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CJ is currently reading

The Artist's Way Toolkit: How to Use the Creative Practices

by Julia Cameron

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Feb 02, 2026 07:49PM

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Notes on a Nervous Planet

by Matt Haig (Goodreads Author)

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Feb 02, 2026 09:44AM

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The Nervous System Reset: Heal Trauma, Resolve Chronic Pain, and Regulate Your Emotions with the Power of the Vagus Nerve

by Jessica Maguire

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Book cover for One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp

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The parent must always self-parent first, self-preach before child-teach, because who can bring peace unless they’ve held their own peace?

“The television commercial is not at all about the character of products to be consumed. It is about the character of the consumers of products.”
― Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

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“[M]ost of our daily news is inert, consisting of information that gives us something to talk about but cannot lead to any meaningful action. (68).”
― Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

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“Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than
any other.
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― Brian Tracy

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“Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even much popular notice. The result is that we are a people on the verge of amusing ourselves to death.”
― Neil Postman

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