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Playing in the Land of the Free
As I continue to hear from people who are re-friending their minds by playing the games in my book, my own insights continue to expand. This time last year, a well-known editor I was interviewing to work on the book with me … Continue reading
The Art of War and 21 Games…
As I considered the value of giving copies of 21 Games… to soldiers currently at war, I began rereading the Denma Translation of The Art of War by Sun Tzu. Contemplating these ancient yet so currently appropriate concepts of victory in war convinced me … Continue reading
Giving Away my Book… Where It’s Needed Most
In May, a U.S. Army Major stationed in North Carolina bought an early-release copy of 21 Games for The Mind that Won’t Shut the @#&* Up! A couple of weeks later, he wrote me an email saying that he would be taking the book with … Continue reading
Information Theory and You
Today, when I opened Yahoo! to access one of my email accounts, I noticed that they have recently changed their log-in page. Now, there is a headshot photo of an attractive person, sometimes male, sometimes female, with the accompanying text: Find … Continue reading
Awaken from Worry
Worry is a pervasive and perverse state of mind. It is pervasive because it’s companion state of fear is the currency of media news broadcasters. The experience of fear is incited by the belief that there is a powerful and imminent … Continue reading
There is ALWAYS a Plan B
In today’s edition of the Blue Cat Screenplay Competition Newsletter, one of the topics is the current trend in Hollywood to produce movie remakes of earlier successful films or TV shows. On a poster for the remake of The A Team , the tagline is “There is No … Continue reading
Giving What You Came to Give
As we grow from infancy into this worldly life, the initial and innate activity of our minds and, thus our bodies, is the giving of all we’ve got. In order to know what that all is, we first reach out … Continue reading
Get Rid of Frustration Once and for All
There is a pervasive state of mind more addicting than any substance and, exponentially, more damaging to the human spirit. It is the state of “Can’t do.” It’s contagion is so prevalent and so deeply embedded in the American psyche, … Continue reading
21 Games… is now registered in Books In Print!
One more step along the path. Today, I registered 21 Games… with Books In Print. I recall, when I was a little girl living in a remote mountain town, seeing the four-inch thick hardbound copy of Books In Print on … Continue reading
Living Well
The next time you go to a doctor, think about what outcome you really want. Is it really the confirmation that something is “wrong” with your body that will give you the most satisfaction? Do you really want to be … Continue reading