The five words, confidence, comedy, conversations, change, and care are topics of the five stories in Rising Stars, A Kindle Sampler now on Amazon for 99 cents. https://amzn.to/32LRBXt
Moira Shepard’s “The First Key to Confidence: Master Your Mind” is the first story. After being bedridden for seven years due to a back injury, Shepard got back on her feet and now she helps women boost their confidence. She says, “Wherever you want to go, confidence will get you there.”
She is the author of Love Your Way to Success ~ Five Keys to Confidence for Creative Women Entrepreneurs. https://amzn.to/2ERyQtq
Since I met Roberta Gold, whenever I hear the word comedy, I think of her. Gold’s story in Rising Stars is called “It Only Takes a Smile.” She is a certified humor professional with 30 years of experience. She tells how she never leaves home without a smile even on days when she doesn’t feel like smiling. You can find out how by reading her story. In meetings with her, she also demonstrates how to build up to a hearty laugh by starting to pretend to laugh. By watching her, laughter is contagious and we all end up laughing.
Her book, The Family that Laughs Together ~ A Quick Guide to Sanity When You Feel Like Screaming is on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3lv4DB4
Tammy Atchley’s story in Rising Stars is called “Conversations That Matter.” She is a parenting coach and her mission is to help end bullying. She is a survivor of bullying and has two children who were bullied. She helps parents recognize the signs that their child might be experiencing harassment and how to start the conversation about it, what questions to ask their children, and how to help them. She states, ” Knowing what is going on in their lives and letting our kids know that we care and love them is vitally important.”
Find out more here https://tammyatchley.com/ Her book Silent Suffering:
A Parents’ Guide to Helping Their Bullied Child will be available before the end of 2020.
Cory Stickley is the author of The F.I.X. Code: The Found Secret to Fixing My Life: Accepting the Past, Embracing the Future & Living for Now. https://amzn.to/3hLZcvf Her story in Rising Stars is “When the Hurt is Gone, You Change.”
She says that feelings like hurt, fear, and guilt influence our lives. “Unconscious habits run our behavior too often, but change is possible–if you want to change. It is easier than you think.” Stickley introduces the F.I.X. Code as a new way to deal with unwanted feelings. She gives an example of a mother and her young daughter whose patterns of behavior needed the F.I.X Code to help them have a happier family life.
My story, “The C Word” is about my mom. It’s the first chapter in my book, My Mother’s Cancer ~ What Worked and What Didn’t. I took care of her during her encounter with cancer. I also journaled about how her cancer acted, how we reacted, and the tough decisions we had to make.
I feel a bond with daughters who have been placed in a situation like mine—where we’ve had to make difficult choices in trying to keep our mothers alive and well. I write about our experience to detail what is involved from diagnosis to hospice.
If your loved one has passed away from this disease, my story can offer comfort. If you are still making these tough decisions, know you are not alone. What we did and didn’t do might help you along your way. My book, My Mother’s Cancer ~ What Worked and What Didn’t will be published before the end of 2020.
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Now you know what confidence, comedy, conversations, change, and care have in common. Read the stories in Rising Stars ~ A Kindle Sampler https://amzn.to/32LRBXt
Julaina Kleist-Corwin