Unbroken Brain (A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction) Author: Naia Szalavitz Almost everyone I know has a family member – or is themselves – suffering from addiction of one kind or another. When I started reading Unbroken Brain, I felt instant relief, for instead of therapy or compulsion, Szalavitz defines addiction as a developmental disorder; i.e., a learning disorder. Written with elegance and frankness, Szalavitz offers her own history with addictions inside her fact ... continue reading...
Unbroken Brain – a review
5 WAYZ to Energize Your Summer Dayz
We received some of these products to include in this post. All opinions are strictly our own. 1.Shake up your morning with a NEW protein shake I keep little baggies of Rawfusion’s raw, plant based protein fusion (vanilla bean) in my purse and when it gets hot out, I buy a small milk and throw in the protein for a quick boost on the run! With 5 star reviews I choose Sann’s Rawfusion! You can also throw in a bar or two for all your protein and amino acid needs as you go about your ... continue reading...
The Last Place you Look – a review
The Last Place you Look Author: Kristen Lepionka Private investigator Roxane Weary is grieving – her policeman father has died in the line of duty. And she is drinking a lot and working less. So when her brother asks her to help a friend, Danielle Stockton, she takes the case. Danielle’s brother Brad is on death row for killing his girlfriend’s mother and father fifteen years ago. The girlfriend, Sarah Cook, disappeared at the same time. Brad is Black and Sarah Cook was from a ... continue reading...
Algorithms to Live By – a review
Algorithms to Live By The Computer Science of Human Decisions Authors: Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths This book fascinated me, as at the time I was writing about online dating and not seeing anything I liked about the process. He book begins with an example: what if you are looking for an apartment in San Francisco, a city well known for its impossible rents and difficult to find living accommodations. The minute a listing goes up in San Francisco, it goes down – taken in an instant. ... continue reading...
Rabble Rousing – Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying
So, what to do when we are walking down the hallway and one of our acquaintances stops you and says, “Oh did you get your hair done? I thought it looked better going grey.” I call this Getting Down Dirty and Snarky. And it happens all the time, as we go about our lives. Often it happens when we are with acquaintances and someone starts gossiping about a close friend. What to do? My old response would have been to just walk away. However, now I say, “That’s not true. Why would you say ... continue reading...
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