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Avanders

And Then There Were Ten: A Southern Love Story | Myra Menville

My #tenbeforetheend #10beforetheend

Including some I‘ve already started, because #beingkindtomyself #selfcare #🫩

LiteraryinPA I‘ve been wanting to read that one! I hope you love it!

The Late-Night Witches

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JenReadsAlot

Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It | Kamal Ravikant

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Nope. #hauntedshelf #grimreaders @CSeydel

CSeydel Oh too bad! 3w

peaKnit Oh bummer, it sounded promising. 3w

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself | Melody Beattie

I falter. I try to live this and have unconsciously memorized quotes from it. Definitely one of my favorite books which I highly recommend for anyone. #favoritebooks

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DebinHawaii

On the Couch | Alisa Kwitney

#HaikuADay #HaikuHive

Today‘s haiku is inspired by tonight‘s evening on the couch in pajamas with gyoza (& fried rice) reading a current read with Pride and Prejudice on in the background (1995 BBC). Self care by relaxation.🥟💛 Excuse the bad lighting.

Weekend Evening In

Couch, Saturday night
Gyoza, book, movie‘s glow
Perfect evening spent

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, Mimi28, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Susanita, Reggie, vivastory, Itchyfeetreader, jdiehr, CBee, dabbe, kelli7990, Jari-chan, ImperfectCJ, lil1inblue, The_Book_Ninja, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

JenlovesJT47 Life‘s simplest joys ♥️♥️♥️ 3w

TheBookHippie Love!!! Hope you got good and rested!! 3w

bookandbedandtea Sounds like the perfect night to yourself! #selfcare 💜 3w

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dabbe L💜VE. 🧡💜💛 3w

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👌🏼📚😋🎬🐝💝. 3w

lil1inblue Sounds just lovely. 😍 3w

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lil1inblue

Boundaries | Anne Katherine

And no, I will not elaborate. 😏

#wdncw ##wedonotcarewednesday @dabbe

dabbe Such a necessary protection to get through this thing called life. 💛💜🧡 2mo

TheBookHippie 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 2mo

AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼😉👌🏼💝. 2mo

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Eggs

Survival Lessons | Alice Hoffman

“Good fortune and bad luck are always tied together with invisible unbreakable thread. When it comes to sorrow, no one is immune.”

Alice, like me (19 years in remission) and thousands of others, is a breast cancer survivor. A re-read provides a lovely reminder of what‘s really important.

#Survivor

#CharacterCharm

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 💙🤍💙 2mo

Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💙🙌🏻🙏🏻 2mo

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Fortifiedbybooks

Coping Skills: Tools & Techniques for Every Stressful Situation | Faith G Harper

For a bit of self-care, I decided to go out for brunch & then check out this little bookstore, Birdie Books. Unfortunately, I forgot what happens to my stomach when I've been stressed. Brunch was a little too rich, though 100% delicious, & I was about halfway through this very cute & eclectic bookstore when I had to quickly pay for my books (including the tagged book) & leave 🤢 Maybe I'll go back next weekend.

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JenlovesJT47

How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help | Kc Davis

Thanks for inviting me to join the #WDNCW club @dabbe ! Thought I‘d combine it with a haiku because, well, why not? 😆

We really don‘t care
the floor is covered with hair;
it can stay right there.

We do not care that the house hasn‘t been cleaned in a month because I dislocated my hip and have been gimping around ever since. We do not care that my hair is everywhere. I‘ll vacuum tomorrow! 😵‍💫

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

JenlovesJT47 @dabbe @TheBookHippie @DebInHawaii @lil1inblue @Kristy_K @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @bellabella @AnnCrystal @Reggie @jdiehr @vivastory @CBee @Mimi28 @Jari-chan @Itchyfeetreader @Susanita @kelly7990 @ImperfectCJ 4mo

AmyG Oh no….feel better! The house can wait. 4mo

CBee Oh, the hair….. it‘s never ending 😂🤦‍♀️🤪 4mo

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JenlovesJT47 My hair 💇🏻‍♀️ it is everywhere! 💁🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ 4mo

TheBookHippie I can never commit a crime …. Hair…. Everywhere… 4mo

Susanita Not much hair from humans but OMG the cat hair! 4mo

Susanita @TheBookHippie 😂😂 4mo

Eggbeater I feel you. I have an autoimmune disease and a dog. I hope your hip feels better soon. 4mo

JenlovesJT47 @AmyG @Eggbeater thank you!! 🤗 I‘m a walking orthopedic disaster 😭 4mo

JenlovesJT47 @TheBookHippie same!!! Hair on every surface it seems 🥴😵‍💫😬 4mo

JenlovesJT47 @CBee solidarity!! 👊🏻🙌🏻😅 4mo

JenlovesJT47 @Susanita we also have tons of Chipper cat hair to add to the mix. I cleaned out from behind the bed a few months ago, the spot where he would sleep basically had hair growing out of the wall! 😳🐈‍⬛ (edited) 4mo

dabbe Oh, you poor thing! Please heal and heal well! 💙 No vacuuming until you can! And this haiku/#wdnc! 😂😂😂 Hair EVERYWHERE! Pippa's hair even made it into our freezer! Thanks for the HUM😍R and truth! 4mo

lil1inblue My husband and I both have long hair, and we have cats. Hair is our life. 4mo

AnnCrystal House can wait while you heal! Rest and may you heal swiftly 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🙏🏼🐝💝. 4mo

CBee @TheBookHippie SAME plus the falling out of hair from menopause 😅😅 4mo

CBee @lil1inblue same here! Two dogs, one cat, hubs with his ponytail, me with my long frizz, two boys who both have a lot of hair. We‘re doomed 😂😂 4mo

Amiable Amazing 2-for-1 post! Bravo! 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼 4mo

JenlovesJT47 @dabbe I‘m sorry to say I also found a hair in my freezer last week 🤦🏻‍♀️ — I‘m surprised I‘m not bald!! 👩🏻‍🦲 4mo

JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue @AnnCrystal @Amiable 🤗♥️♥️♥️ 4mo

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 IKR? 😂 4mo

julieclair You don‘t have time for a dislocated hip!! Sure hope it heals quickly. 💙 4mo

JenlovesJT47 @julieclair thank you!! 🤗♥️♥️♥️ 4mo

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Jari-chan

How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help | Kc Davis

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(This is maybe going to be a long post)

This is totally a #blameitonlitsy - it just kept on appearing and appearing and appearing in my feed. So who am I to fight Reading Destiny? And yes, it was a good thing to listen to it. RD knows what I need.

Because I so, so needed that book. It's short and easy to read, and it has to be. It's written for people in very dark places and those often don't have the strength and energy to read big books. ⬇

Jari-chan You can skip and browse as you like and need it.

The way of deconstructing what makes you unhappy about your cho- I mean, care works, is basically the same as the one I did when I was fighting my ED. But it never occurred to me that I needed to this with my relationship with care work as well.

Even though my therapist told me to go easy on it, to think that it‘s okay that not everything‘s done, it only ever worked a little bit. ⬇ 5mo

Jari-chan It still stressed me out. A lot. That‘s why I read this book. I never realized how much shame I connected to it. That I have to learn to see my dirty floor as neutral. That it doesn‘t make me a bad person or a failure.

Wow, so much learning. But it‘s already starting to do it‘s wonders. I‘m more relaxed, more accepting. And it feels wonderful.

#BookSpin @TheAromaOfBooks 5mo

AmyG A good book to read. I was the same. Then I began what I called “triage”. What was the most important thing to do first and so on down the line. I also learned that I am my best friend so I talked to myself with kindness and compassion-and I learned to trust myself. It all gets done eventuallly. Your “care works” are not you. 5mo

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Jari-chan @AmyG I'm happy to hear that you've learnt so much and are hopefully better now 🫂💖 5mo

AmyG Thank you….I am so better. 5mo

MaleficentBookDragon I‘m glad this book is helping you. My therapist recommended this book to me after I read Divergent Mind (another she recommended). They both have really helped me with understanding myself and to start letting go of shame. It‘s a work in progress.

Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You

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AnnCrystal 🫂🙏🏼📚💝. 5mo

Jari-chan @MaleficentBookDragon Thank you for sharing 💖 I just put the book on my list. 5mo

Jari-chan @AnnCrystal 💖💖🫂 5mo

TheAromaofBooks Lovely review!! 5mo

Jari-chan @TheAromaofBooks Thank you 💖 5mo

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Jari-chan

How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help | Kc Davis