Elma

“Houdini, in dire need of their aid, reveals a hidden notebook filled with scientific formulas coveted by both benevolent and malevolent secret circles. This notebook is a puzzle, locked behind Houdini's cryptic code.”
― Charlie Young, Houdini's Last Handcuffs

“Not responding?” she asks. “Is your wife breathing?”
“l don’t think so.”
― Laurie Elizabeth Murphy, Dream Me Home: A Story of Betrayal, Infidelity and Love

“We cannot lose. We win – or we learn.”
― Dr. Donald Steele

“The mindfulness definition of an addiction is a SELF-INJURIOUS IMPULSE DISORDER.

The mindfulness-based treatment teaches us that we can become AWARE of these self-injurious impulses and learn that they are coming from a really small part of our brain: our AMYGDALA, which is smaller in size than an acorn. We can learn that it is this part of the brain that presses us to self-injure and disregard the consequences. While the amygdala is inside us; it does not truly represent us. We also learn to be AWARE that it is our much larger, grapefruit sized, PREFRONTAL CORTEX, which is the home of our self-caring and self-protective impulses. Our prefrontal cortex is our true representative and the home of authentic "I". The mission of MINDFULNESS is to help us learn how to get our PREFRONTAL CORTEX to become LARGE AND IN CHARGE!”
― Brian Ackerman, Me, Myself & My Amygdala: A Mindfulness Guide to Sobriety & Well-Being