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TED-style coach • book on estrangement coming April '26 • 2 migraine lifestyle guides out now
This week I wrote about the wisdom of water and fire, a thought-provoking new memoir by River Selby, and a slew of TV shows with a Native American point of view you might have missed. sweavermph.substack.com/p/the-wisdom...
29.09.2025 14:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Last week had me thinking about blueberries and World War II and how normal people can do terrible things. I'd appreciate a read if you have time.
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Last week was... a LOT. So today I’m talking about pain. There’s a reason my newsletter is called Fun to Be Around. Plus a great movie rec and a gorgeous novel by Helena Rho.
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"A road map for healing that's a must-read for any trauma survivor as fawning is subtle, pervasive, and corrodes all aspects of true happiness." Stephanie Weaver, MPH, author of the upcoming memoir Bitter, sweet. Fawning by Dr. Ingrid Clayton Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves and How to Find Our Way Back
SO excited, this book will be a game-changer for anyone who has experienced trauma, the 4th trauma response is Fawning. This book is the most important self-help book of this decade and Ingrid is the real deal. See my review here: sweavermph.substack.com/p/emotional-...
09.09.2025 14:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Last week got me thinking about gurus, plus a movie about an AMAZING woman you probably never heard of, and an astonishing new memoir by Melissa Fraterrigo: The Perils of Girlhood. sweavermph.substack.com/p/dont-make-...
08.09.2025 15:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Can't wait. Love him. Every time I think about Juliet, Naked I chuckle.
05.09.2025 21:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Holiday Monday is the perfect time to read this post. It's okay to be slow. Really. Snail-time is the best time.
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This week I wrote about being in the messy middle, a quote from Samuel Butler, how my five books have come to pass, a great documentary, and a beautiful book by Mallary Tenore Tarpley.
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Reflecting on dharma today, plus a really cool underwater video of my dog swimming, TV show recommendation, and a book review.
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Some of you did not sing Dona Nobis Pacem in a round and it shows. Go try it. Seriously. The world needs this.
16.08.2025 13:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
No matter what advertisers try to tell us, August is still summer and beach reads are a wonderful thing. Plus I recommend four fun movies and two great novels set in the Outer Banks by Heather Frese
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It's not that I wanted to write about And Just Like That. But they gave me no choice, dammit. sweavermph.substack.com/p/im-not-mad...
04.08.2025 13:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today I wrote about history repeating itself, the haves and the have-nots, a trip to El Salvador I took in 1988, the tv series Paradise, and the new novel Greenwich by Kate Broad. Link in bio or here:
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#elsalvador
I see what you did there.
23.07.2025 16:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0One of my pet peeves is that they'll ask influencers to read, etc and want us to post on pub day but then NONE of those posts are ever amplified by their much larger accounts. I used to do an actual show promoting books and not one Big Five EVER did any amplification.
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Disability Pride month has me feeling some THINGS. Read on. sweavermph.substack.com/p/its-disabi...
21.07.2025 15:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks Deb!
14.07.2025 17:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This week I talk about why it took me 15 years to move to California, as well as two Hollywood-centric media recommendations. sweavermph.substack.com/p/california...
14.07.2025 17:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Does anyone else still think about the (AITA) daughter-in-law who mother was trying to kill her with mushroom powder and if she's okay or is that just me?
11.07.2025 14:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks Denise! I adore this show.
09.07.2025 17:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Love this piece from my friend, World Bank economist Dr. Rebekka Grun von Jolk. You’re Taking Vacations Wrong | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/maxi...
09.07.2025 17:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Can't wait to hear what you think about my perspective!
07.07.2025 21:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This week I explain why The Bear isn't about restaurants and Carmy isn't the main character. Plus TV and book recommendations. #TheBear
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Come inside my head this week to find out why I had an emotional hangover after a conversation.
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The world feels terrible. I've made a conscious decision to bring a bright spot every week in my post, rather than writing directly about current events. Shout outs this week: Laura Bashar, Anne Aspler, Rebekka Grun V. Jolk, and Jessica Tudos
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A lot happened this weekend. I wrote about it.
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Wrote about the waste of lost potential... sweavermph.substack.com/p/the-unbear...
09.06.2025 14:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This week I reviewed a beautiful memoir by Kari O'Driscollabout childhood, motherhood, and learning how to care for ourselves when our family is a disaster. sweavermph.substack.com/p/please-put...
04.06.2025 16:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Graphic from recipes for love and murder, with the three lead actors standing in front of a table of foodstuffs that are also labeled as police exhibits. Left to right are a young Black femail photographer/reporter, center is a white woman holding a chicken and a pie and wearing an apron, on the right is the Black police detective wearing a shoulder holster.
I reviewed a fantastic cozy mystery series with the most delectable food styling EVER. Check it out. If you like my weekly posts, please subscribe and share!
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Today I wrote about the slippery slope between caring and caregiving, recommended a cozy mystery series, and reviewed Kari O'Driscoll's powerful memoir.
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