Tag: inspire

Sheila felt compelled to write her mom’s story after her stroke, otherwise it would disappear. She then realized she wanted to write more, so she wrote a novel called “Appetite”. Sheila’s advice to caregivers is to find a support group and do something you love. Her advice to writers is get going, write, there’s no perfect first draft and enroll in a class.

Toward the end of her forty-year career as a leader of science museums, Sheila Grinell began to write fiction. Her debut novel, APPETITE, was published in May 2016 and she has just finished writing another. Sheila talks about how her second career as a novelist helps her meet the challenges her husband’s Parkinson’s disease has imposed.

https://www.sheilagrinell.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Appetite-Novel-Sheila-Grinell/dp/1631520229
https://www.barrowneuro.org/get-to-know-barrow/centers-programs/muhammad-ali-parkinson-center/

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Leah got into drugs and became pregnant, when she was 20.  She turned her life around, which set her on a path that was more constructive and gave her life meaning.  Leah’s story highlights:  face your fears / don’t blame others / you are in control / you have the power to change things / get yourself to that happy place / you attract what you focus your attention on / true love comes from within.

Leah E. Reinhart is a hairstylist, Angel card reader, and now author of her first book Manifesting Me: a Story of Rebellion and Redemption.

Leah has learned the value of the law of attraction and how it works. What you focus your attention, you will attract. Think of riding a bike; you don’t want to hit that big rock, but if you keep looking at 9 times out of 10, you’ll hit it. If you focus where you want to be and look ahead and past the rock on the trail, you’ll more than likely not hit the rock.

When Leah Reinhart was six years old, her family moved to an unlikely neighborhood on a hill much like the country— a place where everyone dressed and lived like they were living a real-life Little House on the Prairie. Yet their new home was in Oakland, Ca, and everything surrounding Leah‘s neighborhood was the polar opposite of their old-fashioned lifestyle. As an already scared little white girl, Leah quickly learned that if she didn’t face her fears in this new town she would get eaten alive. But in her search for acceptance, she unknowingly joined a cult–and she spent much of her life afterward trying to break free of the damaging patterns she was taught.

Phyllis King, author of The Energy Of Abundance says “This is a raw and honest sharing about love, life, and success. Reinhart skillfully takes us through a story that gently teaches that anything is possible if you always point yourself in the direction of love in your life.”

https://leahereinhart.com/

https://www.facebook.com/leah.reinhart.5

https://twitter.com/leah_e_reinhart

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/133-3010028-3907065?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Manifesting+Me%3A+a+Story+of+Rebellion+and+Redemption

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Iris’ mom experienced breast cancer. This impacted her brain and caused her personality to change. This loss had a profound impact on Iris. She learned to separate the illness from the person. Iris reminds anyone going through the same caregiver challenge that you’re not alone, to get help (e.g. a friend, relative, health care professional, clergy, online) and to find camaraderie with other people.

Iris Waichler has been a patient advocate and medical social worker for 40 years. She is an award winning author of 3 books. Her latest book, Role Reversal How to Take Care of Yourself and Your Aging Parents, has won 6 major book awards. It is a memoir about her father and blends her professional experience to offer a wealth of information for other caregivers. She has been a caregiver for her mother and father. She also has helped 2 friends to die with dignity.

Her book “Role Reversal, How to Take Care of Yourself and Your Aging Parents” is the winner of :
Finalist Best Book Award 2016
Finalist Indie Excellence Award 2016
Living Now Silver Award Winner 2017
Honorable Mention Readers Favorite Award 2017
Book Excellence Award 2017
Runner Up Award Florida Book Festival 2018.

Her book “Riding the Infertility Roller Coaster: A Guide to Educate and Inspire” is the winner of:
Mom’s Choice Gold Award Winner for Best Book of the Year.
Winner of the National Parenting Publications (NAPPA) Gold Award for best book of the year.
Winner of the finalist award for Foreword Magazine 2007 non-fiction Book of the Year.

http://iriswaichler.com/ 
https://www.facebook.com/RoleReversal1/
https://twitter.com/IrisWaichler
https://www.amazon.com/Role-Reversal-Yourself-Aging-Parents/dp/1631520911
https://www.amazon.com/Riding-Infertility-Roller-Coaster-Educate/dp/1932279229

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