By Ernest Dempsey, August 14, 2018 Loving Healing Press has announced the publication of the second edition of AIDS Orphans Rising by Sister Mary Elizabeth Lloyd. Like the first edition, published in 2008, the second AIDS Orphans Rising book also includes educational material on the topic of AIDS orphans-children who lost their parents to…
By Ernest Dempsey, September 20, 2018 Loving Healing Press has announced the publication of Inspirational Musings by Barbara Sinor, PhD Inspirational Musings: Insights through Healing is a new title by Barbara Sinor, PhD, sharing her inner journey through personal thoughts and emotions during her recovery in a rehabilitation facility. Published by…
Writing a eulogy may not be as difficult as you think. Here are some tips. By Diana Raab Over the past few years, I’ve written more eulogies and given more tributes than I have in my entire lifetime. When sharing a eulogy I’ve written and hearing those of others at…
To help improve the quality of life via therapeutic services in Madagascar, the Loving Healing Press is donating copies of its title Handwriting For Heroes – a task-oriented workbook to help people learn to write with their non-dominant hand. The non-profit Growing the Nations Therapy Programmes (GNTP) is currently focusing on helping vulnerable, poverty-stricken…
By Sweta Srivastava Vikram At the 2014 Academy Awards, Robert De Niro’s intro of the best screenplay nominees caught the attention of many. “The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing”, he said, before continuing, “Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination and consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing and soul-crushing inadequacy. And…
By Ernest Dempsey The Loving Healing Press of Ann Arbor, MI, is proud to announce participation in the children’s literacy group Rhymers are Readers via book donation. The 13-member children’s choir group Rhymers are Readers meets at the Woodlawn-Faith Methodist Church in Alexandria, VA, and promotes book reading with ethnic-conscious stories and material….
BY DIANA RAAB ON APRIL 18, 2018IN THE SPIRIT Spring is a great time for transformation and new beginnings. It’s also a time for your mind to bloom. For those living in cold climates, the winter months are often spent inside, in self-protection mode, so spring is a season when you can…
by Diana Raab, PhD Spirituality may be seen as the search for truth in one’s life in the interest of being happy. Writing as a spiritual practice can connect us to what seems most right for us, both personally and professionally. It can help us pinpoint our mission and reason…
I began my writing career at age ten, sitting in my walk-in closet scribbling in my journal. My mother had given me the journal to help me cope with my grandmother’s suicide. Thirty years later, those childhood scribblings inspired my first memoir, Regina’s Closet. Fast forward ten more years, I…
At least once a year, I go to Maui by myself for an annual writer’s retreat. My accommodations are modest and secluded. I began this tradition about the time I started writing my first novel in 2013. I’d been writing nonfiction and poetry for more than forty years, but quickly…
