*insert obvious metaphor of springtime blossoms mirroring your own aspirations of personal development in this new season of growth* Let’s self-help this mess! Will – Will Smith You’d never know it by his winsome persona (Oscar scuffles notwithstanding) but early in his life Smith struggled with anxiety more than most …
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Philippa Gregory: The Queen of Historical Fiction
We’re not sure about you, but when we think about Tudor England, we conjure visions of huge foreheads, strange dress collars, and a really creepy poem as a means of remembering the order of King Henry VIII’s wives- “divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived”. You’re welcome. Being that it’s so …
Read More »Boss Up Your Life
The days of cold calling on sales leads in a 3 piece suit are over in terms of establishing yourself in the business world. Now, more than ever, people are branching out and deciding what running a business looks like for them. But between advice from “solopreneurs” and the unrelenting …
Read More »Spring Cleaning
Ah, springtime. Oh love, oh life, oh pollen and dust that consumes every surface of your home! As you emerge to greet the sun, pale and full of hot soups, it’s natural to look around your space and be genuinely horrified by the conditions you settled for in the dark …
Read More »Books that Inspired Musicals
Phantom of the Opera – Gaston Leroux Pretty orphan Christine is raised in an opera house in Paris since her father worked there and apparently, there were no child custody laws back in the day. There also wasn’t any adult supervision since from her childhood on she receives singing lessons …
Read More »Maid by Stephanie Land
This audiobook is hard to listen to but harder to stop. There’s a reason this one is a bestseller that’s been adapted into a raw and moving Netflix series. Have a listen to Land’s brutal and desperate reflections as she writes about her years struggling to survive as she attempted …
Read More »Fantasy Escapes
Is there anything quite like escaping into a world of fantasy? A world where anything is possible, and there are no dishes to be done, laundry to be put away, or grass to be mowed. Just magic, creatures you can only dream of, and adventure around every corner. We think …
Read More »Spring Break Listens
Shout out to springtime! Every year we trudge through February, our hope as low as our vitamin D stores only to stumble into the remembrance that things begin anew! But then, just as soon as we begin to feel the stirrings of serotonin, we encounter spring break. Visions of clawing …
Read More »Orson Scott Card is The King of Sci-Fi
Not sure if you saw, but we recently got the opportunity to throw some thoughtful questions to the Viscount of Fantasy (yeah, we titled him, so what?) himself, Mr. Orson Scott Card. It was, in a word, transfixing to read his responses, and we hope you enjoyed learning more about …
Read More »Hottest Listens of 2022 So Far
We know we’re only a couple of months and change into the new year, but the literary world is already abuzz with its picks for literary darlings. Lucky for you we’ve curated a handy list of listens sure to get you ahead of the curve and impress all your friends …
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