Client Projects & Praise
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Non-Fiction
- Repeat After Me by Kathryn Adis
On a beautiful summer day in 2002, a recreational vehicle slammed into Kathy Adis’ car, going 70 mph. As a result, she spent twenty eight days in the hospital. Named “miracle lady,” by those who attended her, she returned home wearing a medical halo and feeding tube.
Repeat After Me is Kathy’s gift to her readers. It contains the simple truths that led her, step by step, from confusion to clarity, from chaos to serenity, from despair to hope. These simple truths will escort anyone on their path through confusion, chaos, or despair, out the other side. Learn more here…
“When one of us walks back from the face of death with a message, we all need to listen.” —Linda Dean Schaefer, Medical Intuitive
“A must read for anyone going through a crisis—no matter how big or small. Let Kathy Adis’ Repeat After Me take you by the hand and guide your steps toward a fulfilling recovery.” —John Dietz, Journalist
- Stop-Breathe-Focus by Mary Augustyn
Mary Augustyn, an acclaimed counselor, invites you on a journey of self-discovery and transformation. Stop-Breathe-Focus is a practical, quick and easy-to-use program for managing your behavior and getting the results you want! Hundreds of people have been helped by this simple, easy to use technique.
Through Stop–Breathe–Focus you’ll gain an intimate knowledge of YOU – what makes you tick, how you’re feeling, what you’re thinking, what you need – and how to make it all happen through your choices, personal responsibility, and power. Learn more here…
“Stop–Breathe-Focus saved my life!” —Bob, Indiana
“Stop–Breathe-Focus helps me control myself and stay out of trouble.” —Adam, Colorado
Stop-Breathe-Focus gave me the tools I needed to make the right choices in my life and to understand what was really going on within me. —Deb, Kentucky
- The Girl’s Guide to Swagger: A Woman’s Way to Power by Cynthia Brown
The Girl’s Guide to Swagger: A Woman’s Way to Power is the permission women need and want to feel their full confidence and to increase their success at work, home, and church; on the playing field and world stage; and in their relationships.
The book was born of the author’s experience working in male-dominated professions for the past 25 years. Her story is supplemented by the stories of real life women and their experiences of swagger and by the fruits of extensive research and development of the concept of swagger.
The Girl’s Guide to Swagger is about ordinary women, not superwomen. It’s about the reader’s coworker, neighbor, and friend who always seem to have it together and get what they want out of life. The book reveals the secrets of a more satisfying and empowered life through the application of high confidence to all professional and personal situations. Learn more here…
All women have swagger—they are just waiting for the permission to use it. —Cynthia Lou Brown, Author of The Girl’s Guide to Swagger
“Cindy can hold her own in the roughest construction trailers in town and more than one construction foreman still sweats when he sees her coming.” —Colleagues at Boulder Housing Partners
“At five-foot-three, for decades Cynthia Lou Brown has worked among straight-laced and powerful engineers, investment bankers, developers, and elected officials, swaggering her way to the top of every obstacle, turning each one into an opportunity.” —Carol Devenir, Professional Colleague
- Strong and Wise by Teri Goggin-Roberts
How do you get to the power behind the pain? The answer came to me one morning while mediating. Pain is never pointless! Countless hours of reading self-help books, attending support groups, and seeking other sources of help all made sense now. In that moment I saw that there was power behind every painful life challenge. The real gift was that now I could sum up HOW to unlock the power behind pain in four simple words: SPIRIT, SPACE, SUPPORT, and SELF. These are the Four Keys to moving through pain and into power. You can unlock the power behind your pain. Join our Facebook community to find out how.
“Using the Four Keys gave me a powerful framework for dealing with the pain in my life.” — Workshop Participant
“The Four Keys is a unique strategy. There’s nothing like this out there.” — Workshop Participant
Fiction
- Lavender Blues by Donna Bocks
“Before Sally left her hometown of Green Bay for the new job, her Aunt Violet, dealing with the onset of Alzheimer’s, asked an unusual favor. ‘Go to the edge of town, by the water where the lakes join. Look for manicured woods. The spring flowers will look like blue carpeting. If he’s still there, tell him. . . I’ve never forgotten.’”
An unusual request from her Aunt Violet leads Sally Gordon to an old acquaintance and to a very old house with a mysterious past. Determined and resourceful, Sally embarks on an historic restoration and finds friendship and more in this touching tale. Click here to purchase.
“Congratulation to Donna Bocks! Her novels are like good wine—all the better for having been kept in her basement all these years.” —Sheila K. Collins, Dancing on Behalf of Life and Death
“Lavender Blues is a sweet love story—really a couple of love stories, and an intriguing mystery. Donna reminds me of Anne Tyler. She holds her characters in the same affectionate embrace.” —Pam Suwinsky, Bloomers
- Came to Say Good-bye by Donna Bocks
“Nothing mattered. There was a vacant sensation. The emptiness was cavernous. Matt leaned forward, lowering her head to her hands. Blubbering, she pleaded aloud, ‘Somebody, help me.’”
After a devastating loss, Donna Bocks’ main character refuses to be swallowed by self-pity, changes her personal appearance, sells her home, and embarks on a journey into a new life. With great tenderness, the author allows us to witness Matt’s slow healing into a present that will surprise the reader as much as it does Matt…. Click here to purchase.
“I could not lay aside Came to Say Good-Bye. It kept me turning the pages, with great anticipation. Donna Bocks does not disappoint with her storytelling magic.” —Ruth Creel, Retired Judicial Assistant
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Texas Tango by Donna Bocks
Before the doors closed behind them, those gathered in the waiting room heard Cindy’s clear strong voice echo back down the hallway. “By the way, Doc, don’t you worry. This family can handle anything. Working together, nothing or nobody can beat us.”
Cindy falls in love and in the midst of the joys and challenges of sharing life with someone special, she struggles to accept her mother’s blossoming relationship. Fearing that there isn’t enough love to go around, she hurts those she loves and threatens to alienate her mother and new husband. Travel with Cindy as she confronts her tender vulnerability and her untapped strength. Click here to purchase.
“Texas Tango is a sweet love story about a mother and daughter, a father and son, and their challenges to let go and forgive each other. Donna’s treatment of universal themes reminds us of our own vulnerability and strength.” —Patricia Lynn Reilly, Words Made Flesh
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Heartbeat of Home by Donna Bocks
“Mourning is something that has to work its way through your system. Manufacturers design all different kinds of running shoes, but none that let you escape the reactions of death. It’s impossible to run fast or far enough.”
Annie is shocked into making changes. Three deaths occur within a short period of time, leaving her lonely and afraid. She looks toward the stars and cries out, “Somebody help me.” Travel with Annie to the south where she hopes her broken heart will heal, and then home again, called by the heartbeat of home to experience the familiar with new eyes and an open heart.Click here to purchase.
Children’s Books
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Love Is In the Air by Glenda Blosser
Love is in the Air will teach your children how to tap into the boundless love energy that surrounds them. It will inspire them to remember that they are connected to a magnificent Universe, and fully supported by it. They will never feel alone again! Love is in the Air is a transformative teaching tool for parents and teachers alike. Its important message and stunning illustrations work together to open hearts and touch lives. Learn more here…
“Love is in the Air is a transformative teaching tool for parents and teachers alike. Its important message and stunning illustrations work together to open hearts and touch lives.” —Larry Martin, Miss Divine’s Magic Book
“Glenda Blosser translated universal principles into a story that will be a cherished addition to home, school, and church libraries. Clearly her years as an elementary school teacher both inspired and informed this beautifully illustrated and expressed reminder that love is indeed in the air!” —Patricia Lynn Reilly, Publishing Coach
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Six Tails by Pat Postek
Pat reveals the wisdom of a grandmother in her choice of six dogs to convey essential truths and life lessons. Her book Six Tails has received five stars and two paws from readers everywhere. Shining through each story is Pat’s love of her grandchildren to whom the book is dedicated. A portion of each book’s purchase price is donated to Autism Speaks. Learn more here…
“Five stars and two-paws up! What a fabulous book of wagging tails and character building lessons for big children and little children, alike.” —Kathleen Adams, Kennel owner, Breeder, and Professional Dog Handler
“Pat Postek’s Six Tails will empower the children who hear them, elicit a smile from the adults who read them, and create fan clubs for each of the book’s canine characters.” —Dianna Smith, Our Shining Flower
“Shared through the voice and experience of gentle canine companions, Six Tails offers children simple yet profound guidance. The six “tails” will delight and inspire children of all ages.” —Kathryn Adis, Repeat After Me
Memoir
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Dancing on Behalf of Life and Death by Sheila K. Collins
Within a ten year period of time, life circumstances called on me to accompany my best friend through her journey with breast cancer, my youngest son on his journey with AIDS, and my daughter through her breast cancer diagnosis and treatments, which included a bone marrow transplant. None of these experiences had a positive final outcome. Yet, and perhaps because of that fact, I felt compelled to share my story, to highlight the gifts that come wrapped in ugly, off putting packages.
These three journeys are woven into my memoir, Dancing on Behalf of Life and Death, and each journey is organized around the stages in an illness; getting the news, confirming the diagnosis, making treatment decisions, and exploring options for medicine and miracles. What I learned from my professional life as a social worker and family therapist didn’t always help me to cope as the caregiver. It was my familiarity with the expressive arts of dance, song, ritual, and storytelling that assisted me in taking care of myself and being more fully available in the caregiver role. Learn more here…
