This issue of the journal discusses various topics related to healing, writing, and personal growth. It provides tips on writing for healing from Diana Raab. It also summarizes recent interviews with authors and reviews new books. Finally, it announces the release of several new books and e-book editions covering topics like tarot, health, marriage, grief, and chronic illness.

1. Issue #04
Gaining Positive! July 2010
From the Editor
Hello and welcome to our fourth issue! Wishing you all getting well along your lives! Love isn’t enough
and care you must. That is what I learnt from watching this popular YouTube video which shows a lion
hugging a woman who cared for him while he was wounded. One can hardly remain untouched watching
such a phenomenon. And caring reminds us of the need to care for those African children who are left
orphan due to the death of their parents by AIDS. Sister Mary Elizabth’s book AIDS Orphans Rising tells us
more about them and how we can help them. Wishing you a cool summer as the dog days are on, I hope you
enjoy the contents of this issue. Feel free to write back.
Happy Reading!
Ernest Dempsey, Associate Editor
GP News
• The fourth issue of Recovering the Self is back from the presses and RTS is
now one year old. To see RTS birthday cake and the latest issue, visit
www.RecoveringSelf.com. RTS premier issue (September 2009) is now
available as an Amazon eBook. We hope to get all the back issues in ebook
format soon!
• Cassie Piercey’s article Hooked on a good thing: When exercise becomes
addictive informs us on an important issue namely stressful addiction to
exercise.
Golden Guide: 10 Tips on Writing for Healing by Diana Raab
Diana M. Raab, RN, MFA, is an essayist, memoirist, and poet who teaches in the
UCLA Extension Writers’ Program and is a frequent lecturer and workshop leader at
conferences and festivals across the country. Enjoy and benefit from her tips on writing
for healing
• Find a quiet, uninterrupted time and place to write
• Choose an inspiring notebook and pen
• Create a centering ritual (light a candle, meditate, play music, stretch)
• Breathe deeply
• Put aside your inner critic
• Date your entry
• Begin by writing your feelings and sensations
• Write nonstop for 15-20 minutes
• Save what you have written
• Write regularly
More about Diana Raab can be learnt at her website and blog pages.
Author Chat

2. • Dr. Barbara Sinor was interviewed by Cathy B. Stucker of “Selling
Books”about Dr. Sinor’s latest book Tales of Addiction and Inspiration for
Recovery (Modern History Press, 2010). Read Barbara Sinor’s interview
online .
• Authors among us should listen to Web media and book publicist expert
Jamie Saloff on common pitfalls of author and book websites and simple,
easy, and inexpensive ways to get more conversions from your web hits into
book sales. Listen to it at Authors Access.
• Dr. Karen Sherman, author of Mindfulness and The Art of Choice:
Transform Your Life, 2nd Edition was interviewed on Women's Radio
about how mindfulness can improve the quality of your life, love,
relationships, workplace, and family environments. Listen to it at Women's
Radio.
New Reviews!
• "Marian K. Volkman has written and illustrated a beautifully imaginative
scenario with Turtle Dolphin Dreams. Whimsical and thought-provoking,
inspiring in it's creative message... The reader is taken through metaphysical
voyages of delight, a balance of nature, while remaining earthbound but
connected. A truly unique book with several messages presented, a journey
worth taking." Read the full review here by Betty Gelean for
ReviewTheBook.com
• "I can’t say enough about Look Before You Leap: A Premarital Guide f
for Couples. I loved it! Having been married for six years, I was able to
fully review how helpful this guide would be to those who have not yet been
married. The questions and quizzes are full of legitimate information and
questions that should be discussed when thinking of marriage. The author
brings many good suggestions and helpful advice to the table. I feel the
author was very real, in that she didn’t make this guide condemn anyone.
She is realistic in her approach to the issues couples face today." Read the
full review here. Tiffany Schlarman for ReviewTheBook.com
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Hot Off The Press
This past month we've had a huge burst of activity in releasing new titles which will mean a lot of great
new books over the Summer of 2010. A few of our most recent arrivals are:
• The True Nature of Tarot: Your Path to Personal Empowerment by Diane Wing. A modern
interpretation of ancient wisdom.
• How to UnBreak Your Health: Your Map to the World of Complementary and Alternative
Therapies, 2nd Edition by Alan E. Smith. New 2010 edition includes more than 40 new therapies
and links to many new podcasts

3. Taming Marital Arguments: Breaking Out of the T.R.A.P. by Robert Rugel,
PhD. A therapist with four decades of success shares strategies to recognize the
source of conflicts and quell them before they get out of control.
• New Kindle E-ditions Over the next three months, we are working to release
Amazon Kindle eBook and Apple iBook versions of all our readers’ favorite
titles. Here is the third wave and they are offered at very reasonable prices
for these e-ditions.
• Sacred Grief: Exploring a New Dimension to Grief by Leslee Tessmann
• The Story That Must Be Told: True Tales of Transformation, Vol. I Edited
by Victor R. Volkman and Irene Watson:
• Your Daily Walk with The Great Minds: Wisdom and Enlightenment of the
Past and Present by Richard A. Singer .
• Strategies: A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Journey by Tami
Brady:
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