The Value of Memoirs
“For who will testify, who will accurately describe our lives if we do not do it ourselves?”
Faye Moskowitz
“For who will testify, who will accurately describe our lives if we do not do it ourselves?”
Faye Moskowitz
This is just a short note to let you know that I’m taking a break from posting for a while. Unfortunately, I haven’t been doing well with my health over the last few months and also my Mum has just been very poorly in hospital and is now home, hopefully to recuperate. A little break…
SelfhoodAmazon.com & Amazon.co.uk Dr Terry Lynch has been working with people experiencing mental distress for 30 years – first as a GP and now as a psychotherapist in his own recovery-focused practice in Ireland. His first book, Beyond Prozac, was widely praised and his latest book: Selfhood: A Key to the Recovery of Mental Wellbeing, Mental Health and…
The Happiness Project (Gretchen Rubin) – Amazon.com & Amazon.co.ukHappier At Home (Gretchen Rubin) – Amazon.com & Amazon.co.uk When Gretchen Rubin brought out her book The Happiness Project, in December 2009, it sparked an upsurge in people trying to find more happiness in their own daily lives. Her Happiness Project Blog also inspired and motivated others to invest time and energy in their own happiness projects….
As each year closes I like to offer my top self-help books of the year. Here are my choices for 2016. In reverse order… No 3 – If I Could Tell You Just One Thing (Richard Reed) Amazon.com & Amazon.co.uk If you could offer someone just one piece of advice, which you’ve learned over your lifetime, what…
Rip It UpAmazon.com & Amazon.co.uk Behavioural theorists have known for years that when we behave and act in certain ways our emotions and moods are altered. Decades of studies have proved this. In Rip It Up, psychologist, performer and author, Professor Richard Wiseman, pulls together this research and encapsulates these findings in a clever and unique…
Better Than BeforeAmazon.com & Amazon.co.uk I’ve read a lot of books on habits – understanding, making and breaking them – but this is the most useful and effective one I’ve read so far. Gretchen Rubin, following on from her extensive research into happiness, tackles the vexed subject of habits in her latest book, Better Than Before:…
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I love this, Ruth. Just this last week I had an idea for a memoir…..not sure how to squeeze that in with everything else, but this quote inspires me not to ignore the idea. 🙂
Your idea sounds exciting (tell me more when you can!). It’s good to keep that file of ideas overflowing so that we can figure out which ones to focus on and make happen 🙂
So very true this is Ruth… Gosh I should start writing my memoir hugh? yikes! can barely manage a blog post a week!! Great quote dear friend!! xo
Hi Robyn, I’d love to read your memoir! A little writing a day and it would build up. It’s just whether or not you want the emotional exposure? If you did do it, I know it would be a fascinating and inspiring read. I’ve also thought that a book with your photographs and poems would be brilliant. Thanks so much for stopping by Robyn and subscribing – I really appreciate it. Much love to you xx