessly sought experts in SPD, as well as top…
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…
