by Jamie Holloway | Feb 13, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
How to be a friend to a friend who is sick Letty Cottin Pogrebin When I saw the title I knew I had to read this book. As anyone who is a regular reader on my blog knows I have an illness. If I had the funds I would buy about 50 of these books and hand them out to a...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 12, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
The Resilient Woman: Patricia O’Gorman “Resilience is about having guts-having courage born of learning from life’s hard lessons and understanding how to take the positive actions using this powerful inner resource. Resilience is all about stepping into our...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 10, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Isn’t It Time For A Coffee Break? Amelia Rhodes A book about relationship and love, especially the friendship kind, not that I needed to be told how to be a friend, but to be reminded of what being a friend is and what it isn’t. One key line that I absolutely agree...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 5, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“Mind over Medicine” Dr. Lissa Rankin I enjoy reading books from doctors who get it. Who value a relationship with their patients more than filling up the time slots and making money. Lissa Rankin gets the intimacy between patient and doctor. You know she gets it when...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 2, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“A Course In Weight Loss” Marianne Williamson Williamson looks at weight loss and health in a spiritual way. Loving you, before you can shed the pounds she believes and is probably correct you must learn to live in love with the body you have now being a fat ass and...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 1, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“Hungry” Dr. Robyn L. Smith What I learned from reading this book is nothing new for me, but a reminder of what I have learned on my own journey with my disease. Her disease is different than mine, but we shared the shame unmasking of what was projected upon us from...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 12, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Healing Multiple Sclerosis: A Hero’s Journey by Karen Gordon Even though I do not have Multiple Sclerosis I still do have an illness that the doctors have given me no hope for a cure and only hope to become disabled. I can relate to the feelings that you feel when you...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 6, 2012 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
On November 30th while driving up to Seattle for my medical appointment at the University of Washington my sister in law and I listened to “The Horse Boy” by Rupert Isaacson on CD. I thoroughly enjoyed the story, so much so that I borrowed the discs from my SIL so...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 26, 2012 | Books/Music, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
Four Amazing cookbooks that I found for free from Amazon for Kindle, it solved my dilemma of what to make for my crockpot and what herbs to use. I love Dobbins book, because I am passionate and fascinated with spices and herbs. My dream is to one day have a giant herb...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 12, 2012 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“The Artist Way” Julia Cameron A twelve week program to unblock your inner creative and boy did it. The first step was writing “the morning pages”; actually what I would call it was journaling. Cameron gives you questions to reflect on and answer in your morning...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 5, 2012 | Books/Music, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
“The ABC’s of Super Foods” Calie Shackleford Super foods seems to be one of the themes of my life since I have an auto-immune disorder, chronic illness, and having good nutrition is a foundation that will aide me in living a healthy life. I found “The ABC’s Of Super...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 1, 2012 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“Powerful Prayers For Challenging Times” Jackie M. Johnson While at the University Of Washington Medical Center Rest Ministries advertised a free book download for Jackie M. Johnson’s book “Powerful Prayers For Challenging Times” which I quickly downloaded onto my...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 27, 2012 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“You will not change your behavior until you change your thoughts.” Joyce Meyer While in the hospital I have been reading Joyce Meyer’s book “Battlefield Of The Mind”. I resisted reading this book for a long, almost a year. When I am resistant to something that...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 23, 2012 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds around my neck.” Emma Goldman My sentiments exactly Mrs. Goldman, I am not a diamond kind of gal, but flowers do bring up a sense of enjoyment and beauty. I am learning to enjoy life, not with the big luxury items such...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 22, 2012 | Books/Music, Exhilarating People
The last concert/show I went to was the summer of 2009 when I went to see Tori Amos and at that time I was not breathing so well and I was with a negative person in my life. Despite that, I loved the show. Strange how life changes in a blink of an eye and you gain new...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 11, 2012 | Books/Music, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
“Shades Of Hope” by Tennie McCarty I bought this book seven months ago. It’s a program to stop dieting and start living it says on the front cover. Tennie runs an outreach program for those of us who suffer from food addiction. I am sad to admit this but I am one of...
by Jamie Holloway | Sep 29, 2012 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“The Artist Way” by Julia Cameron is a book that has been around for a long time. I finally got my hands on a copy of the book and the journal that comes with it. I am just starting week three of the exercises that she has you do to unblock your creativity. I have not...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 17, 2012 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
A Place Of Healing By Joni Eareckson-Tada My friend Chelsey Lawrence put a link for a free Kindle edition of “A Place Of Healing” in the Vasculitis support group that I belong to. I downloaded Joni’s book while it was free. I enjoyed reading it and I have...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 6, 2012 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
The Power Of Self-Healing Dr. Fabrizio Mancini In February, my care provider saw Dr. Phil’s TV talk show and this author was on hocking his book. I purchase the book after Myron suggested that I might be interested in reading it. I have always been interested in...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 28, 2012 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“You Are A Writer” by Jeff Goins took me two days to read through and get helpful insight into my own struggle with calling myself a writer. Goins insight thoughts on what the writing process is, and what it entails opened my eyes up the possibilities out there for...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 26, 2012 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Doors, I dreamed about doors. I will tell you what my dream was: I was on some kind of a game show. I did not see the announcer. All I could here was the announcer’s voice and he told me to walk up this plank into this corridor and I had to make a choice and there...
by Jamie Holloway | May 14, 2012 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
After going to Seattle to get the results of my X-rays from my Rhematologist Dr. Gardner I have been having all these feelings running through my mind that make moving forward a difficult task for me at this present moment. What happened is I went to the doctor...
by Jamie Holloway | May 6, 2012 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Often time when I am resistance to doing something that is a key indication that God is telling me that I need to do the task. I am feeling that resistance this week, I better tell you what my assignment is so you can see why I am resisting. Over a week ago Timothy my...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 23, 2012 | Books/Music
Joyce Meyer’s book “Living Beyond Your Feelings” takes anyone who reads it on a journey to self-discovery that uses God word to attempt us to understand our emotions and to let us know to be mindful of how we use the emotions in our everyday life. I read a lot of...
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