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Comment on “The Tao of Equus” by Linda Kohanov by “Riding Between the Worlds” by Linda Kohanov | Curious, Healing

“Riding Between the Worlds” by Linda Kohanov | Curious, Healing — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:43:50 +0000

[...] response to The Tao of Equus doesn’t begin to express the impact it had on me. I immediately looked for Kohanov’s [...]

Comment on “Bird by Bird” by Anne Lamott by Sonia Connolly

Sonia Connolly — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:21:09 +0000

I like that e.l. doctorow quote too. It does remind me of a dream I had once where I followed my car’s headlights right into the ocean, though.

What a fun writing group idea!

Comment on “Bird by Bird” by Anne Lamott by Laura

Laura — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:21:56 +0000

I don’t know if it’s in her book or a film or recorded version of her writing workshop, but I also like her description from e.l. doctorow, something along the lines of: “Writing is like driving at night with the headlights on–you can see only a few feet in front of you, but you can make the whole journey that way.”

A writing group I was in several years back once had a night devoted to this book, with a “bird by bird” theme meal (many variations on chicken and eggs, including a very large turkey alongside meringue nests with marshmallow Peeps in them), a discussion of her book, and a writing exercise in which we all began with a line Lamott said she’d never been able to use (something like “six years later, the memory of the dead fish cubes still haunted her”). Fascinating assortment of writing samples from the benign to the truly macabre…

Comment on “Explain Pain” by David Butler and Lorimer Moseley by noigroup

noigroup — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:05:32 +0000

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Comment on “Finding Life Beyond Trauma” by Victoria Follette, Ph.D. and Jacqueline Pistorello, Ph.D. by Sonia Connolly

Sonia Connolly — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:21:53 +0000

Nope, hadn’t heard it. I found a short sample here: http://www.amycarolwebb.com/audio/AMY_CAROL_WEBB-Lay_the_Shove-clip-0-77-lofi.m3u . Sounds great!

Comment on “Finding Life Beyond Trauma” by Victoria Follette, Ph.D. and Jacqueline Pistorello, Ph.D. by Laura

Laura — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:15:11 +0000

Do you know the song “Lay the Shovel Down,” by Amy Carol Webb?

Comment on “Women Food and God” by Geneen Roth by Sonia Connolly

Sonia Connolly — Mon, 31 May 2010 20:28:37 +0000

Hi, Renee! Thanks for commenting. If you decide to go back to it, I look forward to hearing what you think.

Comment on “Women Food and God” by Geneen Roth by renee

renee — Mon, 31 May 2010 19:34:49 +0000

I am also currently reading this book. I made it about 1/3 of the way through and suddenly stopped reading. I’m not sure why, or what bothered me, but I’m hoping to be able to find enough courage to dive back into it and see what triggered me. Thanks for the review, Sonia.

Comment on “When Food is Love” by Geneen Roth by “Women Food and God” by Geneen Roth « Curious, Healing

“Women Food and God” by Geneen Roth « Curious, Healing — Mon, 31 May 2010 19:04:36 +0000

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Comment on “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk” by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish by Sonia Connolly

Sonia Connolly — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:54:18 +0000

Hi, Pam, thanks for commenting! I agree, I’ve found it useful when communicating with clients, especially the suggestion to say, “Hmmm” and allow some space for them to continue talking.