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Awaken the Kitten Within
- By: David Michie
- Narrated by: David Michie
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The Dalai Lama’s Cat is confronted by a most unpleasant truth: she is getting old. A routine visit to the vet confirms this. But is a future of decrepitude and senior cat biscuits inevitably a cause for despair? As it happens, she soon finds that a startling reminder of life’s transience is exactly what’s needed to renew our gratitude for life. To lighten up, accept ourselves and value what truly matters.
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There aren’t sufficient stars!
- By Grateful Listener SME on 11-06-21
- Awaken the Kitten Within
- By: David Michie
- Narrated by: David Michie
Awesome again
Reviewed: 05-24-23
It might be a little bit slower at the start. But WOW, that does not last long. Probably some of the most thought provoking teachings yet.
I’m not really sure where the title comes in though.
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How to Keep House While Drowning
- A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing
- By: KC Davis LPC
- Narrated by: KC Davis LPC, Dr. Raquel Martin
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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If you’re struggling to stay on top of your to-do list, you probably have a good reason: anxiety, fatigue, depression, ADHD, or lack of support. For therapist KC Davis, the birth of her second child triggered a stress-mess cycle. The more behind she felt, the less motivated she was to start. She didn’t fold a single piece of laundry for seven months. One life-changing realization restored her sanity—and the functionality of her home: You don’t work for your home; your home works for you.
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Pleasantly surprised
- By Kathy Moberly on 06-05-22
- How to Keep House While Drowning
- A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing
- By: KC Davis LPC
- Narrated by: KC Davis LPC, Dr. Raquel Martin
Finally!!
Reviewed: 12-05-22
Finally, a book about keeping a comfortable home while honoring and caring for yourself as well. Being a neurodivergent woman I can appreciate her advice even more. I’m sure putting at least some of it to work for myself will be a more realistic goal than most of the other books on keeping your home organized and clean I have read.
KC is a realist! She makes it so much easier to be a realist in your own right.
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The Body Keeps the Score
- Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- By: Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent more than three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust.
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Overall Worthwhile, Lingers Too Long in the Why
- By LittleBeadsOfMercury on 04-07-21
- The Body Keeps the Score
- Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- By: Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Too descriptive
Reviewed: 11-05-22
I think this guy gets off on telling stories of these horrific physical traumatic events. I know that’s my first response and probably deserves a bit of rethink. For people who have been terrorized by these awful physical traumatic events, first let me say how much compassion I have for you. Not empathy, definitely not pity. I can hold compassion even though I had never experienced these types of physical traumas. Mine are all emotional trauma. Therefore, I cannot tolerate listening to horrific tales of acts and experiences that no living being should ever have to experience, let alone be tormented by so many painful memories. It all makes me want to sit down and cry. Having very clear images of the awful things that the people discussed in this book went through is just too much. I cannot fathom why living beings would do these things to other living beings. Why do they cause such suffering? Probably because they too suffer.
If your trauma is emotional, mental, behavioral without the physical acts a part of the experience, I would strongly recommend you find another book on how our bodies hold on to the trauma in our lives. This book might only disturb you.
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Women Who Think Too Much
- How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life
- By: Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
- Narrated by: Sheryl Bernstein
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
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It's not a surprise that our fast-paced, overly analytical culture is pushing people - especially women - to spend countless hours thinking about negative ideas, feelings, and experiences. Renowned psychologist Dr. Susan Nolen-Hoeksema calls this "overthinking". Her groundbreaking research shows that an increasing number of women - more than half of those in her extensive study - are doing it too much and too often, hindering their ability to lead a satisfying life.
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Generic tools for overcoming overthinking
- By letlet on 01-09-19
- Women Who Think Too Much
- How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life
- By: Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
- Narrated by: Sheryl Bernstein
Some good advice, but not always well delivered.
Reviewed: 07-12-20
The author uses many examples of how women would snap themselves out of overthinking. She would use words that were yelled by the woman, like "Shut up" and "Stop it". To me this exemplifies a very harsh expression of the message that the over thinker deserves to be yelled at in a negative manner. The advice would have been much better received had she utilized examples that demonstrated kindness towards yourself, non-judgemental tones and expressions.
The book tackles tough subject for women. Some of us do overthink and get caught up in the negative self messages often found in those storms of thought. Still, there was something missing in it for me personally. The main turn off being the negative statements and tone she uses in the book to demonstrate how to get out of a state of rumination and negative self talk.
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Daring Greatly
- How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
- By: Brené Brown
- Narrated by: Brené Brown
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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Every day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable or to dare greatly. Based on 12 years of pioneering research, Dr. Brené Brown dispels the cultural myth that vulnerability is weakness and argues that it is, in truth, our most accurate measure of courage. Brown explains how vulnerability is both the core of difficult emotions like fear, grief, and disappointment, and the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, empathy, innovation, and creativity.
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listen to “the power of vulnerability” instead
- By Vanessa Portillo on 10-10-18
- Daring Greatly
- How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
- By: Brené Brown
- Narrated by: Brené Brown
Always worth repeating
Reviewed: 05-20-20
I have listened to many of Brené's books and two main topics are repeated in all of them. The topic of shame and the topic of vulnerability.
But In each book, the two main characters are surrounded by other supporting characters that are unique to that specific book. Don't worry that each book will be just like her others, because they're not. They each bring a message of how we can improve our life's work and how we can contribute to those we love and those who just watch us do what we do in our lives. The message builds me up bit by bit and book by book. The subjects of shame and vulnerability being raised in each book are definitely worth repeating.
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