Author’s Successful Lesson of Perseverance and Teamwork

For the last few months, I have been struggling with some significant issues about What Color Is Your Brain?® and Princess Shayna’s Invisible Visible Gift on Amazon. I put my Green Research Brain into high gear and my Orange Resourceful Brain took action to make sure there was enough inventory of my book for my programs, radio interviews and the Holiday Season. I…

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Diabetes and the Gingko Tree

Did you know there is a connection between the Ginkgo tree and diabetes? When I wrote Princess Shayna’s Invisible Visible Gift, I included a Ginkgo tree in the story. I had always loved the graceful shape and fan shaped leaves of the Ginkgo tree that grew in the courtyard of my childhood home. My “Green Brain“ knew…

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Bibliotherapy – Children Relate to Story Characters

In the recent second edition of Princess Shayna’s Invisible Visible Gift, I included an introduction, which contains valuable information to help readers gain a better understanding of how to use the book before they begin their journey with Princess Shayna. Below are excerpts from the the introduction, which begins with a whimsical illustration of Sarah Spundah telling readers to STOP and read her important messages! “I am…

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November – American Diabetes Month

November is American Diabetes Month! With nearly 26 million children and adults in American living with diabetes, and another 79 million at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes, the disease is taking a devastating physical, emotional and financial toll on families and health care.  Sadly, most Americans do not realize that diabetes is serious and devastating disease! Recent statistics from…

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Mother Nature’s Gift of Change – A Pair of Pears

This morning, I returned from a meeting and was greeted by our lovely chanticleer (pyrus caleryana) pear trees in one of our perennial gardens. Jordan and I planted both trees 4 1/2  years ago. One to celebrate our 40th anniversary and the other to celebrate our granddaughter Yasmin’s birth. In fact, the burlap that was wrapped around the ball of roots of one of…

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Communicate and Collaborate to Brainstorm New Ideas

If you are going venture into creating new ideas,  use your “Blue Brain” to communicate, collaborate and brainstorm with someone else. This morning, I was discussing over-due changes to my Facebook Fan Page with Jackie deBoer, my social media consultant. The more Jackie chatted about the much need changes to the Fan Page the more prolific our ideas  to improve the page. This…

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Alert Service Dogs for People with Diabetes

We’ve all heard that a dog is man’s best friend. I  would say that a dog is a family’s best friend. Our family has shared our home with  “Jericho”, a Bedlington Terrier, a Sheltie name “Princess Leia” because our sons were into Star Wars at the time, and “Golda My Dear”, our Golden-Newfoundland-Labrador Mountain Mutt. We’ve also heard…

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Amazon Author Central – A Hidden Treasure!

Did you know that Amazon Author Central  is a remarkable service for authors of any genre. I had known about the service but did not fully understand the extraordinary assistance an author could ask for and receive. A friend informed me that Princess Shayna’s InvisibleVisible Gift  was as ‘Temporarily Out of Stock” on Amazon.com. I thanked my…

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