You Can Heal Your Heart

by | Dec 7, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

Grieving has been the theme for 2013. I have been on my own journey of healing my painful moments from a breakup of a friendship that I thought would last forever, to the death of my mom when I was13, to the death of someone I lived with and took care of for ten years...

My Cooking Coach

by | Dec 4, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

    I wish I had this book when I was first living out on my own with all the information on how to buy, store, and prepare vegetables, meat, spices, and many other things. “My Cooking Coach” I find to still be useful even if I am a cooking machine. The...

Deliciously Holistic

by | Nov 21, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  As many of you know I love reading cookbooks and “Deliciously Holistic” was a joy to read. Alexander expressed her love for food and for cooking in each page. I was inspired, because she uses whole foods that promote good health. I love that. In 2014, I am...

Gluten Free, Hassle Free

by | Nov 14, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  I joined the Gluten Summit offered by Dr.com this week. I am learning so much information, so I thought it would be fitting to write my review and post on “Gluten Free, Hassle Free by Marlisa Brown. I will be writing a post about my review on the summit next...

Meatless All Day

by | Nov 10, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Another recipe book that I had the opportunity to read and get some ideas from in order to enhance my cooking skills. I have been contemplating going meatless a few days a week in order to enhance my health. There are some amazing egg recipes and tofu recipes...

God In Motion

by | Nov 6, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

I was given the opportunity to read “God in Motion” by Jeff Leake and in which I thoroughly enjoyed reading. There were several things upon reading “God in Motion” that caused me to ponder and view my own beliefs about Jesus. Relationship has been a key component of...

Wellness 100

by | Nov 3, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Weight loss and eating healthy is important to me at this exact moment in my life. You see I have a Vasculitis disease that wreck’s havoc on my body and cause my body to attack itself. My adventures with living with a trach and dealing with all the emotions,...

Light The Flame

by | Oct 27, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  “Light the Flame” is a book of different prayers. I actually enjoyed reading the different prayers that many different cultures say to God. Here are a couple of examples that struck me deeply:   After so many sufferings, diseases, troubles, and pains May...

Angel Detox

by | Oct 22, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

Detoxing isn’t just about going through foods detoxing, it involves your environment which includes food choices, water, cleaning products, and even the people you have in your life. On my healing journey I have learned a lot about detoxing. I am only now beginning to...

The Art Of Purring

by | Oct 20, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

The second book of series by David Michie on the Dalai Lama’s cat just like the first book, I feel in love with Snow lion and all the antics and insights from a cat perspective on what happiness is and what it is not. For being fiction there is a lot of in depth...

Sweet and Savory

by | Oct 18, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  I love flipping through cookbooks to get new Ideas. “Miraval’s sweet” did just that. I have been curious about all the different types of flours for baking, almond flour, tapioca flour, and coconut flour and in this book you get different ideas in how to use...

The Dalai Lama’s Cat

by | Oct 11, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  “The Dalai Lama’s Cat” is a joy to read. A story told from the cat’s perspective about the Dalai Lama and the relationships he encountered while in Tibet. Snow tiger’s character is a riot to me. His ferocious appetite for food and all the things he is learning...

Your Life Calling

by | Oct 4, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Reinvention is the theme of Jane Pauley’s book “Your Life Calling”. Throughout this delightful book Pauley shares stories of those you have had to reinvent themselves. I was deeply moved and I was reminded that I am in the process of reinvention. I love...

Fatty Patty

by | Oct 2, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  I needed a fun book to read since I have a lot going on in my life right now concerning my health and it seemed like I have been focusing my reading on non-fiction and not fiction at all. In fact, I cannot remember the last time I read a fiction book. Fatty...

Cavewomen Don’t Get Fat

by | Sep 30, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Esther Blum’s book “Cavewomen Don’t Get Fat” explains the Paleo eating plan and what it all entails along with scientific facts. I have been reading about and hearing about the Paleo eating plan for a while and I have been curious to if it would help me with my...

Pulse

by | Sep 27, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

I love beans. I never heard it called Pulse before, but I am up to trying the interesting and new recipes that Chandler has in her cookbook. I love that she shares ideas and different ways from many different cultures, such as Indian, African, and Mediterranean. Each...

Life In Transition

by | Sep 23, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

“Life in Transition” offers the reader a chance to dive deeper into their soul.  To dig, to prod, to ruminate on how they want their lives to be. The journal exercises and the spiritual exercises open up the heart to a new perspective, a new way of healing the pain of...

An Unimaginable Act

by | Sep 22, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

I wanted to read “An Unimaginable Act”. This book was a challenge for me to read, not because the writing was bad or that I thought Erin was full of lies, but because it resonated with the hurt little girl inside of me that was sexually abused when I was young. Though...

Life Reconnected

by | Sep 20, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  “Life Reconnected” is a book about finding one’s self after suffering a loss. I know that after friend/partner in life passed away in 2004 and then I started getting sick in 2008 loss was inevitable. I lived in denial and found anyway to mask and make the pain...

The Path

by | Sep 19, 2013 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey, Weight

I have been reading my daily devotional “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young and this particular phrase she writes hit me hard. “Though I may lead you along paths that feel alien to you, trust that I know what I am doing. If you follow Me wholeheartedly, you will discover...

Becoming Myself

by | Sep 17, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

I came across the book “Becoming Myself” by Stasi Eldredge last week while participating in the Invisible Illness Week by Rest Ministries. Of course, I downloaded the free copy and I read it while I have been sitting with my foot up healing from the gout that is...

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