Tag: yoga
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Gram’s Moving Tale: Adventures with Dogs and Family
I finally had time to complete Gram’s Story about moving from New Mexico to Virginia. I hope you enjoy it! Gram’s Story-Episode 5 “Cross Country with Gram, Julia, and Doolittle” As she prepared for her Senior Center yoga class, Laura considered how she would describe her cross-country return from New Mexico to Virginia to her…
Suanne Lewis
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Self-Care Book for Busy People Is About to Be Published
My new book, Move Beyond Burnout: Self-Care for Those Who Never Stop Giving is currently on pre-order on Amazon. The eBook is available 10-14-25 and the paperback version will be published on 10-20-25. I’m excited to have finished the writing, editing, and formatting of this book as it is a culmination of practices I’ve used, taught, and…
Suanne Lewis
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An Upcoming Book, A Book Signing, and an Autumn Greeting
Gram’s story-Episode 4 Laura Devane was back at the Bellaire Senior Center for her weekly yoga class. She wryly considered the coffee break her personal grilling by class members about her previous life in New Mexico before returning to Virginia. She didn’t mind the frank curiosity, because it gave her an opportunity to review her…
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Creating Peace: A Guide to Coping with Anxiety
The end of a calendar year and the beginning of a new one can pressure one to finish tasks we’ve started and plan on completing new ones. I feel the pressure and am working on starting and finishing new projects. Additionally, I am also celebrating (in a small way) completing my 2024 plan to construct and…
Suanne Lewis
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Lessons from Publishing: Navigating Obstacles with Grace
Recently, I found that Amazon blocked my little workbook, Nina’s Five Simple Ways to Beat Stress and Anxiety. I was perplexed because it was published for several days before being blocked. Their reasons for the blockage were that the cover was too similar to my novel Bridges of Resilience: A Teenage Journey for Friendship, Courage, and…
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Five Empowering Tips to Beat Anxiety Confidently
I’ve finally received my author copies of my first workbook project, Nina’s Five Simple Ways to Beat Stress and Anxiety. After such a trial of formatting the little book, I’m inordinately pleased with the results. It’s so simple and open for doodling, scribbling, writing, and thinking about a few targeted issues that I think it will…
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Discover Five Simple Ways to Manage Stress and Anxiety
Finally I have published the companion workbook to Bridges of Resilience: A Teenage Journey of Friendship, Courage, and Discovery. Nina’s Five Simple Ways to Beat Stress was published today in paperback on Amazon. While this might seem like a fairly straightforward task, I found it very challenging to format it so that it made sense…
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Nina’s 5 Simple Ways to Beat Stress and Anxiety: Workbook Announcement
I have some updates for you on my new book, Bridges of Resilience, A Teenage Journey of Friendship, Courage, and Discovery. In addition to being on sale on Amazon in Kindle and print versions, it is now on sale on Barnes and Noble Press in paperback and will be sold on IngramSpark in print beginning 8/9/2024.…
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Free eBook: Bridges of Resilience on Amazon | Teenage Journey of Friendship, Courage, and Recovery
If you’re curious about my first novel, Bridges of Resilience: A Teenage Journey of Friendship, Courage, and Recovery, it will be free on Amazon from Sunday, July 28 through Thursday, August 1. While it’s a story about teens dealing with adolescent issues, there is plenty of coverage of family dysfunction and women’s developmental issues as…
Suanne Lewis
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Effective Self-Soothing Techniques for Stress Release: Insights from Bridges of Resilience
I was talking with a visitor who had read my novel, Bridges of Resilience: A Teenage Journey of Friendship, Courage, and Discovery. We discussed my inclusion of the self-soothing techniques of yoga, Tai Chi, and focused breathing for stress release introduced and practiced by the character, Gram, in the novel. These are practices I use every day…
Suanne Lewis