On The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism

by Laura | Sep 22, 2016

In The Selfishness of Others, Kristen Dombek asks some real questions about the “narcissism epidemic.”  She wants to get to the bottom of how we got to a time when according to many health professionals, there are “more narcissists today living in the United States...

On the Book, Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife

by Laura | May 3, 2016

~ Review by Julia Holladay ~ As a Midlife Makeover and Life Transitions Coach, I was eager to read Barbara Bradley Hagerty’s Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife. With 10,000 Baby Boomers retiring in our country daily, there are a lot of...

Digging Deep into Creativity: The book, The Shoreline of Wonder

by Melanie | Nov 11, 2015

by Melanie Davis I have recently taken a walk along the dynamic, flowing banks of creativity by reading Austin Hill Shaw’s The Shoreline of Wonder. It was not a jog or a run, but a meditative stroll through the pages of Shaw’s captivating tome, which is part of his...

Intelligent Disobedience: Doing Right When What You’re Told To Do is Wrong

by Laura | Sep 23, 2015

True or false: “Two-thirds of us would obey under certain circumstances even when we thought doing so was causing harm to others.” True. According to leadership expert Ira Chaleff, well-documented evidence around for more than fifty years now supports this phenomenon....

Finding Hope & Inspiration in the Book, This is Not the Life I Ordered

by Melanie | Apr 29, 2015

The main title of the book, This is Not the Life I Ordered, expresses an exasperation that most of us have likely exclaimed at one time or another. With such a stunning title, I was eager to see how well the book addresses this emotion, and I was not disappointed. In...