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Book reviews by D.G. Kaye

Sunday Book Review – 20 Things I’ve Learned from my Patients – Olga Nunez Miret

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This Sunday Book Review is on Olga Nunez Miret’s inspirational little book – 20 Things I’ve Learned from my Patients.

 

As one who enjoys inspirational reads, I appreciated these nuggets of wisdom gathered and shared by Olga. A great little book you can read again and again to pick up some daily inspiration.

 

 

 

Blurb:

 

Bilingual edition (English-Spanish). Edición versión bilingüe (inglés-español)
Over the years that I have worked as a psychiatrist, writer, and blogger, I’ve collected common-sense advice and thoughts that I have passed on and shared with many (patients, friends, and readers). As people don’t have much time to read and enjoy images and quotes, I decided to publish twenty of the things I have learned over the years, illustrating each one of them with a picture and a quote. And as I know many people who want to improve their Spanish but don’t dare to take on a long book, I decided to publish it as a bilingual edition, English-Spanish. I don’t claim to have found the meaning of life, but I hope you enjoy this little book.

Durante mis años como psiquiatra, escritora y bloguera, he acumulado consejos y reflexiones de sentido común que he compartido con mucha gente, incluyendo pacientes, amigos y lectores. Como sé que la gente no tiene mucho tiempo para leer hoy en día, y les gusta compartir imágenes y citas, decidí publicar veinte de las cosas que he aprendido durante mi carrera, ilustrando cada una de ellas con una imagen y una cita. Conozco a muchas personas que quieren mejorar su inglés pero no se atreven a enfrentarse a un libro largo, así que decidí publicarlo en versión bilingüe, en inglés y español. No pretendo haber descubierto el sentido de la vida, pero espero que disfrutéis de este librito.

 

My 5 Star Review:

 

A wonderful little book filled with inspiration with quotes to live by on laughter, self-love and so much more.

Olga Nunez Miret has compiled a beautiful summation on some of life’s situations taken from the wisdom she accrued from her patients as a practicing psychiatrist. The author shares nuggets of wisdom in short poignant messages with lovely illustrations, sharing reflections on life. A handy little guide for life we can pick up and read again whenever we could use a dose of inspiration.

This book is bilingual – written in both English and Spanish – a clever idea, giving us a nice little Spanish lesson if we’d like to learn a few words in a different language. #Recommended!

Book reviews by D.G. Kaye

Sunday Book Review -New Reviews for Words We Carry, Have Bags, Will Travel, and Twenty Years: After “I Do”

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Sunday Book Review

Book reviews by D.G. Kaye

While I’m still getting all my book reviews organized and finished for posting on the upcoming next few Sunday book reviews, I thought I’d share 3 reviews I came across for my own books while I was on vacation. It’s always gratifying to see our work continue on and our books being read and reviewed even while we are on a break from cyberworld. Thank you John Maberry, Norah Colvin and Robbie Cheadle for taking the time to read and review my books.

 

Words We Carry, Amazon

 

Words We Carry reviewed by John Maberry – A male’s perspective

I entered the inner sanctum of the other gender. The perspective of those members of the female sex who are concerned with appearance is foreign to me. I’ve heard it said that women dress for women and so do men. I have seen some truth in that but also have some reservations. Still, D.G. Kaye’s evolution of her own concerns with hair, makeup, clothes and more was interesting and informative to me. As a man, it’s difficult to fully appreciate the stresses and strains of all the effort that goes into what appears to me as a theatrical exercise that culture and insecurities demand. Kaye goes into the details of her own reasons for making the effort and how she has evolved beyond the superficial and insecure to the confidence of self-assurance in presenting herself.  Continue Reading . . .

Source: A Review of Words We Carry, by D.G. Kaye | Views from Eagle Peak

 

Have Bags, Will Travel D.G. Kaye

 

Have Bags, Will Travel reviewed by Robbie Cheadle

 

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5.0 out of 5 starsA lovely book which is a light and amusing read

March 17, 2018

Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase

Twenty Years

 

 

Inspirational Posts shared by DGKaye

Let Us Keep Our Hearts Open by Tina Frisco guest writing at The Story Reading Ape’s Blog

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Inspirational Posts shared by DGKaye

 

I am going to start featuring and posting inspirational posts I’ve come across  and to start the ball rolling, I’m starting with Tina Frisco’s heartening post, teaching us how to keep our hearts open. Tina recently featured this article on the Story Reading Ape’s blog,

Let Us Keep Our Hearts Open – Guest Post by, Tina Frisco…

 

 

It is easy to close our hearts; not so easy to keep them open. Or so it seems …

When we experience emotional pain, a common human response is fight or flight. Become angry or shut down. Neither of these reactions solves anything, and both can cause serious health problems if sustained over time.

Fear is the culprit in any action or reaction that is not love-based. It obscures awareness and keeps us ignorant of its deleterious effects. It constricts our bodies, imprisons our minds, catapults our emotions, and darkens our spirits. When trapped in fear, it is impossible to keep our hearts open.

If we close our hearts to one, we close them to all. Open is open and closed is closed. At one time, this was a difficult concept for me to get my head around. I thought I could open and close my heart at will, as easily as I removed and replaced the lid to the peanut butter jar. I soon learned how utterly deceptive this was. I began to feel as if I were zip-tied to a revolving door.

A husband and wife are furious with each other. Unaware of the discord, their daughter approaches them and asks for $20. Neither one hears her above the internal argument they are having with one another. The daughter asks again but is refused. She raises her voice and says, ‘What’s the big deal? It’s only $20!’ One of her parents reacts by slapping her hard across the face. Immediately contrite, the parent apologizes for behavior that was clearly out of character.

When storming in anger, simmering in blame, or smoldering in hurt, the heart automatically begins to close. This is a defense mechanism that frequently backfires, hurting not only the victim of our troubling emotions, but ourselves as well. The oftener we close our hearts, the nearer our subconscious moves toward believing this is the way we want to be in the world. Since the role of the subconscious is to serve, it will do all in its power to manifest this belief.  Continue Reading . . .