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How Writing Prompts Can Be Just the Creative Outlet Your Brain Needs

Joi — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:23:49 +0000

365 Things to Write About!I was sent the writing journal, above, to review on my self help blog, Self Help Daily. As I began using it, it occurred to me that its benefits were twofold: As a writer, I know that the more you write, the better you write. So having daily writing exercises only [...]

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Sometimes an Author is Just the Friend You Need

Joi — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:53:13 +0000

I hear from a number of wonderful readers of Out of Bounds who are dealing with (or have recently dealt with) an addiction of some kind. A recent e-mail came from a man who had “licked” alcohol abuse thanks to a program in his community. As common sense would dictate, the pull of the addiction [...]

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Why Your Brain Loves and Responds to Brain Games

Joi — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:56:14 +0000

I’m pretty sure I’m beginning to sound like a broken record when it comes to brain games, but it can’t be helped! I know the importance of brain games for brain fitness and intend to nag everyone until they’re up to their gray matter in brain games! Just why is it that brain games are [...]

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Brain Puzzles and Mental Fitness: Fun Birds of a Feather

Joi — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:48:18 +0000

Here is the next thing you need to buy – and, at less than $10.00, there’s no time like the present! I actually have Amazon open in another window and am making the transition even as we speak! I’ve been hooked on Brain Games for a while now. I always have a little booklet of [...]

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What’s Left of Us – A Memoir of Addiction by Richard Farrell

Joi — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:55:26 +0000

Click the link below for an excerpt from what should be a wonderfully written memoir. It’s from the new book What’s Left of Us by Richard Farrell. The book will be available on Amazon June 30. Personal accounts such as this make for the most informative, helpful, and touching reading. After all, the author has [...]

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