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Melissa Bernstein

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Website

https://www.lifelines.com

Genre

Self Help, Memoir, Poetry

Influences

Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Viktor E. Frankl, Paulo Coelho, Ken Rob ...more

Member Since

December 2020

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https://www.goodreads.com/melissa_bernstein

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Melissa Bernstein, mother of six, married 30 years, and founder of toy company Melissa & Doug, has struggled with existential anxiety and depression throughout her life. Although her toys have touched millions of children, Melissa longs to connect with people in a more direct and personal way. She reveals her journey in LIFELINES, her first book, which she wrote to help others who are also suffering. Melissa’s mission is to help other seekers on their journey inward so they too can transform darkness into light. Join the LifeLines community at LifeLines.com.

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Excerpt from LIFELINES

I’m honored to share with you an excerpt—both prose and verse—from my book LIFELINES.

This attitude change from a helpless victim to one taking responsibility for her life choices alleviated that deep sense of hopelessness in bringing order to chaos. This major awakening lesson became: we can choose life and the attitude with which we greet each day. Or said differently, we can continue to drown i