This has been waiting for me to read and now seems like the right time. #reading #mirnavalerio #running #ultrarunning #mindfulness #meditation #focus

“We can never go back. I know that now. We can go forward. We can find the love our hearts long for, but not until we let go grief about the love we lost long ago, when we were little and had no voice to speak the heart‘s longing.” #bellhooks #love #reading #mentalhealth #bibliotherapy

I read this book in one day and when I closed the book, I realized I will be reading this again and again. So much to sit with and I imagine that each time I read it, I will glean more and more insights from it.

I really wanted to like this book but it was meh. I was annoyed with Less and how emotionally distant he could be and all the life experiences that came his way that he just had no depth to experience. Meh...

Thank you Tony for a wild ride through a part of your life that was filled with love, hate, tears, fears, accomplishments and mistakes. I learned about you, I learned about food and learned about life through your eyes. I am sorry you are no longer here to share more journeys but I hope you have found your version of peace.

Getting started on a long overdue read while relaxing in bed.

Just started reading for my book group. #summerselection #mipp

Just started this book on my new paperwhite. Wanted to show off my cover!

4/5 for this one! I enjoyed this more than I originally thought I would. It didn‘t hurt that the author shared the reading journey with our group!

In bed 🤒 and looking forward to this read.

Just starting. If you read it, what was your impression?

Jumping into Book 2

3 stars. I enjoyed the adventure of this book. I found themes of existentialism, people vs environment, and estranged relationships.

I am uber giddy because @judithfertig sent our book group a welcome message as we are reading The Cake Therapist! #thecaketherapist #mipp #judithfertig #bookgroup #booknerd

Just purchased this book at a seminar on Bibliotherapy and am excited to read the presenter‘s book which she signed! Lots of learning happening here. #bibliotherapy #poetrytherapy #reading #mentalhealth

I am enjoying this read with my book group. #mipp

So right now I am half way through this book and really enjoying it, at the same time I am watching Stranger Things and can‘t help but notice the similarity in the respective “beings” and how they interact with humans. #strangerthings

Adding this to TBR pile and excited to start soon!

Headed out on a bus trip and starting this book. If you read it or are reading it, what do you think about it?

I come back to this book of poetry often. It is moving and hits a range of emotions on any given day.

This right here. I reread her work so often. She stirs new thoughts and feelings every time I open this book.

“These are some of my “shocks”, my shifts in perspective that have come from writing. I‘ve had many wounds to heal, and I‘ve done much writing to heal them, and in the process I‘ve discovered a rich, deeply textured life I hadn‘t before recognized.”
I have just started this book but I had to share this quote from DeSalvo. I feel this way about writing as I do about reading and both are ways I connect with my clients. #najowrimo #mentalhealth