Review of Miraculous Moments by Elissa Al-Chokhachy

Miraculous Moments ISBN 978-0-7387-2122-4 by Elissa Al-Chokhacy is a collection of stories she gathered during her work as a hospice nurse. In her role as a hospice nurse Elissa was often conffrounted with caregivers who desperately needed to know that their terminally ill loved one will live on. Elissa often told grieving individuals the story of an after death visit she received from her cousin, Stefan.

"Physical death," says Elissa, "does not have to mean the end of a loving relationship. Desceased loved ones", she assures us, "Can continue to send us love, just as we send love to them."

Miraculous Moments can't help but be comforting as story after story documents experiences that convince bereaved individuals and health care professionals that life coninutes after death. I found myself crying sometimes as I read this book, but I was tremendously reassured that life and love go on. I think this would be a great book to pass along to anyone you know who is grieving the loss of a love. The book is available at Amazon. Watch for our radio interview with Elissa on March 1 at 3pm MT on DreamtimeRadio.com.

Review of 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More by Stever Robbins

9 Steps to Work Less and Do More by Stever Robbins, ISBN 978-0-312-22621-5 published by St. Martin's Griffin is the type of book I always pick up because I know that even one really good idea will be worth the cost of the book. This book was packed with good tips.

He lists some of the best right on the back cover such as: Speed-Dating your tasks. You can face anything if it's just for three minutes: schedule small, finite periods of time for those tasks that seem too overwhelming to get started. Or his suggestion that you give technology a performance review. Our smart phones, PDAs, and computer Stevers point out often makes less work in one area while making much more in others. He suggests you review your technology to make sure it's delivering on its promise. And my favorite of all his suggestions was to cut out small talk. He doesn't mean you quit talking to people, but that you talk to them about meaningful subjects rather than the weather etc.

A suggestion I implemented immediately was to divide my week into focus days and task days. On a task day I run errands, make calls, do filing, all that little time consuming stuff. Then on my focus days I'm free to really focus on my projects. Another suggestion I loved was sending my to do items to myself by email with the task as the subject line. Since I compulsively check my email this will help keep those tasks in front of me.

I know that this book is one I will keep going back to to see if some of the other suggestions might be just what I need. I'm trying to schedule Stever on Dreamtime Radio for an interview, so watch my schedule at JuliaWiddop.com.

Review of Erase Negativity and Embrace the Magic Within by Sally Marks

Erase Negativity and Embrace the Magic Within, ISBN 1452850771 is self published by authors, Sally Marks and Jacqueline Howard. The book is a practical guide on how to reduce negativity. From meth addicts to multi-millionaires, the book offers powerful experiences of individuals who have faced dramatic challenges, but did not lose hope. Using these compelling biographies, as well as practical advice and simple exercises, the reader is guided on an internal journey toward adopting a more joyful way to live.

The book is full of stories of people who changed their lives around and deveoped a positive atttiude which enabled them to overcome their situations. I found these stories to be inspiring and some made me examine my own negativity.

The book also has exercises and tips to help in this process. Sally assures me it will improve all aspects of your life including your dreams.We will be discussing the book with author Sally Marks on DreamtimeRadio.com on February 10 at 3 pm MT. I hope you will join us and call in with any questions you might have for Sally.