Comments for Curious, Healing http://curioushealing.com Follow Sonia Connolly's curiosity about healing, business, and fun Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:45:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on “Beck House” by Janie Hopwood by Sonia Connolly http://curioushealing.com/2010/01/beck-house-by-janie-hopwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1323 Sonia Connolly Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:45:22 +0000 http://curioushealing.com/?p=339#comment-1323 Thanks for the update - I noted it on the post. Best wishes for good sales! Thanks for the update – I noted it on the post. Best wishes for good sales!

]]> Comment on “Beck House” by Janie Hopwood by janie Hopwood http://curioushealing.com/2010/01/beck-house-by-janie-hopwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1322 janie Hopwood Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:49:19 +0000 http://curioushealing.com/?p=339#comment-1322 The book is now available online through Amazon or Barns and Nobles and will soon be available in ebook form. Thanks for the good review The book is now available online through Amazon or Barns and Nobles and will soon be available in ebook form. Thanks for the good review

]]> Comment on “The Girl with the Silver Eyes” by Willo Davis Roberts by AshleyZ http://curioushealing.com/2010/12/the-girl-with-the-silver-eyes-by-willo-davis-roberts/comment-page-1/#comment-1289 AshleyZ Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:30:32 +0000 http://curioushealing.com/?p=684#comment-1289 Katie doesn't just use physical violence to hurt bullies - she antagonizes anyone she doesn't like, including the babysitter who didn't do anything to her, but was merely lazy, and the farmers across the road who just wanted Katie to stop stealing their raspberries. Katie doesn’t just use physical violence to hurt bullies – she antagonizes anyone she doesn’t like, including the babysitter who didn’t do anything to her, but was merely lazy, and the farmers across the road who just wanted Katie to stop stealing their raspberries.

]]> Comment on “The Gifts of Imperfection” by Brene Brown by “I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t)” by Brene Brown | Curious, Healing http://curioushealing.com/2011/07/the-gifts-of-imperfection-by-brene-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-1054 “I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t)” by Brene Brown | Curious, Healing Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:03:24 +0000 http://curioushealing.com/?p=902#comment-1054 [...] how men’s experience of shame differs at the end of the book. The content overlaps with The Gifts of Imperfection quite a [...] [...] how men’s experience of shame differs at the end of the book. The content overlaps with The Gifts of Imperfection quite a [...]

]]> Comment on “Bird by Bird” by Anne Lamott by “Traveling Mercies” by Anne Lamott | Curious, Healing http://curioushealing.com/2010/06/bird-by-bird-by-anne-lamott/comment-page-1/#comment-1039 “Traveling Mercies” by Anne Lamott | Curious, Healing Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:10:54 +0000 http://curioushealing.com/?p=550#comment-1039 [...] for a quote about forgiveness. I usually find Anne Lamott’s books laugh-out-loud funny, reassuringly insightful, or disturbingly insightful. This book, a series of autobiographical essays about faith and [...] [...] for a quote about forgiveness. I usually find Anne Lamott’s books laugh-out-loud funny, reassuringly insightful, or disturbingly insightful. This book, a series of autobiographical essays about faith and [...]

]]> Comment on “The City and the City” by China Mieville by Sonia Connolly http://curioushealing.com/2011/07/the-city-and-the-city-by-china-mieville/comment-page-1/#comment-977 Sonia Connolly Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:38:28 +0000 http://curioushealing.com/?p=894#comment-977 Thanks for clarifying that the clue-dropping is intentional, although I didn't notice it affecting my self-image. I agree that the handling of controlled perception is interesting and educational. It's done well enough that I find the ideas disturbing! Thanks for clarifying that the clue-dropping is intentional, although I didn’t notice it affecting my self-image.

I agree that the handling of controlled perception is interesting and educational. It’s done well enough that I find the ideas disturbing!

]]> Comment on “The City and the City” by China Mieville by Jesse the K http://curioushealing.com/2011/07/the-city-and-the-city-by-china-mieville/comment-page-1/#comment-976 Jesse the K Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:24:19 +0000 http://curioushealing.com/?p=894#comment-976 You economically highlight all the grump-generating bits. Detective fiction divides into several styles, and yes, one approach pumps up the reader's self-image at the expense of the detective's. China needs no internet to amplify his self-presentation. My favorite parts were the architecture and the dual populations, seen and unseen. For readers without visceral knowledge of Lenin, Franco, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and such, I think Mieville's representation of politically controlled awareness could be a useful teaching tool. You economically highlight all the grump-generating bits. Detective fiction divides into several styles, and yes, one approach pumps up the reader’s self-image at the expense of the detective’s.

China needs no internet to amplify his self-presentation. My favorite parts were the architecture and the dual populations, seen and unseen. For readers without visceral knowledge of Lenin, Franco, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and such, I think Mieville’s representation of politically controlled awareness could be a useful teaching tool.

]]> Comment on “Not Trauma Alone” by Steven N. Gold by Christine Hoepfner http://curioushealing.com/2010/12/not-trauma-alone-by-steven-n-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-921 Christine Hoepfner Sat, 28 May 2011 14:40:38 +0000 http://curioushealing.com/?p=661#comment-921 Thanks for this thorough introduction. It's given me a sense the book is well worth reading. Thanks for this thorough introduction. It’s given me a sense the book is well worth reading.

]]> Comment on “The Referral of a Lifetime” by Tim Templeton by Sonia Connolly http://curioushealing.com/2011/03/the-referral-of-a-lifetime-by-tim-templeton/comment-page-1/#comment-911 Sonia Connolly Sun, 22 May 2011 05:06:10 +0000 http://curioushealing.com/?p=799#comment-911 This is a good point! Thanks for commenting. I think I need to hand out more business cards while I'm volunteering though. The folks at Transportation Options think I'm great, but they don't necessarily know about my healing business. This is a good point! Thanks for commenting.

I think I need to hand out more business cards while I’m volunteering though. The folks at Transportation Options think I’m great, but they don’t necessarily know about my healing business.

]]> Comment on “The Referral of a Lifetime” by Tim Templeton by David http://curioushealing.com/2011/03/the-referral-of-a-lifetime-by-tim-templeton/comment-page-1/#comment-910 David Sun, 22 May 2011 04:50:02 +0000 http://curioushealing.com/?p=799#comment-910 One thing I find that these types of books tend to miss, for service-oriented businesses, is the concept that trust is often established by seeing the practitioner's personal quality in another context. This is not necessarily true of, say, a CPA or a hairdresser, but it can be very powerful in businesses where affect/persona are very important to client relationships. Very effective networking can often be done in participatory/volunteering scenarios that allow you to show who you really are, which always translates into who you really are as a service provider. This can broaden your referral base; past clients are great referral sources, but it's also good to tap into a broader sector. Many of my best clients came from a writer's group I used to run...which had nothing to do with my business, but I had a built-in personal alignment with the other participants, and all of them got the idea that if I could effectively organize a group of creative people, I could probably do lots of other stuff effectively as well. Conversely, networking specific to my business was entirely useless...there wasn't anyone there who really "got" me. One thing I find that these types of books tend to miss, for service-oriented businesses, is the concept that trust is often established by seeing the practitioner’s personal quality in another context. This is not necessarily true of, say, a CPA or a hairdresser, but it can be very powerful in businesses where affect/persona are very important to client relationships. Very effective networking can often be done in participatory/volunteering scenarios that allow you to show who you really are, which always translates into who you really are as a service provider. This can broaden your referral base; past clients are great referral sources, but it’s also good to tap into a broader sector. Many of my best clients came from a writer’s group I used to run…which had nothing to do with my business, but I had a built-in personal alignment with the other participants, and all of them got the idea that if I could effectively organize a group of creative people, I could probably do lots of other stuff effectively as well. Conversely, networking specific to my business was entirely useless…there wasn’t anyone there who really “got” me.

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